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David Placek: belief

29 Jun 2025 Lenny's Podcast Naming expert shares the process behind creating billion-dollar brand names like Azure, Vercel, Windsurf, Sonos, Blackberry, and Impossible Burger | David Placek (Lexicon Branding)

“I'm going to emphasize one point, I think, which is that I really would like the listeners to really begin to think about how valuable a brand name can be.”

— David Placek

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David Placek
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
29 Jun 2025
Publisher
Lenny's Podcast

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…So interesting. Okay. David, this was everything I was hoping it'd be. I feel like we're going to help so many people. Is there anything that we haven't covered or that you want to leave listeners with as a final nugget or piece of advice or story before we get to our very exciting lightning round? I'm going to emphasize one point, I think, which is that I really would like the listeners to really begin to think about how valuable a brand name can be. That you're not just looking for a word, you're looking for this experience. And if you get it right, not just a good name but the right name, the value is almost unlimited. And so give yourself some time, give yourself a budget, give yourself the right resources to do that. Second thing is we try to really be helpful here, and so I am always happy to talk to people about where they are in a process and if we can help, or just give them a little bit of advice. And we schedule, we call them office hours here. We're judicious about it, but we are open to that. It's just playing a long-term game, so I'd like to leave that with the viewers also. We're about to book out your office hours. I love that offer. I think a lot of people are going to take advantage of that. That is super cool. David, with that, we've reached our very exciting lightning round. I've got five questions for you. Are you ready?…

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