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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>
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		<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>Ten Tips On How To Work With Your Board Of Directors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Len Jordan, Venture Partner, Madrona Venture Group (originally posted on TechCrunch) Whenever I invest in a new company, I send the CEO my customary email with advice on how to work with his or her new board. I’ve spent 24 years in the software industry—including holding operating roles at three early-stage software companies and board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HTML5 vs. Native Apps &#8211; digital media companies leading the charge back to the browser</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/08/html5-vs-native-apps-digital-media-companies-leading-the-charge-back-to-the-brower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Picture Stuff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Scott Jacobson In the last couple of days, two notable digital media services released HTML5 applications optimized for iPad that provide a native app-like experience while bypassing Apple&#8217;s app store. Yesterday, VUDU launched a browser-based, streaming video service, optimized for iPad. Today, Amazon launched Kindle Cloud Drive, enabling customers to buy, download and read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madrona invests in the Series A round of Cedexis</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/08/madrona-invests-in-the-series-a-round-of-cedexis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enterprise Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are happy to announce Madrona&#8217;s most recent investment, a Series A financing  for Cedexis, the Portland, OR-based market leader in community-based cloud performance monitoring and optimization.  To read more about the company&#8217;s financing check out its blog.  Madrona Venture Partner Len Jordan led the round.]]></description>
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		<title>Oren Etzioni wants technologists to rethink Internet search</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madrona Venture Partner and University of Washington Professor Oren Etzioni published an article in the science journal Nature last week outlines the way we should rethink how Internet search performs and interacts with users.  It is a fabulous article and echoes Oren&#8217;s long-standing leadership in Internet search.  The New York Times summarized Oren&#8217;s 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>CEO Spotlight, Mike Fridgen, CEO of Decide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madrona Venture Group CEO Spotlight, Mike Fridgen CEO Decide from Madrona Venture Group on Vimeo. Madrona is starting a series of video interviews spotlighting different CEOs we get the chance to work with. For our first video, Greg Gottesman interviewed Mike Fridgen, CEO of Decide. Mike talks about being addicted to startups, what he&#8217;s learned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animoto raises $25 million to go big</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/06/animoto-raises-25-million-to-go-big/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/06/animoto-raises-25-million-to-go-big/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News: Portfolio Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the team at Animoto on the close of its new financing round.  We look forward to working with Spectrum Equity Investors and supporting Animoto as it continues to build on its killer product.  If you haven&#8217;t used Animoto yet, go and make a video today!  Read more about the financing on TechCrunch.]]></description>
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		<title>Why we&#8217;re excited about Decide</title>
		<link>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/06/why-we-invested-in-decide/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.madrona.com/index.php/2011/06/why-we-invested-in-decide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Picture Stuff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Seed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[-by Scott Jacobson One of the best parts of being an early-stage investor is getting to be part of the creation process. Partnering with very smart and passionate entrepreneurs to take the early seeds of an idea and turn those seeds into products that solve interesting, tangible customer problems. I have really enjoyed working with [...]]]></description>
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