At the beginning was just Hillel Cooperman and two unnamed founders at Jackson Fish Market, a new startup in Seattle. Then the second founder was named: Walter Smith, another former microsoftie. Today, they announced the last unnamed founder: Jenny Lam.
Keep an eye on Jackson Fish Market. They are a very promising startup.
Disclaimer: Hillel has been doing some consulting for Sampa.
Event: Seattle's Social Media Scene [link]
Date: April 5th, 2007
Time: 6:30pm - 8:15pm
Venue: Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC), Seattle
Price: Free
Presenters: Chris Pirillo, Mitch Ratcliffe, Randy Stewart, Chris Heuer.
Wikipedia defines "startup" as:
"...A startup company is a company with a limited operating history. It may effectively cease to be a startup as it passes various milestones, such as becoming profitable, or becoming publically traded in an IPO ..."
That is an ok definition, although I don't like the part about "becoming profitable" since a some Startups can be profitable very early on.
What else would make a company stop being a startup besides being publically traded? Here is a list that on my opinion would disqualify a company as a Startup (besides going out of business, of course):
- More than 5 years on business;
- IPO;
- Being acquired by a non-Startup;
What else?
November, 2007
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