Fun Fact: When I was working at Amazon, I had seniority over Jeff Bezos.
15When Amazon acquired Woot, it also acquired the merged Synapse Micro Inc. entity history (I merged the two in 2005). This seemed to come as a surprise finding to the attorneys but it was too late to change the transaction style and likely didn't matter much (earliest dates are used for IRS R&D tax credit baseline purposes, maybe that was all). I started and incorporated Synapse Micro Inc. in February 1994, a month before Bezos incorporated. Does this make me employee #1?
TL:DR; 20 years ago I started a business that became Amazon.com
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You're Amazon Prime.
nice!
Nice reference
Woot charter members got a certificate (that I have always been green with envy over), did you make yourself one for Amazon?
Employee Zero! The search is over!
I think it's important to note that you started a company that later became the most evil company on the inter-webs.
You should keep your skeletons in the closet
NOTE: Evil is a good thing, right?
Are you sure that Amazon didn't acquire another company that was older than Synapse?
I do have a question mark on the employee #1 claim but as far as I know they have not. 1994 formation = essentially pre-internet companies