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Post by bonbonlarue on Jun 11, 2011 20:14:22 GMT
..ok...even alligators.. This is vaguely serious..... Due to recent events and the fact that I'm at a funny age...I'm thinkin' of starting my own business as an administration consultant. [I'm pretty good at this stuff ...even though I say it myself...] BUT! I need a business name before I order the cards and start the website.... Ideas on a postcard.... ;D ayethangewe..  |
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Post by aubrey on Jun 12, 2011 10:00:26 GMT
The bloke who set up the company I worked for found a name by going through a list of businesses from Companies' (?) House that had gone bust. Not a good omen, maybe; but it did mean that no one else had the name. He chose Costerwise, which put me in mind of an old apple seller who was full of wisdom, even though he was still selling his apples from a barrow.
Really, it didn't have any meaning, which is what we used to tell people who asked: "What does Costerwise mean?" "Err, nothing." (Fall reference there. Just to show that I can always bring anything back the The Fall.)
It is still available, as far as I know; at least a look on Google only finds our listing in directories who have not bothered to update their listings for 5 years.
(I do not seriously suggest that you use this name; but the method of finding one might be useful.)
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jun 12, 2011 11:04:26 GMT
Your company logo should be a polar bear with an RPG.
Polar bears are cool.
AH
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Post by Weyland on Jun 12, 2011 11:55:25 GMT
(Fall reference there. Just to show that I can always bring anything back to The Fall.) You're so vain, Aub. Pride goes before a fall, you know. |
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Post by Weyland on Jun 12, 2011 12:03:08 GMT
How about BonBon Larue Associates?
Mission Statement: We decide your needs and administer the treatment.
Or have I got ahold of the wrong end of the cane?
. . . I'll get me raincoat.
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Post by aubrey on Jun 12, 2011 18:45:40 GMT
(Fall reference there. Just to show that I can always bring anything back to The Fall.) You're so vain, Aub. Pride goes before a fall, you know. "You're so vain" - there's another one - oh shit.  |
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Post by Weyland on Jun 12, 2011 18:53:23 GMT
You're so vain, Aub. Pride goes before a fall, you know. "You're so vain" - there's another one - oh shit.  But wait . . . "shit" . . . anything by Take That and/or Oasis, to name but two. Not to mention James Blunt. I'd better stop now. |
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Post by aubrey on Jun 12, 2011 19:47:15 GMT
There are lots, though. I'm glad you don't like Oasis, Weyland. I am proud to say that I've never liked them - not one record (though the song at the end of Early Doors was quite effective, but only in that context).
I've got nowt against Take That, except that bloody Morrison's song. I don't know any others. I've managed to avoid James Blunt pretty much entirely.
I can't think of a name for Bonbon's company, though.
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Post by sesley on Jun 12, 2011 20:16:26 GMT
what about Bonbon de lure consults
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Post by Weyland on Jun 12, 2011 20:29:43 GMT
There are lots, though. I'm glad you don't like Oasis, Weyland. I am proud to say that I've never liked them - not one record (though the song at the end of Early Doors was quite effective, but only in that context). I've got nowt against Take That, except that bloody Morrison's song. I don't know any others. I've managed to avoid James Blunt pretty much entirely. I can't think of a name for Bonbon's company, though. When I worked at B&Q the piped music consisted of a lot of shite such as Blunt and Oasis, plus copious gobs of Robbie Williams, Kylie, and worse. In the warehouse I could wear a headset to filter it out, but that was verboten on the shop floor. I often felt like sabotaging the controlling server and/or disembowelling the manager, but chickened out. (It was shear bliss when the Proclaimers came on, however briefly. I would have walked five hundred miles, etc., to hear Dire Straits, or The Eagles, or even Mantovani.) |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Jun 13, 2011 11:26:58 GMT
"Tre Bon Administration Consultants"There, thats the best you are gonna get...and I want some royalties or something when you make your fortune.  And you should still use a polar bear as your company logo.  AH
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Post by sesley on Jun 13, 2011 14:40:26 GMT
Bon bons are sweets so you could use sweets as a logo
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Post by Weyland on Jun 13, 2011 15:46:18 GMT
Bon bons are sweets so you could use sweets as a logo Now we're getting somewhere! Très BonBon la Douce Administration Consultancy |
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Post by aubrey on Jun 13, 2011 16:38:26 GMT
There are lots, though. I'm glad you don't like Oasis, Weyland. I am proud to say that I've never liked them - not one record (though the song at the end of Early Doors was quite effective, but only in that context). I've got nowt against Take That, except that bloody Morrison's song. I don't know any others. I've managed to avoid James Blunt pretty much entirely. I can't think of a name for Bonbon's company, though. When I worked at B&Q the piped music consisted of a lot of shite such as Blunt and Oasis, plus copious gobs of Robbie Williams, Kylie, and worse. In the warehouse I could wear a headset to filter it out, but that was verboten on the shop floor. I often felt like sabotaging the controlling server and/or disembowelling the manager, but chickened out. (It was shear bliss when the Proclaimers came on, however briefly. I would have walked five hundred miles, etc., to hear Dire Straits, or The Eagles, or even Mantovani.) When I worked at the Co-op they had three hour long tapes which were 50% brassy instrumental library music (I heard one piece used in a carpet store advert) and 50% session musician versions of current-ish pop songs: Ramones sounding like The Beach Boys, that sort of thing (nothing against the Beach Boys, like). They left the same tape to play for months; one time I had a dream about it and a woman who worked with me got the tape changed - "We've got someone down there having nightmares about it," she said. The Christmas tape was a relief, to start with. |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Jun 13, 2011 16:57:15 GMT
**licks pencil* [insert double entendre here]
ok..so far we have the 'on hold' music, the logo [polar bear...nice]
and plenty of names....
all I need now is money and customers.... hmmmmm...
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Post by Weyland on Jun 13, 2011 17:15:38 GMT
**licks pencil* [insert double entendre here] ok..so far we have the 'on hold' music, the logo [polar bear...nice] and plenty of names.... all I need now is money and customers.... hmmmmm... Looking on the bright side, BB, you haven't yet had to endure the contributions of the likes of Ev, Riot, and Trubs. I can't wait. |
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Post by bonbonlarue on Jun 13, 2011 19:04:40 GMT
I'm bracing myself as we speak....  |
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Post by riotgrrl on Jun 13, 2011 19:31:57 GMT
I'm thinking it over tbh.
The name Bon picks for her company has to reflect the key company values - which (I'm guessing) will be professionalism, efficiency, courtesy, a certain way of doing things.
It can't be something naff like 'Office Angels' (there already is a company called that anyway) as that suggests silly wee girls in tight tops, and I'm guessing it's a mature and experienced image that Bon wants to project.
I don't know your real name Bon, but if it's something classy then use your own name Ltd. If your real name, however, is Sharon Pratt or similar, then I'd advise against.
So I'm mulling it over yet.
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Post by riotgrrl on Jun 13, 2011 19:32:52 GMT
Something quintessentially English, yet stylish and classy.
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Post by Weyland on Jun 13, 2011 19:48:18 GMT
Something quintessentially English, yet stylish and classy. Yes, indeed. You have effortlessly cut to the chase there, Riot, and the answer is now beyond doubt: so English, so stylish, and, of course, so unutterably classy . . . .jpg) Job done, BB. The lawyers will sort out the copyright issues, fees, bribes, muscle, etc. |
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