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Some founders blame the cacophony that is their company's name on available domains. "EVERYTHING sensible is taken!" one says.
Others gave their companies meaningless names on purpose. "I wanted a nonsense word because I wanted to build the brand from scratch," says another founder.
Another entrepreneur named his company after his dog.
We researched 15 of the strangest sounding startups and found out how "Hulu," "Zynga," and "GoDaddy" came to be.
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Alyson Shontell is an editor for Silicon Alley Insider, Business Insider's technology section. She also covers startups for the site.