Company Names from the Wall Street Journal's Tech Innovation List (2009)
One great way to think of ideas for naming your product or business is to look at existing names to see if they spark any new ideas. We've complied a list of names from the Wall Street Journal's list of Technology Innovation Winners. This list of names is intended to give you ideas as you are brainstorming for your own name ideas. These names may or may not fit the feel or style of your business - but they're worth a look...
HelioVolt - energy and power
Nektar Therapeutics - pharmaceuticals
Sonos - wireless sound technologies
Xencor - pharmaceuticals
Invitrogen - biotechnologies
Incisive Sugical - medical devices
CardioMag Imaging - medical devices
Zargis Medical - medical devices
NxStage Medical - medical devices
Medivance - medical devices
Stellaris - energy and power
Eikos - base technologies
Polnox - base technologies
LifeSpan Technologies - base technologies
Metcomb - base technologies
axonX - security systems
ICx MesoSystems - security
AuthenTec - IT security and privacy
Core Security - IT security and privacy
Coverity - IT security and privacy
Semprius - semiconductors
Impinj - semiconductors
PakSense - labels/packaging
Zensys - wireless technology
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Just for Ideas:
- Click here for the Wall Street Journal's innovation award winners from last year, this may give you some name ideas...
Some of our recent names:
- Paintastics (Elmers)
- Verado (Mercury Marine)
- Green Earth Cleaners
- Ignitra (Ignitra.com)
- LevelLife (Supplements)
- ComplyRight
- SilverStar (Osrum)
- Triton
- Trancore Inc.