April,
I have a daughter named Ava too. I also have one named Emma. Sooo, I was thinking of doing something with A&E *yadda* *yadda* (A&E Business Solutions, etc.) I don't know, I'm stuck (see Name??? Help?).
I love the way you did yours though - that's awesome!

I was talking to my mother, (who is my best friend) about the business and how it would be the perfect solution for me to stay at home and take care of my son, have the flexibility to do so, attend College to get my Bachelor's degree, make an income and stay in the so called corporate world. The VA business would also be a perfect solution for employers also wanting to save a few thousand dollars on the business accounts by hiring me as their assistant. Over all, the perfect solutions for everyone involved.

When I asked her about what she thought my business name should be, she clearly stated, without a hesitation "Perfect Solutions - you've only mentioned it three times within the last 5 minutes!" And that's how I got the name. I checked it out with Network solutions, got a .us extension and viola...Perfect Solutions - A Virtual Assistants Group was born. I called it a VA Group to plan for the future. If I cannot handle the work assigned, or it isn't in my expertise, I'm sure I will know a good VA who will take on the client.

Lisa

You all have some great stories of how your names came about - thank you so much for sharing them. It's always interesting to see what takes people's attention and how things happen.

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It is awesome to read how everyone came up with the names of their companies. Mine was a little less thoughtful (I think). The area I live in has been call the Fox Valley, so I incorporated that in my company name. Right now I have "Fox Valley Virtual Admin Services", but since I am not fully up and running on my own yet, I have not sealed the deal yet on the name. I have so much to do yet. I have to get a website, register my business, etc.

The first step is always the name!

Stacy

Mine wasn't so creative. I work from my desk. My keyboard is on top of my desk. The computer 'screen' is called a desktop. It's mine, so Robin's Desktop. I chose 'Virtual Administrative Services' to allow for a variety of service offerings.

Keystone Promise came about due to my love of thesaurus.com.

I entered the words "virtual" and "assistance" and came to Keystone Promise.

Virtual = essential = fundamental = foundation = Keystone

Assistance = support = endorse = pledge = Promise

So basically my name is redundant. Virtual Assistance Virtual Assistance just didn't have the same ring as Keystone Promise Virtual Assistance. Plus the initials, KPVA, are easy to rattle off on the phone.

That was a really cool way to come up with your name. Good thing I'm not totally set with my name, I may have to take some of these suggestions and come up with a catchy name that says it all.

And it shows that you are able to think outside of the box. Most people would not have thought to do that to come up with a name!

Stacy