
How I Had to Change to Increase Diversity
Some of the changes I had to as make as Redfin’s CEO to support diversity were painful.
Glenn is the CEO of Redfin. Prior to joining Redfin, he was a co-founder of Plumtree Software, a Sequoia-backed, publicly traded company that created the enterprise portal software market. In his seven years at Plumtree, Glenn at different times led engineering, marketing, product management, and business development; he also was responsible for financing and general operations in Plumtree's early days. Prior to starting Plumtree, Glenn worked as one of the first employees at Stanford Technology Group, a Sequoia-backed start-up acquired by IBM. Glenn was raised in Seattle and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a regular contributor to the Redfin blog and Twitter.

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Some of the changes I had to as make as Redfin’s CEO to support diversity were painful.

This country’s most intense debate in fifty years is happening today about immigration and our economy.

Today we are publishing data on how we pay women and men at Redfin, as well as the representation of different races and ethnicities in the company.

It’s easy to imagine that a different neighborhood, a sunnier kitchen, a shorter commute could lead to a better life. What’s hard to know is how to get that.

Redfin real estate agents get salaries, health-care benefits and the opportunities to earn stock options, allowing them to focus on customer satisfaction.

The self-driving car could change the shape of the American city profoundly.