Ask HN: isn't naming a company the same as its product a mistake today?
I mean, knowing the lifespan of products today, most companies will have to conceive other products to survive more than ten or twenty years, no? Remember Apple Computer.
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I think it's better to name the company differently from the product, but using the same idea. For instance: my startup is called SimplCloud and it is about creating products for DevOps. The first product is called SimplDS (for Deplyment Service) and I can continue with this scheme.
If you don't have a viable product, it doesn't matter.
If you have a viable product, you can sort it out.
If you have a viable product, you can sort it out.
no. Chock full of nuts sells lots of coffee these days and no nuts. http://www.chockfullonuts.com/ (warning: flash heavy site)
Doesn't seem to be a problem for Google.