Context

I’ve enrolled myself in Idea$ 2017 competition organized by EDIC NUS. Having come up with an idea for a web app from a personal pain point as a foreign student, I decided to develop a product to solve that problem. As the competition aims to get students launch their own startups eventually, I saw no reason for not pushing my idea further for a future startup.

There is one big obstacle though, I haven’t found any other souls to form a team for this idea. Litterally, the idea interests me beyond the competition, so I don’t care even if my teammates are not from NUS. In fact, a fit for interests, ethics and skills is the most important criteria for my future teammate.

Then I came across EDGE Singapore, the National Youth Entrepreneurship Community with a good track record of helping a batch of other student entrepreneurs launch their startups. So, I was applying to their next batch, instead of depending solely on Idea$, which is a brand new program.

While filling in its application form, I noticed that I didn’t have a name for my startup, which is natural, because I haven’t even done a single bit of market validation. Still, it doesn’t hurt to give it a try, so I went to google “startup naming guide”, and came across a few awesome articles.

Below are these resources and my insights after following them through

Resources

Naming My Startup

1. How to Pick a Perfect Name for Your Business or Startup
   In its very first step, it directed me to the 2nd link.

2. Before Naming Your Business, Read this!