Megan Casey: Cofounder of Squidoo
Ranked #206 in Business & Work, #13,644 overall | Donates to Rhodesian Ridgeback Rescue of Northern California
I'm Megan. And that's not the half of it.
I'm making this lens to share a little more about my background, interests and events. I thought it would be fun to construct it more like a scrapbook of ongoings and exclamations and instances, rather than setting up a sober resume. We don't need no stinking resumes.
Read at your own risk! Mileage may vary. Don't swim after eating. Batteries not included.
If I had a traditional(ish) bio
it would look a little something like this
MEGAN CASEY is Editor in Chief of Squidoo.com, the popular publishing platform she started with Seth Godin and a small talented team in 2005. She is widely regarded as one of the most inspiring online strategists and community leaders, and speaks around the country about building core fanbases, and using game mechanics outside of classic games. She spends her free time helping entrepreneurs take their ideas and make them happen.
Prior to starting Squidoo, Megan made a name for herself in book publishing at Random House and Penguin Group developing pioneering business and technology bestsellers.
Her favorite parts of Squidoo are their Org 2.0 movement for charity, putting the community in charge, and the fact that there are actually hundreds of incredible lenses about zombies.
Megan lives in San Jose, CA with her video game developer husband and their pup, Luna.
What Matters Now: the free ebook
A great thoughtpiece. I'm honored to be included.
We want to shake things up. More than seventy extraordinary authors and thinkers contributed to this ebook. It's designed to make you sit up and think, to change your new year's resolutions, to foster some difficult conversations with your team.
I'm delighted to be included in this ebook. Thanks to Seth for organizing the whole project and bringing together so many terrific people and ideas.
Click the tag cloud of names above to go read Seth's blog post about it, which includes the free PDF download link.
Squidoo: the founding team (photo circa 2006!)
If I were a Jeopardy Grid
(a la Microserfs) I would be....
Horror Movies You Think Suck, I Love
User Acquisition: What is it?
Female Helicopter Pilot Wannabes
The Power of Recommendation
Raising Rhodesian Ridgebacks
Spreading Ideas Takes Great Content--And Superb Storytelling
for $800, Alex!
Squidoo's growth
via Quantcast, at least
Next up: Speaking at Seattle Startup Day
September 17 2011
This should be a fun one! Delighted to be speaking next to folks like Rand Fishkin and Eric Ries.Check out Startup Day 2011, brought to you by Startup Weekend and Seattle 2.0.
Photos from speaking events and conferences
Just for fun!
I love small intimate events like this. Great question from the crowd.
The 2010 BizTechDay Seattle conference was especially fun
It was a blast!
I used to be the Business Editor at Penguin Group
and here are a handful of the books I am most proud of having worked on
The secret to running a good community
Set expectations. Give people the freedom to be in charge. Then delight and surprise as often as possible.
A few great books I've read recently
The (not at all secret) to starting a good company
Is to articulate your vision. Then find a handful of people you'd love to work with. And stick with it.
5 favorite novels
I'm a fiction hound, too. It's great imagination time.
The secret to 'promotion' online
Is to focus on just 10 people who trust you and pay attention. And imagine all the ways that they can spread to just 10 people. And then those 10 people... The math gets pretty significant, pretty fast.
Five of the best video games of the last few years
each one worth playing.
Five of my favorite movies
Just a sampling. Impossible to pick just 5!
Just a few lenses I've written
Index of this lens
by MeganCasey
Megan is cofounder and the Editor in Chief of Squidoo. Meet the rest of the SquidTeam!
**Photo by Tim Wagner.
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