Post by Elaine Heast on Sept 23, 2014 22:43:42 GMT -8
In reality Elaine chose Seattle to get away from her family. What she told them was that it was a city with potential for her to exploit. Chicago had become too small after her embrace and there was too much risk of discovery. Out here no one knew her except the small handful of paralegals she'd brought with.
Her reputation was sound enough to land her a position doing contracts and advisement for a local company that was expanding and preparing to go public, Mermaid coffee. She helped them through their period of transition before stepping back into a strictly advisory role in 1994.
It was at this time that she began advising the founder Magic which would later be known as Jungle.com, another Seattle startup that had an innovative idea. The company didn't mind her odd hours since her profits from Mermaid's stock allowed her to charge them below average rates. In 1997 they made it up to her with a large stock package.
1999 finds Elaine Hearst establishing her firm in Seattle after having developed a reputation as a lawyer capable of taking small companies to great heights.
Her reputation was sound enough to land her a position doing contracts and advisement for a local company that was expanding and preparing to go public, Mermaid coffee. She helped them through their period of transition before stepping back into a strictly advisory role in 1994.
It was at this time that she began advising the founder Magic which would later be known as Jungle.com, another Seattle startup that had an innovative idea. The company didn't mind her odd hours since her profits from Mermaid's stock allowed her to charge them below average rates. In 1997 they made it up to her with a large stock package.
1999 finds Elaine Hearst establishing her firm in Seattle after having developed a reputation as a lawyer capable of taking small companies to great heights.