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| | |date_founded = 2005 | ||
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| | |focus = Internet | ||
| founders | |founders = Antony Van Couvering | ||
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|organization_type = Privately held | |||
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| | |website = http://www.namesatwork.com/ | ||
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'''Names@Work.com''' is a general web consulting firm which was founded by [[Antony Van Couvering]] in 2005. The company is based in New York City, with associate offices in Toronto, London, and Seattle.<ref>[http://www.namesatwork.com/about namesatwork.com]</ref> | |||
==Services== | |||
The company concentrates on helping its clients acquire new top-level domains through the [[ICANN]] process by helping its clients to:<ref>[http://www.namesatwork.com/about namesatwork.com]</ref> | |||
* Put together a winning business plan | |||
* Identify revenue opportunities | |||
* Raise money from knowledgeable investors | |||
* Complete the ICANN application | |||
* Publish policies that work for your TLD | |||
* Find and engage a reliable registry operator | |||
* Find and engage a reliable auction provider | |||
* Plan and publicize the Sunrise Period to trademark holders | |||
* Engage your community and get public support | |||
* Secure political backing when required | |||
* Deal with competition and contention | |||
}} | ==Names@Work and Icann== | ||
The founder of the company, Antony Van Couvering is an active participant of [[ICANN]] activities. In 2008, Couvering commented on the Independent Reviewer's Report, which was written by the Boston Consulting Group and Colin Carter & Associates and proposed to reconstitute the ICANN Board. According to Couvering, the entire report was worthless and ICANN should ignore it. Couvering pointed out, "The mind-set, bias, and basic understanding of the authors came from the corporate world, and whether they thought they could set that aside and make a fair assessment, very obviously they could not. The entire document is shot through with unwarranted assumptions, riddled with unsubstantiated opinions, and as a whole has been rendered useful only for demonstrations on how to recycle wastepaper by the authors’ evident ignorance of ICANN’s history or its values".<ref>[http://www.namesatwork.com/blog/2008/12/12/toxic-proposal-to-reconstitute-icanns-board Toxic Proposal to reconstitute Icann Board]</ref> | |||
He has been an active representative for his ventures at ICANN for over 10 years,<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/antonyvc LinkedIn]</ref> and has been nominated to the [[ICANN Board]] via his participation with the [[DNSO]].<ref>[http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/icann-nominations/Archives/msg00239.html DNSO.org]</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Consulting]] | |||