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	<description>Free gamification platform that helps companies increase their traffic and revenue through social rewards</description>
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		<title>Vote for BigDoor!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year &#8211; nominations are open for the 5th Annual Crunchies! The Crunchies are an annual celebration of startups and technology hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm and VentureBeat. We&#8217;re asking all BigDoor supporters, fans, enthusiasts, friends, family, partners and more to show your love and cast your vote for Best Overall Startup. The...]]></description>
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		<title>Techstars teams up with Microsoft Kinect</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BigDoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just heard that our upstairs neighbors in the Techstars program are teaming up with Microsoft to offer a Kinect Accelerator program for ten firms early next year. The three month Kinect Accelerator program will provide $20,000 seed money as well as an Xbox development kit, the Windows Kinect SDK, entrepreneur mentor-ship, technical training and...]]></description>
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		<title>American Censorship Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we’re taking a stance along with companies like AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Tumblr, Yahoo!, and Zynga against Internet censorship.  November 16th is American Censorship Day and Congress will be holding hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. Two bills in particular, the Protect IP Act (PIPA – S.968) and the...]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs, Space Jam and Office Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very special thanks to Brad Feld for taking the time to have lunch with the BigDoor crew today.  We know he&#8217;s really busy when he visits Seattle and we&#8217;re honored that he made some time for a quick Q&#38;A with the team!  Thanks Brad &#8211; we found this Office Space clip with one of...]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle TechStars Demo Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BigDoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have said before, but will say it again, that the location of our office amongst other tech companies has consistently proven to be a good asset for us. Currently, our office is located in the same building as the TechStars Seattle program. We love being close to everyone in TechStars, a few of us...]]></description>
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		<title>A Dose of VC Wisdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BigDoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow we are excited to have a visit from our investor, Brad Feld of Foundry Group. With his busy schedule, we feel lucky to get the opportunity to sit down with him over lunch and have an opportunity to ask questions. Last time he visited, we discussed everything from the business to how he stays...]]></description>
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		<title>The Doctor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BigDoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we continue our developer profiles by highlighting Brian Oldfield, a member of BigDoor since June of 2010. Enjoy! What do you do for BigDoor? Design and execute tests for the API and moonlight in systems management/dev-ops. What do you like most about BigDoor? The work and the people. The work is great, and...]]></description>
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		<title>Catching the &#8220;head-slappers&#8221; early</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BigDoor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[API]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Software usability evaluation isn&#8217;t at all a new concept, nor is it exclusively the realm of bespectacled folks in lab coats, deftly avoiding eye contact behind one-way mirrors. Far from it – &#8220;discount&#8221; usability testing methods and tools have democratized the process nearly as much as cloud computing has done the same thing to scaling...]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Metrics that Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Thesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bigdoor.com/?p=4670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend BigDoor&#8217;s co-founder and CEO, Keith Smith shared his thoughts about core metrics that really matter with the online publication Geekwire.  Keith walked through the four KPI&#8217;s that every site should focus on: Loyalty, Engagement, Virality and Revenue. As Keith stated in the article, &#8220;The simplicity provided by these 4 golden metrics allows us to focus...]]></description>
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		<title>Gamification Questmaster</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BigDoor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We couldn&#8217;t do what we do without an awesome team. This week, we profiled Conor Ryan, one of the newest members of our team. What do you do for BigDoor? I&#8217;m responsible for managing all of the gamification content that faces the end-user in the form of quests, rewards, copy, images, and so forth. I...]]></description>
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