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Can I call my company a “Venture Studio” if I also work with clients?

I run a small company which works exclusively with early stage startups for their product development needs - in addition to building our own products.

Since working in a niche like that is a departure from routine software outsourcing, some people I talked to described my company as a startup studio or venture studio. BUT... venture studios don't work for clients.

This is more of a semantic thing than anything else, but can I call my company a "Venture Studio"?

The company website is at https://venturenox.com

( 7 comments | 7 points | on HN )
Re:Can I call my company a “Venture Studio” if I also work w... by altdataseller on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @02:08PM (#27764075)
You can call your company whatever you want, but my advice is to just not get too preoccupied with it. Just add value for clients, get paid and that's all that matters
Re:Can I call my company a “Venture Studio” if I also work w... by sayhong_ on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @02:14PM (#27764134)
this is the only right answer
Re:Can I call my company a “Venture Studio” if I also work w... by v1l on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @10:26PM (#27767907)
I do something similar and I just have one question for you. How do you not tire of the constant context switching and "being in the weeds" of multiple client projects?

What's your secret?

Re:Can I call my company a “Venture Studio” if I also work w... by stingerpk on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:31AM (#27770610)
A few things: - Only a handful of projects at one time. - Established practices and rituals. - Dedicated discovery workshop where most intricate details are figured out before we start coding anything.

Your services look pretty neat too!

Re:Can I call my company a “Venture Studio” if I also work w... by vpilipchatin on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:30PM (#27786192)
I think you can call it whatever you want :) as long as clients are happy & you make money.

Maybe what needs considering whether your target audience uses this name for what they are looking for or not.

Your site is really awesome. I am doing something similar too.

Re:Can I call my company a “Venture Studio” if I also work w... by stingerpk on Friday July 09, 2021 @03:50PM (#27787786)
I think our customers don't care what we call ourselves.

I just checked your site, indeed very similar to what I am doing. Good luck! Happy to see I'm not alone in my approach in building a next-gen startup studio.

Re:Can I call my company a “Venture Studio” if I also work w... by vpilipchatin on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:39AM (#27792485)
Thank you! Good luck to you too ))