# How to create your Startup

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-create-your-startup/669161>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 18, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-create-your-startup/669161 "2013-09-18T17:46:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-create-your-startup/669161/1 "2013-09-18T17:46:59Z")

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[li]Pick two words at random: Blank, Butter[/li][li]Combine them: Blutter[/li][li]Remove a letter: Bluttr[/li][li]Add “fish”: Bluttrfish[/li]or  
[li]Add “ify”: Bluttrify[/li][li]Create a simple business [logo](http://adteamla.com/sites/default/files/facebook-bootcamp-images/generic-logos/company-name.jpg) that reveals absolutely nothing about your business[/li][li]Pepper the business description with words like “mobile,” “social” and “cloud”[/li][/ul]

Congratulations! You have a Startup.

“Bluttrfish embraces collaborative e-business by utilizing social media and mobile apps to create Cloud Synergy by spinning cycles effectively to orchestrate End-to-End Convergences. Click [here](http://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1371/58/1371582279562.jpg) to integrate real-time bandwidth today!”

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-create-your-startup/669161/2 "2013-09-18T18:44:51Z")

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[li]???[/li][li]Profit![/li][/ul]

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**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-create-your-startup/669161/3 "2013-09-18T19:31:50Z")

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Mad that someone managed to convince an investor out of five million dollars with that setup while you haven’t? 😛

I’m reminded of the book “The Manual (How to have a number one the easy way)” by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty.