Susan MacTavish Best
Susan MacTavish Best has worked extensively with European and North American companies providing them with strategic public relations counsel.
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.bestpr.net |
| Industries: | Food and Drink, Internet, Lifestyle, Media, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, Management, Marketing, Public Relations |
| Location: | San Francisco |
| Groups: | BASES, Seedcamp |
| Interested in: | Meeting new people, Providing services to startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | digital media, europe, Journalism, marketing, media, new media, pr, press, public relations, Running, scotland |
| Schools: | Hamilton College |
FEATURED STARTUP
Best Public Relations
Best Public Relations
Boutique PR agency
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Profitable
FULL BIO
Susan MacTavish Best has worked extensively with European and North American companies providing them with strategic public relations counsel. Susan started Best Public Relations in 1998 and has partnered with a diverse portfolio of clients during this time including craigslist, Esurance, Lulu, Playfish, LaLa, Smugmug, MainStreet.com, and Olivia Cruises and Resorts. (Internet, literary, personal finance, travel, food and beverage, technology, and consumer companies).
Susan sits on the advisory board of the Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkeley. She is on the advisory board of the Diabetes and Wellness Foundation, a national non-profit that helps diabetics lead healthy lives. Susan is also on the advisory board of YouNoodle.
A single-malt and haggis fan, Susan grew up in St. Andrews, Scotland. During off hours, Susan is usually found training for a marathon on Mt. Tamalpais or cooking up a storm.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Best Public Relations |
| Position: | Founder |
| Time period: | January 1998 - Present |
EDUCATION
| University: | Hamilton College |
| Degree: | History, BA |
Susan's Startups (1)
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Playfish
Playfish is a social gaming company. They design free games for players to interact and compete on social networks such as Facebook.
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Private Facts
So let's play Kiss-and-Tell. Share your secrets and let the world get to know the real you. Come on, we are talking all sorts of secrets here.
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Demand Media
Demand Media is a heavily backed new media company headed by Richard Rosenblatt, the former chairman of Intermix Media, the company that sold MySpace to News Corporation
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Matt Rosoff
English Literature graduate from Williams College. 13 years of writing and editing experience, now at Directions on Microsoft.
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Harjeet Taggar
Englishman in San Francisco, 22, Y Combinator Alum, working on startup Auctomatic.