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by enkid 1476 days ago
Naming a company for a founder is common
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KptMarchewa 1476 days ago
If you're Michael Scott Paper Company.
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YetAnotherNick 1476 days ago
Or Disney or Ford or McDonald's or Goldman Sachs or 1000s of others. Even in pharmacy, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and many others are named after founders.
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dymk 1476 days ago
Cuban isn’t a founder. He just paid to have his name associated with the company (or rather, the company gave him an ownership stake to use his name).
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gedy 1476 days ago
Yeah it just dawned on me that the first name was added because "Cuban Drugs" probably doesn't sound too nice, ha.
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anandchowdhary 1476 days ago
He wasn’t one of the original founders, he was an early investor.
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rumblestrut 1476 days ago
Walmart certainly comes to mind.
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elliottkember 1476 days ago
And Taco Bell
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rumblestrut 1476 days ago
I didn't know that Bell was the founder's name. Thanks for that tidbit!
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elliottkember 1476 days ago
Welcome. It’s one of my favourites!
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