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The Web Is Becoming A Gigantic Lead-Generating Contraption for Business-As-Usual
The Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Buckman published an article yesterday depicting Redfin as the oddball on an ad-crazed Sand Hill Road. Which is unfortunately true.
Will Work For Food: Why I Left Microsoft for a Startup
I’ve been asked by many of my friends and family why I decided to leave my position at Microsoft, where I was appreciated and rewarded,
Inman Conference: Online Real Estate Starts to Feel Frothy
A few Redfin folks went to last week’s Inman Conference in San Francisco; Inman is a big real estate and technology conference. Like all conferences,
Gary Robinson Died Hungry…
John Cook has always reminded me of Edna Buchanan*, the scoop-crazy crime reporter for the Miami Herald who once overheard a colleague grumble about his
The Naked Truth Goes Straight to Video…
The Naked Truth video is up, on Mixpo instead of YouTube, so we could stream the entire 56:53. This is your chance to hear five
We Had Such A Nice Time…
The Naked Truth party wasn’t the three-ring circus I had hoped it would be. No one arrived by camel. The police didn’t shut the party
BREAKING NEWS: Jamie DeMichele Wins Redfin's Strongest-Man Competition
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:30 a.m., some of Redfin’s finest physical specimens have been stripping down to our under-shirts to compete in the
Start Spreading the News… Redfin Comes to New York and Sacramento!
Start spreading the news! The Redfin spaceship landed yesterday in Long Island and Westchester County in New York as well as California’s Central Valley, including
How We Roll…
**April 29, 2009 Ride Canceled Due to Rain** First there were the Redfin cycling jerseys. Then the chatty rides around Mercer Island on Wednesday mornings,
Big Redfin Survey: Even More Than Service, Real Estate Consumers Want Transparency
Every few months, Redfin surveys the folks using our site to try to understand how real estate consumers move between online and offline worlds, so
Mortgage Brokers or Lenders? Depends on Whom You Ask…
If Redfin is going to offer the best service in our markets, our agents have to know more about real estate, which means we have
Begging and Choosing
Fred Wilson talked the other day about the importance of choosing a group of venture capitalists who like working together. It reminded me of how
