Company Performance Metrics
Jeff Sherwood: Co-Founder, President & CEOPast Role: Capzles, President
BIGWORDS.com, the No. 1 online textbook retailer and ecommerce
destination for college students, launched the ecommerce revolution
for college students everywhere in August 1998. Dedicated to giving
students the best online ecommerce customer experience, BIGWORDS.com
is all about not having to &uot;check your backpack at the door.&uot;
As part of the company's mission to provide students this
one-of-a-kind experience, BIGWORDS.com has built the first and only
integrated distribution model for textbooks. Offering a unique
advantage of having all the textbooks that students need ready to ship
from its 80,000 sq. foot distribution center, BIGWORDS.com can reach
virtually every student in America with great value, free delivery and
the widest selection of available titles in the textbook business.
During this winter's on-campus &uot;RISE&uot; guerilla campaign, the
BIGWORDS.com campus network of more than 8,000 representatives will
reach more than four million college students. BIGWORDS.com has
partnerships with MTV Online, Den.net, United Airlines, MP3.com,
Yahoo! and Rolling Stone.
BIGWORDS.com is a privately held company headquartered in San
Francisco with funding from 21st Century Internet Partners, GeoCapital
Partners, Media Technology Ventures Ltd., Attractor Investor
Management, Trans Cosmos USA, Inc. and St. Paul Venture Capital.
