{"id":9437,"date":"2019-03-14T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/can-you-guess-what-these-startups-do-just-by-their-names\/"},"modified":"2019-03-14T17:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T17:00:52","slug":"can-you-guess-what-these-startups-do-just-by-their-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/tech\/can-you-guess-what-these-startups-do-just-by-their-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Guess What These Startups Do Just By Their Names?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q7eqp936oIE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Startups in the tech space are often known for their unique and original names. So we took to the streets of Austin during SXSW to see if people can guess what these tech startups do just by their names.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba\u00a0Subscribe for more tech &#038; culture videos:\u00a0http:\/\/on.mash.to\/subscribe\u00a0\u25c4<br \/>\nMORE FROM MASHABLE<br \/>\n\u200c\u2022 Video &#8211;\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/6ElleCub6uM<br \/>\n\u200c\u2022 Video &#8211;\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/jAu1ZsTCA64<br \/>\n\u200c\u2022 Video &#8211;\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/W8T6fYt9-tA\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Mashable:\u00a0http:\/\/on.mash.to\/subscribe\u00a0<br \/>\nBest of playlist:\u00a0https:\/\/on.mash.to\/BestOf\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MASHABLE ACROSS THE WEB\u00a0<br \/>\nMashable.com:\u00a0http:\/\/on.mash.to\/1hCcRpl\u00a0<br \/>\nFacebook:\u00a0http:\/\/on.mash.to\/2lyOwmZ<br \/>\nTwitter:\u00a0http:\/\/on.mash.to\/1Udp1kz<br \/>\nInstagram:\u00a0http:\/\/on.mash.to\/1U6D40z<br \/>\nMashable is for superfans. We&#8217;re not for the casually curious. Obsess with us.<\/p>\n<h3>More info on Can You Guess What These Startups Do Just By Their Names?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=Can+You+Guess+What+These+Startups+Do+Just+By+Their+Names%3F&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">Can You Guess What These Startups Do Just By Their Names? - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=6633bb94987246c2b7f923bdcdbad3d9&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fforbesbusinesscouncil%2F2024%2F05%2F01%2Fthe-startup-secret-weapon-harnessing-the-power-of-domain-names%2F&amp;c=11654463065674260276&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Startup Secret Weapon: Harnessing The Power Of Domain Names\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>C-V-C-V stands for Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Vowel. 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So we took to the streets of Austin during SXSW to see if people can guess what these tech startups do just by their names. \u25ba\u00a0Subscribe for more tech &#038; culture videos:\u00a0http:\/\/on.mash.to\/subscribe\u00a0\u25c4 MORE FROM MASHABLE \u200c\u2022 Video &#8211;\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/6ElleCub6uM \u200c\u2022 Video &#8211;\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/jAu1ZsTCA64 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2263,4611,283,1021,3153],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/q7eqp936oIE.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}