You may have heard of the “Seattle Freeze.” It’s the notion that those from the Emerald City are less friendly to strangers, particularly to those from another state. Whether or… Read More
eBay is buying Seattle startup Decide.com, gobbling up the online shopping research service that predicted whether prices were going up or down on consumer electronics, housewares and other products. As… Read More
As recent parents certainly can attest, it can be absolutely mind-numbing attempting to find the best value on baby products like cribs, strollers, car seats and play pens. I know… Read More
Decide.com has reeled in $8 million in fresh funding, money that the Seattle startup will use to hire more engineers and developers to crunch data in order to tell consumers… Read More
Here’s some advice for those planning to camp for hours outside of the local Wal Mart to nab those Black Friday deals: Don’t do it. Decide.com vice president of marketing… Read More
Decide.com is getting ready for some serious holiday shopping. The Seattle startup, backed by Madrona Venture Group and Maveron and led by former Farecast executive Mike Fridgen, today is rolling… Read More
Out with the old and in with the new — that’s what a study comparing Consumer Reports to Decide.com concludes. PricewaterhouseCoopers/AEV conducted research on the two recommendation agencies and found… Read More
A new service from Decide.com could guarantee that you never overpay again for that exercise bike, digital camera or lawn mower. The Seattle startup today unveiled a new price guarantee… Read More
Silicon Valley Bank’s Minh Le has been engaged in private training sessions at the Washington Table Tennis Center. Madrona Venture Group’s Greg Gottesman has been challenging his startup CEOs to… Read More
Decide.com has been on a roll in recent weeks, unveiling a new daily deal service, hiring top talent such as social media expert Shauna Causey and introducing a new service… Read More
Prior to his appearance on the GeekWire podcast a few weeks ago, Decide.com CEO Mike Fridgen hinted that the Seattle online shopping service was cooking up something new and exciting. At the time,… Read More
Decide.com wants to transform the way people shop for consumer electronics, appliances and other products online by telling people the best time to buy. And now the Seattle company has… Read More
It is not everyday that you buy a refrigerator or washer and dryer set. So, when that moment actually hits, you’ll want to know for sure whether you are getting… Read More
Like Scotty in Star Trek, the day is coming soon when we’ll talk with our computers instead of just typing at them, according to a prominent UW computer scientist and… Read More
There’s no shortage of mobile applications that allow shoppers to scan product bar codes and retrieve product information, with eBay’s RedLaser and Amazon.com’s mobile app two of the most readily… Read More
Kate Matsudaira has left her vice president of engineering post at SEOMoz to join the growing team at Decide.com, GeekWire has learned. Matsudaira, who spent the past two years at SEOMoz,… Read More
More than five years ago, Mike Fridgen, Oren Etzioni and others transformed the way people purchased airline tickets on the Web by telling shoppers the best time to buy. Their Seattle… Read More
Ignition Partners has joined with angel investors Ron Conway, Dave McClure and others to back Inporia, a stealthy e-commerce startup that’s described as a “personal shopping concierge.” The company is… Read More
Some of the top venture capital firms and angel investors in Seattle and Silicon Valley are tossing their financial muscle behind a Seattle startup which promises to change the way… Read More
