Mike Fridgen

Mike Fridgen is the current Managing Director at Madrona Venture Labs. Prior to this, they were the General Manager at eBay Inc from September 2013 to October 2015. Mike was also the Founding CEO of Decide.com from October 2010 to September 2013, which was then acquired by eBay. Before that, they were a Director of Product Management at Microsoft from April 2008 to October 2010, and the VP of Marketing & Product at Farecast.com from May 2005 to April 2008. Mike started their career as the Director of Interactive Marketing at Alaska Airlines from February 2004 to May 2005.

Mike Fridgen has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies from the University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business.

Some direct reports include Paarth Gupta - Software Engineer, Samantha (Sam) Dore - Talent Manager, and Jason Flateboe - Partner.