1. **connect by phone**: 
   - **call**, **phone**, **dial**, **contact**, **ring up**

2. **think of (an idea, a plan, etc.)**:
   - **conceive**, **devise**, **formulate**, **create**, **generate**, **come up with**

3. **make someone remember or think about something**:
   - **remind**, **prompt**, **recall**, **bring to mind**

4. **start someone remembering or thinking about something**:
   - **trigger**, **initiate**, **provoke**, **stimulate**, **elicit**

5. **start something (a business, an organization, etc.)**:
   - **establish**, **found**, **launch**, **set up**, **initiate**

6. **take control of something**:
   - **manage**, **command**, **direct**, **govern**, **oversee**, **regulate**