news How Go Time Ventures became Perception.com

[Ali]

We ran into a bit of a “fluke” earlier this week. We received a cease and desist letter from a major company in our industry alerting us that our usage of the term “Go Time” in our company name was an infringement on their trademark.

At first, it was a bit frustrating. Having to rebrand a company so early after launch, the public perception of the rebranding, along with the sheer amount of work that would have to go into it (on top of the work that had already gone into it) were only a few of our many dilemmas…

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[nomen]

Perception is everything.

 

[Soofi]

how many places did you had to change that perception? lol I mean the username?

I like it, and I see everyone else likes it more than me..

Good luck Ali!

 

[Ali]

how many places did you had to change that perception? lol I mean the username?

I like it, and I see everyone else likes it more than me..

Good luck Ali!

Haha, I spent almost 72 hours straight changing everything. Still working on it! And thank you my friend, your kind words are appreciated!

 

[Jasonn]

so how much did it cost?

 

[Ali]

so how much did it cost?

Let's just say it was well worth all 5 digits.

 

[vicho]

I like the slogan "Perception is everything" ..

Second that

 

[James Rodman]

Let's just say it was well worth all 5 digits.

rumor has it you bought for high 5 digits lol. i read somewhere but idk if they just made it up

 

[Ali]

rumor has it you bought for high 5 digits lol. i read somewhere but idk if they just made it up

Guess we'll never know!

 

[vivaldi]

I know the feeling It was not my decision to name the company GTV, it was my partners - however, it was my idea to name it Perception once we received the C&D I appreciate your honesty very much!

That explains it, found your old name very odd. This one is great. Good luck!

 

[RU]

@Zandibot, what happened with your Perception?

 

[Ali]

@Zandibot, what happened with your Perception?

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