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[aid] => mick
[title] => Getting to Stardom
[time] => 2015-11-06 21:16:47
[hometext] => As long as there are stars, there will be gazers.
[bodytext] => To win corporate games; your fame’s in your name! No one below will deny it; Whether you call yourself AT&T, ARCO, The RITZ or the HYATT! With names so forgetful, their coffers were debtful; And just when no hope was in sight; Each one overhauled the name they were called; Here’s hoping that they got it right! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Integrated Electronic Microchip wasn’t a name that would sell; So they stopped in mid-stride, advertised “It’s inside”—and we bought their chips as INTEL. Jeff Bezos soon shot his firm to the top, by starting its name with an “A”; To grow big as ever, he mimicked a river, and AMAZON, won him the day! Using-The-Sky-to-Talk-Peer-to-Peer was as awkward to say as to type! And thus to engender a word we’d remember, they shortened their handle to SKYPE. This owner loved ships and read Moby Dick; hoping it might bring him luck; He borrowed the fame of the chief mate’s first name, and that's why we call it STARBUCKs. Microcomputers and software combined to keep this new business aloft; He merged the two words, gave the credit to nerds, and Bill named it MICROSOFT. Frank Epperson thought his treats were ICE POPs; but his grandkids were stubborn and fickle! They soon got their way, and that’s why today, we all ask for one of POP’s SICKLES. Bill and Dave tossed a coin to be boss, determining whose name should rule it! If they had flipped heads, we might have all said: “I bought it from PACKARD and HEWLETT!” With car radios, they started out slow; but we recall best their Victrolas! Remembering their past, to ensure fame would last, they branded themselves MOTOROLA. ECHO BAY came to be their first name; but alas, the domain had been taken; So they gave up the “cho” and as we all know, EBAY’s a name not mistaken! To beat NCR, T. Watson went far with Business Machines International; He scored once again, when he chose IBM as a catchphrase that sounded more rational. We loved BABY GAYS, but the name didn’t say, cotton-soft quality wipes; But it rolled off our lips, when he called them Q-TIPS, and millions have henceforth been swiped! The public will steer to what catches its ear; as Johnson and Johnson would say: Adhesive Bandages may be correct, but BAND-AID said help’s on its way! So if you are bound, to garner renown, you need to bone up on PR; Or come to rely, on just getting by; and gazing with us at the stars! [comments] => 6 [counter] => 295 [topic] => 21 [informant] => softerware [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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