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My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

We will get back a list of 50 or 100 names.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

And that's where, and then got stuck and they stopped, right?

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

We can't do that.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

We're looking at...

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

Maybe 2,000 names, right?

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

Again, these aren't all the right names.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

They aren't even good names.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

Yes.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

Well, they're either written in a small, we work in small two-person teams here.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

We don't use brainstorming sessions.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

Oh, I like it.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

What's the problem with brainstorming?

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

Well, first off, you have, you know, and the classic ones, you have peer pressure, right?

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

So, and then stopping that cascade of evaluation when you have, you know, four or five or six people, let alone 10 people, it's just, it's a slow, slow grind.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

And we really documented that.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

And this is going back now, 30 years ago, doing research, because we used to do brainstorming here.

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

And we used to have freelancers, right?

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

And so the combination of that and over an 18-month period, I mean, we just asked this, you know, it's always in life, the questions you ask, right?

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

And we said, where are our names really coming from, right?

My First Million
We named a billion dollar “startup” with the guy that named BlackBerry, Febreeze and Swiffer.

And at the end of that 18 months, even though the collection was a little sloppy and a little crude, we said, this is really interesting.