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Engineer-to-Engineer: Evolving a New Analytical Platform with Hadoop
In the second installment of our San Francisco series of engineer-to-engineer lectures, Jeff Hammerbacher described the challenges of building data-intensive, distributed applications and how using
Why Think When You Can PowerPoint?
Is there anyone who really likes PowerPoint? I have often wondered if the brainwaves of an audience in PowerPoint’s grip take on a tragic pattern
Austin Ligon on Information Dominance, the Right Number of Competitors (Zero), The Lift Created by TV Ads (30%) & How Fast You Can Expand (20% per Year)
CarMax founder and former CEO Austin Ligon visited Redfin yesterday. CarMax is a $10 billion superstore that is taking all the sales slime & financing
Austin Ligon on Information Dominance, the Right Number of Competitors (Zero), The Lift Created by TV Ads (30%) & How Fast You Can Expand (20% per Year)
CarMax founder and former CEO Austin Ligon visited Redfin yesterday. CarMax is a $10 billion superstore that is taking all the sales slime & financing
“What Kind of Person Would Work as a Redfin Agent?”
I’ve spent the past four years of my life explaining Redfin. If you read this blog, you already know that we’re a real estate broker
The Best Blog Post I've Read in a Long Time
Anyone who reads this blog even casually knows that Union Square Venture’s Fred Wilson is one of my favorite bloggers. He somehow writes every day,
The Naked Truth: Watch It Live!
It’s not too late to head down to the Naked Truth at Olympic Sculpture Park here in Seattle! With the sun out we tore up
Why The Real Estate Market Isn't a Free Market
The folks at Redfin got into real estate to make the industry more efficient. But if anything, the market has just gotten less and less
The Naked Truth Returns!
Walking out at 2 a.m. from the paparazzi-lined Chateau Marmont last fall with a few of the world’s nerdiest people*, I was nearly run over
Advertising is an Emotional Art
Twitter’s Biz Stone blogged yesteray that Twitter wasn’t interested in banner ads. Undeterred, TechCrunch immediately reported that Twitter would still undoubtedly focus on ads, perhaps
Partner Agent Program Off to a Roaring Start
In February (has three months already gone by?) we launched our partner agent program giving home buyers and sellers the opportunity to see and make
Redfin By The Numbers: April Brokerage Numbers Are Up
Last week we released the latest round of the Redfin By The Numbers reports. With these posts, we’re trying to give some insight into what’s
