#20 Mike Fridgen: Seattle based Startup Incubator Madrona Venture Labs

<p><strong>In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Mike Fridgen,</strong> Managing Director at <a href="https://www.madronavl.com/" target="_blank">Madrona Venture Labs</a> a Seattle based tech startup incubator. Some of the companies incubated include Style Genome (Acq by <strong>Wayfair</strong>), Chatitive (Acq by <strong>MailChimp</strong>), Message Yes (Acq by <strong>Nordstrom</strong>) &amp; <a href="https://www.madronavl.com/companies" target="_blank">more</a>. Before joining Madrona Venture Labs Mike was part of founding teams at Farecast (Acq by Microsoft) &amp; Decide (Acq by Ebay) where he led product and growth strategies.</p> <p><strong>Full Conversation includes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Farecast.com (Predicting prices) - Acquired by Microsoft</li> <li>Decide.com (next gen consumer reports) - Acquired by Ebay</li> <li>Through line across being part of multiple acquisitions</li> <li>Incubating companies at Madrona Venture Labs</li> <li>Relationship with Madrona Venture Group</li> <li>Thematic focus behind companies incubated at Madrona Venture Labs</li> </ul> <p><strong>Nataraj is a PM at Azure,&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://angel.co/s/natarajusa/B8aAA" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">partner at NVC</a><strong>&nbsp;&amp; hosts&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://thestartupproject.io/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thestartupproject.io</a><strong>&nbsp;podcast. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://twitter.com/natarajsindam" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/natarajsindam</a><strong>. You can also subscribe to his newsletter at </strong><a href="https://www.getrevue.co/profile/StartupProject" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">getrevue.co/profile/StartupProject</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startupproject/message