Cooliris loses its chief revenue officer to AOL
Cooliris, the startup that developed a 3-D wall for users to explore images and other online media, lost one of its most notable hires today, when chief revenue officer Shashi Seth joined AOL.
Seth came to Cooliris in June 2008 from Google, where he was in charge of monetizing YouTube. At the time, Seth told GigaOm that the search engine had gotten “a little big.” Now he’s part of a wave of ex-Googlers jumping aboard at… Continue Reading
Cooliris’ revenue chief: Ad market tanking? Not for us
I’ve spent a lot of time writing about how a startup called Cooliris continues to build a fun experience for exploring video and other media with its 3D wall, but I’ve heard a lot less about the business side. Recently Shashi Seth, the Palo Alto, Calif., company’s chief revenue officer (formerly head of monetization at YouTube), told me that despite the broader downturn in online ads, Cooliris’ advertising remains very much in-demand, with inventory completely… Continue Reading
YouTube business exec joins startup Cooliris
YouTube’s head of monetization Shashi Seth has left YouTube-owner Google to become the chief revenue officer at a Menlo Park, Calif. startup called Cooliris. Seth is just the latest in a series of Google executives to join the startup world, a group that also includes former Google vice president and current Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.
Seth was appointed to his position at YouTube in January 2007. It probably wasn’t the easiest job in the… Continue Reading