# Help me choose a name for tech startup documentary project **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2014, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191 "2014-08-22T11:36:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/1 "2014-08-22T11:36:20Z")
Starteros TechTrek HubHoppers StartUpSessed StartUpServers Other So my friend is working on a project whereby he and another person will travel through South America for about 6 months and create a webisode series documenting the tech start up scene and culture. I’m a kinda creative consultant for the project and so myself and a few others have been bouncing around names for the project. Now we’re at the point where we must make a decision but I think it would be helpful to get some opinions from people on the outside of our circle. The project will focus a great deal on my friend as the center (as opposed to a traditional documentary). It’s more like “friend’s crazy, fun adventures through the SA startup scene”. And the intended audience is the global tech start up and geek culture. Think low budget, couple of guys in a Range Rover with some video equipment flopping around exploring… Please feel free to mention any other suggestions… ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/2 "2014-08-22T11:45:00Z")
(Hoping a mod can edit this to be a poll, and remove my subject edit asking for the thread to be deleted). ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/3 "2014-08-22T14:51:15Z")
I’d vote for StartUpSessed, but they all sound a little dorky. It’s a journey in South America, and that sounds more exciting. It seems like the project name should at least have some Spanish (or Portuguese, if they’re in Brazil). If your friend is the centerpiece of this documentary, then \*\*Vieja \*\*(journey). If the technical aspect of startups is more important, then \*\*Técnica \*\*(technique). If it’s more about the struggle of startups to get their services off the ground, then \*\*Empezar \*\*(start). ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/4 "2014-08-22T15:08:30Z")
I’ve added the poll for you. It might have been easier (and quicker) to just remake it, however, and I’d have closed this one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/5 "2014-08-22T17:53:30Z")
Start Me Up ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/6 "2014-08-22T18:41:05Z")
Geekspedition diaries. But I agree there should be some Spanish or Portuguese in ther somewhere, I just don’t know any. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/7 "2014-08-22T21:29:52Z")
Tech/Sud Tek/Sud Tex/Sud ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/8 "2014-08-23T14:09:33Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > I’ve added the poll for you. It might have been easier (and quicker) to just remake it, however, and I’d have closed this one. 🙂 I tried that!! grrr… (I just kept getting the message “this post is a duplicate of a thread you just posted” or something. ---
**Author:** ![here\_and\_there](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@here\_and\_there](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/here_and_there)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/9 "2014-08-23T14:25:23Z")
I see you mention “start up” quite a few times. I had to google it to understand what it means. So… simply… “Start Up” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/10 "2014-08-23T14:41:47Z")
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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/11 "2014-08-23T15:12:06Z")
Start Trek? Once Upon a Trek? ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-name-for-tech-startup-documentary-project/696191/12 "2014-08-24T15:01:02Z")
Just catching up now, finally. Thanks for the responses. Everything has been so rushed the last couple of days that I think my friend has settled on Start Up Diaries (he draws an association with the film [The Motorcycle Diaries](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318462/). Of course The \_\_\_\_\_ Diaries is a popular convention long predating the film, but he likes the name regardless). I would have liked some more time because I think we can do better, but I think he’s eager to move on to the next step, and I think the name works well enough.