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Glenn Kelman

Glenn Kelman

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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Redfin Holiday Party

The Redfin Holiday Party was in many ways different from last year’s party: 1. No one said he had to leave to meet his parole officer. 2. The “potluck” did not entail employees buying a Safeway fried chicken & expensing it. 3. Both women and men willingly attended. 4. The world’s most eligible Korean bachelor

Fear and Loathing on the College Recruiting Trail

The University of Washington had a big computer science job fair today. Microsoft was there. Google was there. Eight Zillovians were there, all wearing Zillow t-shirts. And Redfin was there too, wearing a T-shirt that said, “NO, we don’t compete with Zillow.” Standing in front of our bare table, I found myself wishing I had

How to Get a Job at Redfin

Redfin has been hiring like crazy. Actually, we’ve just been interviewing like crazy. Actually, we’ve been going crazy trying to hire people. Want a job at Redfin? There are a few things we’d like you to know first: –> We’ve hired a competitive bodybuilder as our recruiter. Do not mess with her. –> We’ve gone

Introducing First-to-Know

How do you sell a home that isn’t for sale? Today, we’re trying to find out, as the first step in a program called First to Know. The home-for-sale-that-isn’t-for-sale is a Capitol Hill condo here in Seattle. The condo owner, Eugene Lin, wants to gauge market demand. So he took some snaps and wrote up

The Hall of Shame

In the early, crazy days of Redfin Direct, when the whole office went bananas every time we got an offer (which was usually bogus, and was often breathlessly announced in the middle of a meeting with skeptical venture capitalists), we encountered plenty of resistance from listing agents. Some called customers about to close on a

Buying Houses That Aren’t For Sale

A Finnish company called Igglo has launched a site like Redfin’s, except that it allows home buyers to make bids on unlisted properties. You browse a map to identify a property in which you’re interested, then make a bid. Home-owners who visit Igglo can then see what people think their house is worth, and even

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