As a counter-balance, I think the name is perfect. It is relevant and memorable enough for me to find again when I am in a position to spend the money on it, but generic enough to not put off indefinitely on the assumption that I'll remember it forever.
It is only while posting this that I am making the negative connection to things like "legacy code," but the concepts are distinct enough to me that they might as well be different words.
I'd love to learn more! Is there something in particular you don't like?
As a marketer (and the growth person on the Legacy team), I've learned you can't build a strategy or business that appeases everyone. Ultimately, a name is just a name.
Ultimately, we are working to help hopeful fathers build families.
The idea that your legacy is primarily defined by one's offspring seems to just buy into current social stereotypes and doesn't really signify what the service is about as you described it. Other than that I think there might be some confusion with the "other" legacy (https://www.legacy.com also a YC company?) whose service is aimed at those on the other end of the life spectrum.
As someone who is actively looking for a sperm storage solution, the name didn't resonate with me, either positively or negatively. In fact, I forgot the name already once today and had to check my messages to find the link (told a friend about the service - very interested).
Nothing about the name as it is now will stop me from becoming a customer, my decision will come down to the results of my research and the answers to my questions.
Yeah, just the describing your children as your legacy seems like a gross way of thinking about the world to me. Not trying to detract from the value of what you're doing, or suggest that the name is a bad decision, just thought you might be interested in the reaction I had.
Are you actually their marginal customer though -- as in are you going to buy one of their competitors with high chance?
If so, then can you talk about which names you like more and they can do better. If you weren't in the market to begin with, then it might not matter for them.
More like someone who had never really considered freezing my sperm but I'm 35 and I could possibly be talked into it, and while I'd like to think I'm above something as trivial as the company's name / brand image Im sure affects my decision making.
It is only while posting this that I am making the negative connection to things like "legacy code," but the concepts are distinct enough to me that they might as well be different words.