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So Long, 2008
At today’s all-hands meeting, Redfin surveyed our 2008 accomplishments alongside what we wanted to do better in 2009. It was a good exercise, both so
A Free Call Option on the American Economy
This is an essay arguing that some of the same forces driving Wall Street have affected Sand Hill Road, so that entrepreneurs try to make
Which City Has the Lowest Percentage of Homes for Sale? Envelope Please…
We just published a table showing the percentage of listings being sold by a bank. But then we began to wonder: what percentage of properties
Our Maps Are Googley Now
Redfin just released a new version of the site. In addition to improving our short sale detection in Orange County and parts of LA and
A Virtual Earth to Google Maps Transition: From Idea to Deployment In a Few Weeks
Whenever I out myself as a member of the Redfin search team to someone who has used Redfin, one of the first questions I get
Redfin on TechCrunch: The First-Time CEO’s Recession-Survival Guide
Many thanks to Michael Arrington and Erick Schonfeld for publishing an essay this morning on what I’ve learned as a CEO during the downturn. Did
Law & Order, Special Victims Unit: How To Get “The Man” On Your Side When Starting a Company
Just before I joined Redfin, I’d wanted to start a company but my brother got sick and I fell in love and soon I was
Law & Order, Special Victims Unit: How To Get “The Man” On Your Side When Starting a Company
Just before I joined Redfin, I’d wanted to start a company but my brother got sick and I fell in love and soon I was
Twelve Months of Tech-Savvy Hunkiness
Absurd Ideas that Have Gone through My Mind While Working at Redfin over the Years: Goth Fridays Everyone Wear Red Pants Just Like Glenn Day!
How Not To Have To Right-Click a Hundred Photos
First off, let me disclaim one thing: I’m not a developer at Redfin. I’m actually just a member of the product management and design team.
More Crow, Please
Well, now I feel silly. Earlier this evening, I wrote a blog post about the boycott against the pro-SOPA crowd; SOPA is the bill to
SOPA Witch-Hunters, Count Me Out
UPDATE: I was wrong in this post in saying that a boycott stifles free speech. A boycott is a form of free speech. I retracted