Fun Fact: When I was working at Amazon, I had seniority over Jeff Bezos.

snapster thought this was worth mentioning said Wed, Apr 16th 2014 at 1:43pm ET

When 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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Tom said Wed, Apr 16th 2014 at 1:49pm ET:

You're Amazon Prime.

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- nice!
  
  snapster said Wed, Apr 16th 2014 at 1:52pm ET
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- Nice reference
  
  koreancowboy said Mon, Apr 28th 2014 at 5:07pm ET
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Ignorant said Wed, Apr 16th 2014 at 3:02pm ET:

Employee Zero! The search is over!

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pooflady said Wed, Apr 16th 2014 at 2:25pm ET:

Woot charter members got a certificate (that I have always been green with envy over), did you make yourself one for Amazon?

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- no, but good memories!
  
  snapster said Wed, Apr 16th 2014 at 3:15pm ET
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Kevin said Wed, Apr 16th 2014 at 10:26pm ET:

Are you sure that Amazon didn't acquire another company that was older than Synapse?

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- 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
  
  snapster said Thu, Apr 17th 2014 at 12:57pm ET
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capguncowboy said Wed, Apr 16th 2014 at 10:10pm ET:

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?

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