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		<title>Decide.com &#8211; A new secret weapon for shoppers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decide.com was featured in the New York Times again this week. Anyone shopping for electronics this holiday season (or ever, for that matter) is crazy to not use Decide. Read the article here.]]></description>
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		<title>Decide.com&#8230;Forecasting the best deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/11/decide-com-forecasting-the-best-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/11/decide-com-forecasting-the-best-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decide.com is featured in New York Times article highlighting that Black Friday might not be the best day to get the best deals. Read the article here.]]></description>
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		<title>Apptio, the Switzerland of Tech Wars</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/08/apptio-the-switzerland-of-tech-wars/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/08/apptio-the-switzerland-of-tech-wars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Finance Corner on Forbes.com highlights Apptio&#8217;s competitive advantage in the hot new sector called Technology Business Management (TBM). Read the article here.]]></description>
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		<title>Order a custom-made suit today&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/05/order-a-custom-made-suit-today/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/05/order-a-custom-made-suit-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 23:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Internet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indochino]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; One of our newest investments, Indochino, had a nice piece on CBCNews (not a typo, the company is based in Vancouver, BC). Watch first, then order your suit immediately after. Here is a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmWsVOTiz04 Click on Indochino&#8217;s logo to check out the company&#8217;s great offerings.]]></description>
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		<title>Decide raises Series B financing, techies sign up today!</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/04/decide-raises-series-b-financing-techies-should-sign-up-today/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/04/decide-raises-series-b-financing-techies-should-sign-up-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://blog.madrona.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/decide_logo_small.gif"><img src="http://blog.madrona.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/decide_logo_small.gif" alt="" title="decide_logo_small" width="176" height="55" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-228" /></a>We still can't tell you exactly what Decide does, but we can tell you that you won't be disappointed when they launch in late Spring.  We want to congratulate CEO Mike Fridgen and his team for making some great progress and closing a strong Series B financing round with Maveron.  Here is a great piece from John Cook at Geekwire on Decide's Series B financing.  <a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2011/maveron-ram-shriram-invest-6-million-decidecom">Read it here.</a>]]></description>
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		<title>TeachStreet adds daily deals to its offering</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/04/teachstreet-adds-daily-deals-to-its-offering/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/04/teachstreet-adds-daily-deals-to-its-offering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to John Cook for a nice update on TeachStreet.  <a title="TeachStreet adds daily deals" href="http://www.geekwire.com/2011/teachstreet-seattles-newest-daily-deal-entrant">Read it here.</a>]]></description>
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		<title>TechStars Seattle: Round 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/03/techstars-seattle-round-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/03/techstars-seattle-round-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About the Entrepreneur]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs around the country should be feeling a little tingling of excitement. Why?  The second class of Seattle TechStars is now open for applications.  You have until May 20 to get your application in, but don&#8217;t wait until the last minute.  For anyone thinking about making the leap to the world of entrepreneurship this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cascadia Innovation Fellowship launches in Seattle</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/02/cascadia-innovation-fellowship/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/02/cascadia-innovation-fellowship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fellowship to offer paid internships to top computer science and engineering students to work with some of Seattle’s hottest technology startup companies including Redfin, Extrahop, Zillow, Lockerz, and Apptio. February 23, 2011 – A coalition of startups and venture capital firms today launched the Cascadia Innovation Fellowship to bring world-class computer science students from around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TechStars Reunion Event Nov. 4</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2009/10/techstars-reunion-event-nov-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2009/10/techstars-reunion-event-nov-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Greg Gottesman All of us at Madrona are looking forward to welcoming TechStars for its big reunion event here in Seattle on November 4. TechStars is a mentorship-driven incubation program/seed investment fund with operations in Boulder, Colorado and Boston, Massachusetts. Every year, TechStars funds 10 very early technology start-ups in each city and provides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a great CEO?</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2009/02/what-makes-a-great-ceo/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2009/02/what-makes-a-great-ceo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim collins]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting the Right Driver on the Bus In Good to Great, Jim Collins recommends that one of the first steps in building a great company is to get the right people on (and off) the “bus.” Not surprisingly, therefore, selecting the driver of the bus, the CEO, is certainly one of the most important tasks [...]]]></description>
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