Susan MacTavish Best
Susan MacTavish Best has worked extensively with European and North American companies providing them with strategic public relations counsel since 1995.
| 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: | Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, 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 |
FULL BIO
Susan MacTavish Best has worked extensively with European and North American companies providing them with strategic public relations counsel since 1995. Susan started Best Public Relations in 1998 and has worked extensively with a diverse portfolio of clients during this time including craigslist, Esurance, Lulu.com, Smugmug, MainStreet.com, and Olivia Cruises and Resorts. (Internet, literary, personal finance, travel, food and beverage, technology, and consumer companies).
Susan is on the advisory board of the Diabetes and Wellness Foundation, a national non-profit that helps diabetics lead healthy lives.
Susan is the founder of Posthoc, an award-winning volunteer-driven online resource for the Bay Area that she started in 1998. Here she managed over 100 contributors and was responsible overall for the content creation, maintenance, business development, marketing and design of the site. The site is quietly returning after a few years in the dark.
A single-malt and haggis fan, Susan grew up in St. Andrews, Scotland. She graduated from Hamilton College, and studied at St. Hilda's College, Oxford University where she was co-editor of the university magazine, ISIS, and the Oxford International Review. During off hours, Susan is usually found training for a marathon 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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RunThere.com
A social network for runners. Simply, this site is a way for any runner to keep track of their training goals in a fun (and free) way. Also, the idea is to encourage community -building and fitness by finding running partners nearby.
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TotSpot
TotSpot is a place for parents to create a private page about their kids, collect memories (photos, videos) from friends and family, and organize the things they've already published into a coherent narrative.
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Bonobos
Bonobos are pants that solve problems. They're better fitting, better looking, better pants.
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Rajeeb Dey
British, 22, ex- sabbatical President of Oxford Entrepreneurs - the largest free student society at Oxford; Founder of Enternships.com & the English Secondary Students' Association (ESSA)