Scobleizer visits Jackson Fish
We don’t get too many visitors here at Jackson Fish, but today our old friend Robert Scoble came by to chat with us (as well as with the nice folks at Smartsheet who we did some work with) about what we’re doing. You can see the short version of the video (shot using Robert’s cell […]
We’re Back
Hi everyone… we had a lovely break. Walter’s is being unexpectedly extended by a day due to the weather in Chicago, but we’re here. We also are excited to welcome our first every class of interns here at JFM. The plan is that they will conceive, design, develop, and ship an app from start to […]
Spring Break at Jackson Fish Market
As you may or may not know from having (or not having) followed us here for awhile, periodically we take a break. There’s been lots of discussion over the past few months on what it means to work at a startup. Should you work 4 days a week? Should you take time off? Should you […]
Jackson Fish World Headquarters v2
If you made it to our inaugural Secret Society Meeting at Jackson Fish Market World Headquarters last month, then you already know we’ve moved our working offices from the northwest corner of our building over to the northeast corner. The new space is not only much bigger, it also comes with wonderful floor-to-ceiling windows! We […]
Working hard or hardly working? VC-backed startups vs. Bootstraps.
There’s been a blip in the blogosphere (and the Seattle Tech Startup mailing list) lately about corporate culture and how hard people should work at startups. Posts of note include: 37 Signals announcing they are moving to 4 day workweeks (among other things). Jason Calacanis saying you should fire people who aren’t workaholics (among other […]