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		aragonite on July 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CrowdStrike's impact on aviation Does anyone know (or have any guesses as to) why the founder(s) named it "CrowdStrike"? What was (or might have been) the idea behind the name? I'm guessing it's not patterned after "crowdfunding" "crowdsourcing" "crowdlending", etc.

latentsea on July 30, 2024 [–]

It's part of a trend where companies name themselves after a self-describing disaster they're going to cause. Oceangate also did this.

New investing strategy is to look for companies whose name also fits this pattern but who have not yet caused the disaster and short the stock.

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