Widgetbox

Widgetbox™ helps people express, connect, create and inform using web widgets that can be easily shared and distributed anywhere on the web. Our community of tens of thousands of widget makers and over 30 million widget users is growing every day. Widgetbox widgets have been on hundreds of thousands of websites. And, best of all, Widgetbox is free!
Make a Widget

Whether you are a hard-core coder or you just tinker around with the web, we provide you with easy to use tools to build, distribute, and track your own web widgets. You don’t even need to know any code. Turn your blog into a widget or create a Facebook app in minutes. What’s more, you can turn your widgets into cash when you sign-up for DevShare.
Find a widget

We have the largest selection of widgets anywhere on the web so you are bound to find the widgets you want. Browse our gallery. Or, search our widgets by category, keyword, tag, developer, and rating.
Get a widget

When you find the widget you want, we make it easy for you to take it with you. Click the “get widget” button and choose from all major sites including MySpace, Facebook, Blogger, and more. Or, copy the code and take it to the webpage of your choice.
What are web widgets?

Web widgets are portable chunks of the Web that can be easily embedded into a webpage. Use them to get news, information, entertainment, decoration, or whatever else you can think of for your blog, profile page, personal home page, or web site.

You can be assured that your privacy and security are our top priority. We provide an extra security layer around all of our widgets to prevent viruses and other attacks. We built this security layer because your privacy is important to us and we want you to use our widgets without worry.
The people behind Widgetbox

We are creative, fun, and innovative — just like you! We come from small and large companies alike including eBay, Apple, Yahoo, PayPal, and Wired. Our founders, Ed Anuff, Giles Goodwin, and Dean Moses serve as inspiration for us and we are funded by Sequoia Capital, Hummer Winblad, NCD Investors, and private investor Michael Dearing.

Will Price (CEO):
Prior to joining Widgetbox, Will was a Managing Director at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Will played a key role in the firm’s investments in Move Networks, Replay Solutions, Mulesource, Star Analytics, Hubpages, Widgetbox, Kwiry, Infopia and SlideRocket. Prior to joining Hummer Winblad, Will was a Senior Vice President with Pequot Ventures, where he focused on investments in information technology. Previously, Will served as CEO and COO of several software start-ups. He has also worked with the Boston Consulting Group, Infinity Financial Technology and Morgan Stanley. Will graduated from Harvard College and earned his M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University where he graduated at the top of his class.

Giles Goodwin (Co-founder and CTO):
Giles Goodwin has over 10 years experience building innovative software products. Prior to co-founding Widgetbox, Giles Goodwin was Chief Portal Suite Architect and Director of Engineering at Vignette, a content management company, with responsibility for the management and development of composite application and web services technology.
Prior to his role at Vignette, Giles was Director of Engineering at Epicentric which was acquired by Vignette. Prior to this, Giles was lead developer and architect at Application Park, an online web application builder and portal company which was acquired by Epicentric.
Giles holds a BS in Physics from the University of California at Riverside.

Dean Moses (Co-founder and Chief Architect):
Dean Moses has been a software architect and usability expert for over 10 years. Prior to co-founding Widgetbox in early 2006, Dean was at Epicentric, a leading vendor of enterprise portal solutions, for six years joining as its first employee and Chief Architect.
After the acquisition of Epicentric by Vignette, a content management company, Dean remained at Vignette as Chief Architect. Prior to his work at Epicentric, Dean was Chief Architect at MethodCraft, a business software company and served as Principal Architect at Advent Software, a financial software company, as well as an architect and engineer at HotWired.
Dean holds a BS in Computer Science and a BA in English from Louisiana State University.

Tracy Pizzo (Senior Director of Community & Business Development):
Tracy Pizzo comes to Widgetbox with 8 years of general management and business development experience. Prior to business school, she was Executive Director of two not-for-profit organizations where she oversaw all operations including vision, fundraising, management, and program development.
Tracy has also spent time working for The Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, a joint program between Stanford University and The Institute for Policy Studies. She also worked for Legacy Venture, a philanthropy fund-of-funds investing in premier venture capital funds, and as a teacher at the Westtown School. Tracy holds a BA in Women’s Studies and Psychology, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Jim Goetz (Board Member):
Jim Goetz focuses on systems and software investments at Sequoia Capital. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2004, Jim served as a General Partner at Accel Partners where he led the investments in Entrisphere (ERIC), Peribit (JNPR), RGB, and Rhapsody (BRCD) and was part of the team responsible for BroadJump (MOTV), Timetra (ALA) and Topspin (CSCO). Earlier, Jim was a Founder of VitalSigns (LU) where he went on to serve as VP/GM of the VitalSoft division of Lucent. Prior to VitalSigns, Jim was the Vice President of Network Management for Bay Networks. Prior to Bay and Synoptics, he held various product and marketing positions at AT&T, AT&T Bell Labs, and Digital Equipment. Jim has a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.