Company News
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
No Money Down? Redfin and D.C. Open Doors to Host Free Home Buying Class
If you want to become a homeowner but don’t have the savings for a down payment, the D.C. Open Doors program might be an option. Join us in DuPont Circle for a free class Sept. 24.
Redfin Agents Have Arrived in the Piedmont Triad Region in North Carolina!
People in Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point can now work with a local Redfin agent to buy and sell homes.
Sarah Bird, CEO of Moz, Discusses Imposter Syndrome and More During REDx Talk
Yesterday, we had a special guest in the Redfin office as a part of our 2015 REDx series; Sarah Bird, CEO of Moz.
Amazon as an Antidote to Life Inside the High Technology Bubble
Here in Seattle what we’ve learned from Amazon is how good it is to try hard things, even those that sometimes require extraordinary effort. Now more than ever, we should come to praise Amazon’s grit, not to bury it. Silicon Valley needs it. America needs it.
Redfin Agents Have Arrived in Columbus!
People in Columbus can now work with local Redfin agents to buy and sell homes and use Redfin online and mobile tools to search for every home for sale in greater Columbus.
How We Became (A Little More) Impervious to Failure
Part of what our father taught us was how to resist growing up. This is what I try to do at work, insisting that Redfin is still growing up too; what after all is a startup if not a sustained, collective delusion?
