Why entrepreneurs need to share moments of weakness with their startup peers

Panelists at last night's discussion on managing family life and startups.

“Oh excuse me, it’s Amy,” said Brad Feld as he answered his wife’s phone call, while sitting on stage doing a live panel to a packed out room at the Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle. Priorities! Many topics were covered during last night’s session, to share insights on how we, as entrepreneurs and workaholics, can… Read More…

BigDoor closes $5M, touts new ‘gamified rewards program’

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There’s so much content clutter on the Web these days that it can be tough for online publishers to keep their readers or viewers engaged, coming back each day for more. BigDoor, the Seattle upstart led by Keith Smith, Matt Shobe and Jeff Malek, believes it has the solution to that problem. And the 29-person… Read More…

Seattle gamification startup BigDoor buys OneTrueFan

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BigDoor believes it has the keys to success to increase engagement on Web sites. And today the fast-growing Seattle startup — led by technology veterans Keith Smith and Jeff Malek — is taking a step to accelerate those efforts. BigDoor has acquired OneTrueFan, a San Francisco-based startup which has developed a Web site widget that… Read More…