Every time I get on a plane, I think of Jim Flatley, the vice-president of sales at my old company, Plumtree Software. Corvette-driver, hair-gunker, suit-wearer, sausage-eater, Jim was about as different from me as a person could be. It took us many years to become friends. And because Jim was so very good at sales, […]
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Every time I get on a plane, I think of Jim Flatley, the vice-president of sales at my old company, Plumtree Software. Corvette-driver, hair-gunker, suit-wearer, sausage-eater, Jim was about as different from me as a person could be. It took us many years to become friends. And because Jim was so very good at sales,
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Whoa! Shocking news, guys. An engineer left Google for Facebook. The great Lars Rasmussen, creator of Google Maps and Google Wave, quit Google Thursday to join Facebook. This has, admittedly, happened before. In June, Matthew Papakipos defected from Google’s Chrome team. In May, it was mobile guru Erick Tseng. Even Facebook’s chef, Josef Desimone, was recruited
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Big news! Redfin has begun clustering listing search results! We’ve rolled out the feature to Seattle, Portland, the Bay Area, Sacramento and Phoenix so far, and expect to offer it across the site by this Friday. Clustering fixes a big problem. For years, the result most Redfin.com visitors have seen when first searching the site
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On a Sunday transcontinental flight, I was stuck in a middle seat next to a woman reading a book filled with conspiracy theories. I minded my own business, wondering if I should try to convince her she was crazy. I thought of a friend at Berkeley who relished such encounters. He once saw two young men in a cult walking
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What a coup for Redfin! The founder and former CEO of CarMax, Austin Ligon, joined Redfin’s board of directors this week, and also made a small investment in the company. The note we sent out Monday night to everyone here at Redfin captures some of our excitement at Austin’s arrival: The big news this week is
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