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BigDoor

After selling BigDoor, resilient startup leader Keith Smith is back at it with NYC company

NEW YORK — Serial entrepreneur Keith Smith knows all too well that building a superior product isn’t the same as… Read More

Tech Moves: Joanna Lord named CMO at BigDoor; Brian Arbogast joins the Gates Foundation; and more

—Online marketing whiz Joanna Lord has left her VP job at SEOmoz to become chief marketing officer at BigDoor, the Seattle… Read More

Seattle startup BigDoor powering NFL.com rewards

With the NFL regular season fast approaching, the football league this week announced its first-ever NFL Fan Rewards. The program… Read More

BigDoor rival Badgeville scores $25M for ‘gamification’ platform

Fast-growing Badgeville has reeled in $25 million in fresh funding, money that the 20-month-old Menlo Park, California startup will use… Read More

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

There’s so much content clutter on the Web these days that it can be tough for online publishers to keep… Read More

Tech Moves: Spoonemore named CEO of Dwellable; BigDoor adds staff, etc.

Brenda Spoonemore, a former digital media executive at the NBA and a veteran of Starwave, has taken over the CEO… Read More

Geek of the Week: Matt Shobe, BigDoor chief design officer

Our latest Geek of the Week, Matt Shobe, is in charge of design for BigDoor, a Seattle-based company bringing the… Read More

Seattle gamification startup BigDoor buys OneTrueFan

BigDoor believes it has the keys to success to increase engagement on Web sites. And today the fast-growing Seattle startup… Read More

Podcast

Rewind: Keith Smith, BigDoor CEO, on the economics and future of gamification

Our guest this past week on the GeekWire Podcast was Keith Smith, CEO of BigDoor, a Seattle company bringing the principles… Read More

BigDoor ‘gamifies’ America’s pastime, strikes deal with MLB

Baseball already has pennants. Now, it is getting badges too — at least of the digital variety. Seattle startup BigDoor… Read More

Day 2: Amazon Web Services cites progress on cloud glitches, not everyone seeing it

As some sites continue to show signs of Amazon.com’s cloud computing glitches, the company updated its public Amazon Web Services… Read More

CPMs or CPCs? Nope, BigDoor has its eye on the CPQ: Cost Per Quest

You may have heard of CPMs or CPCs. But Seattle startup BigDoor wants to start a movement around another online… Read More

Feedburner co-founder joins BigDoor

Feedburner co-founder Matt Shobe has joined BigDoor, a Seattle startup that helps online publishers engage with readers and viewers by… Read More

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