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Is it enough just to raise money from VCs to be "successful"? Many companies still fail even with great funding.

Damien Katz was rejected:

Whether that counts for Couchbase is another question.

(I guess it probably does)

Is there some kind of rule that every startup name has to be of the form NounNoun or VerbNoun?

Verbio and Nounr are a bit old fashioned now.

And it's all ultimately the fault of the limited .com namespace.

Well, ChartBoost is NounVerb, if that makes you feel better.

It could be either way

NounVerb - Boost your charts (increase your metrics) VerbNoun - Chart your boosts (monitor your improvements)

boost is also a noun though

So really, you asking why non adjectives or adverbs?

Tons of made up adverbs -ly: Embedly Summly (remember this artifact of the last bubble?) Referly

I believe SeatGeek would also be in this category