7 posts and columns on Seth Goldstein

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.
turntable

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.
Aaron Iba

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 [...]