

Startup means more than just TECH
My neighbor at 1871, who I love to death, came in this morning and asked me, with a distressed look on her face, "Why do you guys call yourselves a startup? You're not really a startup, are you?" I was shocked... "How are we not a startup?" I asked. While she had a hard time explaining her rationale, it became obvious that, because Breakwater Chicago is not a technology startup, she didn't see us as a startup at all. I spent the rest of the day thinking about what we define a