Our Thinking

I founded PremiumBrands.com around the names I would want to build on. HoloGlasses.com interests me because it gives a founder something concrete to introduce: a company working with the display people wear, rather than a project that still needs a name. I can picture it on a demonstration unit, in the address of a software studio and at the top of an independent testing publication.

The decisions behind the collection

I acquired the press release distribution business running on i-Newswire.com in 2007. After securing iNewswire.com in 2013, I spent more than a year negotiating and consulting SEO professionals before moving the business to Newswire.com in February 2015. The shorter, exact-brand name was the identity I wanted our team to carry into its next stage.

On the morning of the switch, a prospect told one of our sales agents, “Oh yeah, Newswire.com. I’ve heard of you guys.” That could not have been true of the new name. I remember it because the introduction had changed before the prospect had experienced our work. The business we built was acquired in 2022; that was a sale of the business and the team’s work, separate from the name.

I bought PremiumBrands.com before I had a plan for it. I value premium names, and waiting would probably have meant losing that chance. It could now belong to an end user building on it, with no reason to sell. That decision is part of why the collection exists: I buy as an end user and ask, would I build on this? The names I have not yet built on are the ones I am open to selling.

The moment after the demonstration

I think about what happens when a promising demo leaves the room. Someone asks for a link. A prospective colleague forwards an introduction. A founder sends a short proposal to a manufacturer or an early customer. Those are ordinary moments, but they are where the identity of a business starts to travel beyond the person building it.

For a wearable-display company, the product can be difficult to explain without putting it on. A clear name gives the introduction a useful starting point. Holo carries the suggestion of dimensional imagery; Glasses brings that idea back to a physical object. The founder can then explain the actual display and the job it serves in plain language.

I would want that explanation to be specific. A team might be designing a display for a short guided task. Another might make spatial training software for an existing device. A publisher might spend its time comparing comfort, setup and everyday use. Those are different businesses, and I like that each can give the same name a distinct purpose through its work.

Building is becoming more accessible

My outlook comes from working around online businesses and the names that carry them. AI tools now help a small team prepare code, explore an interface and make an early concept visible. As more people can build similar starting points, I see a recognizable name as one of the few parts of a company that cannot simply be copied into another team’s project.

That is not a reason to postpone product work. It is a reason to think about the identity alongside it. If I were building a spatial software studio, I would want the name in the first proposal to be the name I could keep on the training environment and the support material. If I were launching a publication, I would want the first comparison to live under the identity I planned to develop for years.

The question I return to is practical: can you see yourself introducing this company under this name? For HoloGlasses.com, the answer may come from a founder picturing the first hardware sample with a finished label, or a studio owner sharing a paid pilot with a clear company identity behind it.

The name and the work have different jobs

A founder still has to choose a useful problem, build something that works and make a convincing offer. I see the name as the piece that holds the identity together while that work changes. A first prototype may be replaced. The software stack may move. A publication may refine its testing method. The address and the company introduction can stay consistent.

PremiumBrands offers HoloGlasses.com for a buyer who sees a place for that identity in the company they want to build. Payment plans and other structures can be discussed as part of an acquisition. I would rather start that conversation with the intended business and the timing than with a generic description of an industry.

The fix-it-later approach can seem convenient during a first build. But changing a name later means changing the packaging, email addresses and the name already used in introductions, if the desired name is still available. I prefer to make that choice while the company’s identity is taking shape.

A great name won’t save a bad business. The product and the experience still need the founder’s work. Through OnlineBusiness.com, my supporting strategy and development studio, I keep that practical connection between identity and building in view.

Bring the next company into view

There are two useful doors here. You can discuss acquiring HoloGlasses.com, including a partnership proposal, or ask PremiumBrands for acquisition help with a name outside the collection. In either case, the starting point is the company you want to introduce and the name you want to say when someone asks what you are building.

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