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How to Triple the Number of Women Appointed to Boards in Three Years
After The New York Times covered Twitter’s lack of gender diversity on its board in 2013, the ratio of women to men appointed to boards of public tech companies started to increase.

My Redfin Internship: Chengtao Ji
I learned about Redfin through its advertisement 7 years ago, which was chosen as listening material for my high school English class. I believe it

My Redfin Internship: Jake Magill
Jake describes his experience as a dev intern in Seattle.

My Redfin Internship: Luis Mojica
I spent my summer as an engineering intern at Redfin, and it was a truly amazing experience. The culture at Redfin is unlike that of

Redfin Announces a $2,500 College Scholarship
Want to go to college? Apply for Redfin’s first-ever college scholarship!

My Redfin Internship: Roman Blum
Roman describes his experience as a dev intern in Seattle.
When Bad Companies Do Good Things
Entrepreneurs often ask me where good ideas come from. My answer usually is from bad companies. The most obvious example of this is Facebook. MySpace
Knowers and Learners
At breakfast earlier this month, my friend Roy Gilbert made an offhand reference to two types of people, knowers and learners. It was a distinction
Redfin Now Showing 700% More Foreclosed Homes
Last night, we flipped the switch on a different data source that gives us a more complete picture of the number of foreclosed homes that
The Double-Dip (Probably) Stops Dipping in March (Feb. Roundup)
Every month, Redfin publishes two newsletters on real estate prices. One, usually published on the last Tuesday of every month, is a Redfin Roundup, which
How Much Would Mint Be Worth Now?
It has almost been 18 months since Intuit acquired Mint for $170 million, so long ago that we can hardly remember how vigorously venture investors
Friendship and Solitude
Have you read the wonderful, deeply counter-cultural lecture on solitude and leadership delivered by William Deresiewicz in spring 2010 to the West Point plebe class? I