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After three decades of watching technology cycles repeat themselves, one pattern has stayed constant. Founders who build companies that last think about naming very differently from those who are just trying to launch. The difference shows up in the very first conversation. Casual founders ask one practical questionIs this name available Serious founders ask deeper ones Will this name still …

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 …