Fishbowl Timeline
2000
- Founded by Scott Shaw, serial restaurant entrepreneur
2001
- Powered email for 100 restaurant locations
2002
- Partnered with AOL on member loyalty program pilot
2003
- Launched proprietary Local Store Marketing platform for franchise and general managers of multi-unit restaurant companies
2004
- Introduced list-building via self-contained kiosks
2005
- Launched Fishbowl Local for independent and small chain restaurants
2006
- Named exclusive email vendor for members of the National Restaurant Association
2007
- Funded by Edison Ventures
- Powered email marketing for 28,000 restaurant locations
- Distributed over 300,000,000+ restaurant marketing emails
- 25 state restaurant associations partner with Fishbowl to provide exclusive benefits to their members
2008
- Launched on-demand suite of restaurant marketing solutions
- Received $12M Investment from Valhalla Partners and Existing Investors
2009
- Fishbowl’s restaurant guest database surpasses 40 million opt-in members
- Launched integrated social media services
- Distributed over 1 billion restaurant marketing emails
2010
- Fishbowl’s restaurant guest database surpasses 64 million opt-in members
- Launched Analytics & insight and LSM 2.0
- Distributed over 1.5 billion restaurant marketing emails
2011
- Fishbowl’s restaurant guest database surpasses 70 million opt-in members
