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Seth Godin
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Seth Godin

American author and dot com business executive

Seth W. Godin, also known under his pen name as "F. X. Nine" (born 1960), is an American author, marketing expert, entrepreneur, and a former dot-com business executive.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Seth Godin (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jul 10, 1960.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedTufts University School of Engineering3
  • Date not recordedStanford Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration3
  • Date not recordedWilliamsville East High School3

Seth W. Godin graduated from Williamsville East High School in Williamsville, New York in 1978.

He attended in Tufts University, graduating with a degree in computer science and philosophy. He also earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

From Wikipedia’s article on Seth Godin (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: writer, blogger, actor, entrepreneur, economist, computer scientist.6

After leaving Spinnaker in 1986, Godin 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. He and Mark Hurst co-founded Yoyodyne, a permission marketing company named after the fictional Yoyodyne in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

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 and became Yahoo's vice president of direct marketing.

In March 2006, Godin launched Squidoo. By July 2008, Squidoo had become one of the 500 most visited sites in the world. In 2014, it was sold to HubPages.

Godin founded altMBA, a 4-week online workshop, in 2015. He also runs a podcast called Akimbo.

From Wikipedia’s article on Seth Godin (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornJul 10, 1960, Mount Vernon7
  • CitizenshipUnited States8 9

Godin and his wife Helene live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. They have two adult sons.

From Wikipedia’s article on Seth Godin (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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