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Fire Nation. The countdown has commenced. John Lee Dumas here and I am fired up to bring you our

future guest today. Seth Goldstein. Seth, are you prepared to ignite?

I'm so prepared. I'm excited. Thanks for having me. Your pleasure.

My pleasure. For 20 years, Fire Nation, Seth has been a serial entrepreneur and angel investor.

He recently wrote the definitive guide to raising money at the secrets of raising money.com.

Seth, I've given our listeners just a little overview. So take a minute. Tell us about you

personally because we want to get to know you, Seth, and then give us an overview of your business.

I'm 43. I started my first company when I got to college in C-ROM and multimedia in 1993.

And then the internet hit in 94, 95 and I was in New York and I started one of the first

online advertising companies called Site Specific. And we built some early websites and

online advertising campaigns for brands like AT&T and Duracell and Travelocity. And I sold that

business in 1997 to a publicly traded company called CKS Group that was based out here in California.

And then for 98-2001, I was the first entrepreneur and residents at Flatiron Capital, Flatiron

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