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A comment on Ask HN: Better to have separate names for the company and SaaS, or one for both?.

Re:Ask HN: Better to have separate names for the company and... by ano-ther on Monday March 03, 2025 @02:04PM (#43245426)
One. Building a brand is hard enough and at least in the beginning you don’t want to get distracted (and confuse others) by ”we are from $company, you know the ones making $productWithATotallyDifferentName“.

Later you can then rename your holding to Alphabet or Meta.

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Re:Ask HN: Better to have separate names for the company and... by 3Samourai on Monday March 03, 2025 @02:17PM (#43245560)
Yeah, it’s what I thought at first, but a VC suggested the two names for easier scalability. That’s why I’m asking HN.
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Re:Ask HN: Better to have separate names for the company and... by mmonaghan on Monday March 03, 2025 @04:12PM (#43246802)
Easier to scale what? Also did they elaborate on how having two names would make that easier?
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Re:Ask HN: Better to have separate names for the company and... by 3Samourai on Monday March 03, 2025 @11:11PM (#43250200)
He said it will be easier in the future to add new tools, like ByteDance with CapCut and Adobe with Photoshop.
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Re:Ask HN: Better to have separate names for the company and... by chairmansteve on Monday March 03, 2025 @02:07PM (#43245462)
Agreed. I work for a company that has separate names. Confuses customers and prospects.
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