Seth Godin Explained
Seth Godin |
Birth Date: | July 10, 1960 (age 63) |
Birth Place: | Mount Vernon, New York |
Alma Mater: | Stanford University Tufts University |
Occupation: | Author, entrepreneur |
Spouse: | Helene Aronson |
Seth W. Godin (born July 10, 1960), also known as "F. X. Nine", is an American author and a former dot com business executive.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Background
In 1977, Godin worked at a bagel factory that produced everything bagels.[5] Godin graduated from Williamsville East High School in Williamsville NY in 1978.[6] After leaving Spinnaker in 1986, he self-funded Seth Godin Productions with $20,000 as a book packaging business. He operated this venture out of a studio apartment in New York City.[7] Mark Hurst and he then founded Yoyodyne, a permission marketing company named after the fictional Yoyodyne in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.[8] [9]
Business ventures
Yoyodyne, launched in 1995, used contests, online games, and scavenger hunts to market companies to participating users. In August 1996, Flatiron Partners invested $4 million in Yoyodyne in return for a 20% stake. In 1998, he sold Yoyodyne to Yahoo! for $29.6 million[10] [11] and became Yahoo's vice president of direct marketing.[12]
In March 2006, Godin launched Squidoo.[13] By July 2008, Squidoo had become one of the 500 most visited sites in the world.[14] In 2014, it was sold to HubPages.[15]
Awards
Godin received the following awards:
Personal life
Godin and his wife Helene live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with their two sons.[22]
Bibliography
External links
Notes and References
- News: Trachtenberg. Jeffrey. Giving Book Readers a Say. 18 July 2017. Wall Street Journal. June 24, 2012.
- News: Walker. Rob. Self-Promotion, but With Self-Respect. 18 July 2017. New York Times. November 14, 2014.
- News: Adams. Bryan. The 3 Rules of Successful Business as Taught by Seth Godin (and Your Mother). 18 July 2017. Inc.. April 28, 2016.
- Web site: Ruggeri . Christine . Seth Godin . 2024-05-20 . Leaders.com . en-us.
- Web site: Apparently, I invented the Everything Bagel . 4 March 2008 .
- Web site: Seth Godin Biography, Williamsville Education Foundation Wall of Fame . 25 July 2024.
- News: Entrepreneur Profiles: Point, Click--And Here's The Pitch: Yoyodyne uses prizes to get you to read those online ads . https://web.archive.org/web/20000304013538/http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/news/columns/98-06/e3564029.htm . dead . March 4, 2000 . Mary . Kuntz . BusinessWeek . September 9, 1998 . December 20, 2014.
- Yee. Bernard . Joyriding: Play Games on the Internet and Win Big Prizes . Next Generation. 21 . Imagine Media. September 1996. 27.
- Web site: Taylor . William C. . March 31, 1998 . Permission Marketing .
- Web site: Junnarkar . Sandeep . Yahoo to buy Yoyodyne . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131219221212/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-216555.html . December 19, 2013 . 19 December 2013 . CNET News.
- https://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1998/10/15555 Yahoo Acquiring Yoyodyne
- Web site: Speaker: Seth Godin . . Business Week's "Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age" . June 18, 2008 . December 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704085401/http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2008/Conference/keynoters/godin.cfm . July 4, 2008 . dead.
- http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/interview-seth-godin.shtml Eric Enge Interviews Seth Godin
- http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/squidoo.com Traffic Details: Squidoo.com
- News: Seth Godin's Squidoo Acquired by HubPages. SearchEngineWatch. August 19, 2014.
- Web site: Forbes.com's Business Books Of The Year . 2024-05-20 . Forbes . en.
- Web site: The Dip by Seth Godin: 9781591841661 PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books . 2024-05-20 . PenguinRandomhouse.com . en-US.
- Web site: 2007-10-15 . The BusinessWeek Best Seller List . 2024-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071015035923/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_41/b4053113.htm . 2007-10-15 .
- Web site: 20 of the best books by the most influential thinkers in business . November 13, 2015 . Richard . Feloni . . October 8, 2017.
- Web site: Richards . Katie . Meet the 3 Newest Members to The American Marketing Association's Marketing Hall of Fame . Adweek.com . 2 April 2018 . 4 June 2018.
- Seth Godin's Blog . . October 8, 2017.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170522125028/http://rainmakerplatform.com/audio/seth-godin-interview/ Seth Godin on Stepping Up and Making it Happen