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Just need a good corporation and domain name. Been spinning my wheels for weeks on this.



Having over-focussed on so many details in the past, let me offer some simple advice -- move past it.

Start working on the product. The product that I'm building right now was named "something maybe" for weeks until the right name struck (that had an available domain name).

Historically, I've moved forward in leaps and bounds until either a problem presented itself or I'd get bogged down in something so trivial as a product name. Really, it doesn't matter.

In retrospect (and I have no idea whether or not this applies to you), I was stalling because I didn't know what to do after that. If you're stuck on a company name, simply substitute "working title" until you get moving, and the name will come.


Yeah, I'm not worried too much about the product name, but I do need to do the company named and incorporated (this is actually holding up funding at this point.)

My last company had (IMO) a great name, so I'm struggling to measure up.


Is the company name as important as the product or domain name? The company name mostly appears on legal documents, and you can add a DBA once you find a domain name. Unless investors are waiting for a flashy name, you could file for a random company name right away.

Domain names are becoming a serious problem. I spent a couple of months coming up with names before finding something remotely passable. Even now I am not happy with what I have, but the dismal return on effort prevents me from wasting anymore time on it, at least until I have a growing customer base.


Why does the company name matter? Twitter was owned by Obvious Corp. In the early days.




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