Logo Design Contest brief for SMART UP for the STARTUP

Company or website name

SMART UP for the STARTUP

Slogan or Tagline

None

Describe your company and organization and target audience

First off, thank you all for the hard work and amazing designs!

I have added $100 on the reward and have extended the contest an extra 7 days.

I am downgrading the designs one star each, example: logos ranked with 3 stars will get a 2 star rank.

The reason I am doing this is because I need to free up the 4 and 5 star rated categories.

After seeing so many designs I know for sure that the "STARTUP" should be emphasized over the "SMART UP FOR THE".

I like the symbols so far. Arrows, rockets, brain, star, glasses, gear, etc.

More than one symbol per design is not something that I have really liked.

Also, please do not copy any other ideas unless you have something that is really great.

This book targets the startup community, it has to be simple and professional.

Please do no delete any entries either.

Please submit the design on a book cover and maybe another form of use so I have an idea of what it would look like on different environments.

I would like to give you all one more opportunity to submit an idea.

I look forward to some more amazing designs. Thank you all again!

The design should have the following

I need the design to be simple and to the point. Startup business owners are our target. I need a clean and simple design. I would also like a symbol that is possibly integrated with one of the letters of the title "SMART UP FOR THE STARTUP". The symbol would be used on a plethora of other products.

I would like to see cleverly embedded symbols within the name or next the the name. Symbols such as arrow, lightning bolt, rocket, brain, pair of glasses, light build, light ray/beam, gears etc.

Please take a look at the deigns I rate a 4-5 stars before creating a design. I am looking for uniqueness and something very clever. Please be as clever and creative as possible.

Please read all of the fields of descriptions to get a full understanding of what I am looking for. I have attached some symbols that catch my eye, some white board drawings of what I am thinking about, a few designs that I commissioned a designer to create, and a cover from the book "BUILDING A STORY BRAND" which is a book cover that I admire greatly.

Lastly, I have posted an image of a logo style that has been used a lot. I would like to see other styles that this style only. Thank you all for the hard work!