9 posts and columns on Seth Goldstein

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Brit Media Raises $1.25M and Launches Wedding Web Site Tools

in Commerce on April 30 at 9:00 am PT

Former Google TV product lead Brit Morin is disclosing today that she has raised $1.25 million in seed funding from an impressive list of investors, including Marissa Mayer, Aileen Lee, Tina Sharkey and Seth Goldstein, Kevin Colleran, Annabel Teal, Index Ventures, General Catalyst, Founders Fund Angel and DMGT. The company — called Brit Media — is aiming to build a new lifestyle brand (think Martha Stewart), and kicks off today with Weduary, a customizable and social wedding Web site.

Union Square Ventures Gives Turntable a Spin

in Media on August 2, 2011 at 8:40 am PT

Turntable.fm, the most-buzzed about Web music service not named Spotify, has a new high-profile backer. Next up, perhaps: Label deals.
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Egypt.com: Is It Time to Invest in Egyptian Start-ups?

in News on January 25, 2011 at 3:35 pm PT

The current upheaval in Egypt reflects pent-up frustration with the regime across a wide swath of society. Among the discontent is a growing class of educated, tech-savvy entrepreneurs hoping for greater stability to attract and reassure foreign investors.

Google’s Checkbook Opens Up Again, This Time for Collaboration Start-Up AppJet

in Media on December 4, 2009 at 1:37 pm PT

Google, which has bought five companies in five months, just made it an even half-dozen: The company has snapped up AppJet, an online collaboration start-up run by veterans of the search giant. That’s CEO Aaron Iba on the right, in a photo presumably taken after the deal closed.
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Kara Visits EconSM (and Lives Large With Jason Calacanis)!

in News on April 29, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

Yesterday, I traveled to Los Angeles for paidContent’s second Economics of Social Media conference, which opened last night and is being held all day today at the Skirball Cultural Center. This morning, I am interviewing Steve Wadsworth, who helms Walt Disney’s (DIS) Internet businesses. And after sating myself with as much Club Penguin info as [...]

SocialMedia's Seth Goldstein Speaks!

in News on February 25, 2008 at 3:00 am PT

Last week I paid a visit to the Palo Alto, Calif., HQ of SocialMedia and also had a chat with its Co-Founder and CEO Seth Goldstein. As the start-up describes itself, SocialMedia “is the leading provider of social-platform services. It fuses together three core features–management, marketing and monetization–into a comprehensive package that advertisers and developers [...]

The Children's Crusade Strikes Back at Not-a-Teenager (aka Really Old Lady) BoomTown

in News on October 19, 2007 at 3:46 am PT

The ankle-biters have spoken and it seems that I am completely wrong in my estimation in several recent posts where I wrote that Facebook widgets are–how shall we put it delicately?–exceedingly inane. Why? Apparently because inane is the goal! Well then, I guess: Mission accomplished! At an appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday, a [...]