Whenever I out myself as a member of the Redfin search team to someone who has used Redfin, one of the first questions I get is, “so why do you guys use the Microsoft Map? Why didn’t you choose Google?”. The full answer is a bit long, but the short answer is easy: speed. Every […]
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Many thanks to Michael Arrington and Erick Schonfeld for publishing an essay this morning on what I’ve learned as a CEO during the downturn. Did anyone notice that the picture of Arnold in “Predator” is strikingly similar to the picture of me? The premise of the post isn’t that Redfin has found our way out
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Many thanks to Michael Arrington and Erick Schonfeld for publishing an essay this morning on what I’ve learned as a CEO during the downturn. Did anyone notice that the picture of Arnold in “Predator” is strikingly similar to the picture of me? The premise of the post isn’t that Redfin has found our way out
Redfin on TechCrunch: The First-Time CEO’s Recession-Survival Guide Read More »
It’s been a busy few months and an all hands on deck effort as we changed not just our service (Read Glenn’s blog post on the service changes) but updated the website to match. Every page was touched, all the content was re-written, and no pixel was left un-turned (except the blog layouts which will
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Redfin started life as a cult for what my mom still likes to call “your little web friends.” But our goal has always been to become a religion, appealing to grandmas and truck-drivers and everyone in between too. Unlimited Tours, Agent Choice To hit the mass market, we’re upgrading today our home-buying service to offer
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Some thought the day would never come but once we spotted the cars it was only a matter of time. Yesterday Google Street View launched in DC, Baltimore and Seattle. Those areas are now available on Redfin giving us Google Street View coverage for every market we are in. Take a look at one of
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