Tag Archives: early stage startups

I have advised founders on domain name decisions for nearly three decades. Across cycles, bubbles, crashes, and reinventions, one pattern has stayed stubbornly consistent. Founders do not regret moving fast.They regret locking themselves into weak identities. In the early days of a startup, everything feels expensive. Servers feel expensive. Hiring feels expensive. Marketing feels expensive. Legal and compliance feel painfully …

No venture capitalist will ever say this out loud. They will not mention it in feedback.They will not include it in rejection emails.They will never put it on a due-diligence checklist. But your domain name is being judged long before your pitch deck is finished. Often before your first meeting even begins. For experienced investors, a domain name is not …