About Writewith

Writewith is a web-based software application designed for anyone who needs to work on a document with anyone else. Writewith.com can be used for office memos, group projects, news stories or even drafting a letter with a friend.

It started with two college newspaper editors on opposite sides of the US. Both were struggling to organize their newsrooms and both realized that better software could make their lives easier -- both newsrooms wrote articles in Microsoft Word and emailed drafts between reporters and editors, both kept track of assignments via a whiteboard in the office.

One editor, Martin Goldman, developed a workflow management system for his newsroom, Binghamton University's Pipe Dream. The other editor, Eric Eldon, started working on a similar software and business concept with his childhood friends, Phil Kast and Jes Wolfe -- Eric and Martin met at a college media conference and they decided to join forces.

Based on their collective experiences, the team created a workflow system designed to make online word processing work for groups. Core features include:

Ability to upload documents directly to the website
Assign tasks to others and share documents
Edit together, chat, and see changes as soon as they happen
Comprehensive history for each document
Ability to export or publish in multiple formats

The Team:

Martin Goldman:

Martin was copy desk chief and newsroom technology director at Pipe Dream, Binghamton University's student newspaper. After graduating, he worked as a systems analyst at Goldman Sachs for two years prior to being convinced to join writewith full time in January 2007.

Phillip Kast:

Phillip majored in Geology at Pomona College. At various times he has worked as a fish surveyor and raft guide, and has been writing software since shortly after he learned to walk. He saw his first web page in 1994, when Shoemaker-Levy 9 ran into Jupiter. Phillip wrote the Stanford Daily's web presence.

Read Phil's blog.

Eric Eldon:

Eric was a reporter, a news editor, a few other things, and finally the business manager at The Stanford Daily, Stanford University's student newspaper. Instead of becoming a reporter after graduating in 2005, he decided to start a company to solve his newsroom problems. He continues his passion for writing by contributing to VentureBeat, a Silicon Valley tech blog.

Jessica Wolfe:

After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2004, Jes started her career as an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley. Two years later, she joined the International Finance Corporation as an investment analyst. Jes brings her financial and corporate background to the company.