Day 03: The Meaning of My Business Name
The meaning of my business name, I like the sound of that! Although this is not a business blog nor am I a business in the sense of the word "business," I take my YouTube channel and the INC_Smoothie Entertainment "brand" very seriously and treat it like a business. Now with all of that serious mumbo jumbo out of the way, let's get into the meaning of the name INC_Smoothie Entertainment
INC
The first part of the channel/blog/brand name comes from an old, and once great, message board, turned website, turned one-stop internet entertainment capital, Howdy, Inc. Capt. Howdy, Bandon W. is the founder and of Howdy, Inc. Brandon brought a group of people with common interests together to have beer chuggin' good time back in 2004. It started as a message board and then slowly turned into a blog and podcasting site were the members and hosts of the different shows could communicate and go over show ideas via the message board. The flagship show on Howdy Inc. was "Howdy Radio." "Howdy Radio saw many different formats, but the final format in 2012 was an audio-only weekly podcast hosted by Brandon, his lovely wife Liz, and myself. This is where the INC comes in. I thought it would be a good idea to identify the different INC podcasters on twitter by having their INC preceded by their username. I was the only one, and I have no regrets. The site, shows, and message board slowly started to fade as life got in the way. Most of us still talk and always toss around getting something going again but schedules and life always get in the way. I am so very thankful for the friendships I formed with these fine folks as this was truly the first internet community that I truly became apart of and did form such lasting friendships. Thank you Brandon! :beerchug:
Smoothie
The second part, well the second part is simply my nickname. I received the nickname "Smoothie" back in 1997, about two-weeks into my college career. How did I get the nickname you ask? Well that is a good question. Here is the answer. After an off campus party a group of us were piling into a car to go back to campus. I had gotten into the car and one of the girls came in behind me. I shut the door and this girl began laughing, and I said, "what's so funny?" She replied, "my fingers are in the door." So yeah I shut this poor girls fingers into the car door. Then next day I was telling my friend Lou, who would later become my roomate, about the incident. His response, "smooth move, Smoothie!' And the rest is how do you say, history. Not my most shining moment, but a nickname was born.
Entertainment
The last part is nothing more than me wanting to entertain and bring entertaining content to all of you fine people. This part you should have learned and been made very clear last night with the
20 Facts About Me post. I still like making videos, and I want to get back into podcasting so I decided to make this blog and my YouTube channel a one-stop shop for all your entertainment needs.
Thank you for stopping by and checking out day number three of the challenge. I know that some of these may be long winded, but I thank you for reading through to the end.
Take Care, God Bless, and STAY SMOOTH! :)
