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Does It Really Move the Needle?
One increasingly common refrain I hear among product managers, designers and engineers everywhere is the question of whether a new project will “really move the
The First Dip as Tragedy, The Second as Farce (May 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
Hey Beautiful, Upload Your Photo!
Big news! Redfin upgraded its website last night to improve the performance of map-based search, which is quite zippy now. The site has been creaking
Fifty Agents Say So Long to Redfin
It isn’t easy building a network of high-quality real estate agents, even if you’re a real estate agent yourself. Redfin just removed 50 partner agents
Endurance
It’s fashionable these days to talk about a startup as a roller–coaster, with ups and downs, flips and flame-outs, twists and turns. There’s some truth
Time to Shake Things Up Again!
Whoa! Redfin just launched a big new upgrade on our website, showing customers our real estate agents‘ comments about the listings we’ve toured. We call
After the Great Recession: The End of Funny Business
The folks at Redfin have been thinking a lot lately about how the world will look when the recession is over. Last Tuesday, we said
Cleaning Whitespace in Postgres
As part of our recent release, we added every survey submitted about our agents to our agent profiles. To prep for this, we needed to
Scarlet Letters and Dying by the Sword
At BloodhoundBlog Unchained last Thursday, Greg Swann hosted Redfin for a debate on whether all the venture capital that has been poured into real estate
Brown-Bag on Public Speaking: 25 Tips
Redfin launched its 2009 brown-bag lunch program last Friday, where employees and guests speak on how we can broaden our horizons beyond our little startup
We're No Sell-Outs
On Wednesday, Redfin announced a partner program in which a small group of agents committed to our principles of technological efficiency, customer service and openness
We’re No Sell-Outs
On Wednesday, Redfin announced a partner program in which a small group of agents committed to our principles of technological efficiency, customer service and openness