{"id":2517,"date":"2010-03-28T21:09:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T05:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfindevelop.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2020-10-05T13:12:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T20:12:37","slug":"shameless_in_seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Shameless in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

My favorite essay published this weekend was Michael Arrington\u2019s post on our increasingly public reputations<\/a>, and his hopes for increasingly forgiving attitudes about the youthful bong hit or the disgruntled ex-colleague that now inevitably show up on Facebook or Twitter. As I read Mike\u2019s post, I thought about how shame and community are magnified for better and for worse<\/a> here in Seattle\u2019s close-knit startup community.
\nI spent the first decade of professional life like a lizard in the California desert, eating, sleeping and hunting instinctively, without once thinking that anyone might judge or even remember me. It was a liberating, fearsome way to be. It\u2019s hard to say if it would have been better to be more thoughtful about what I wanted, or even if my baser instincts could have been mitigated by any amount of thought.
\nThe year I moved to Seattle was the year I achieved self-consciousness. I ran into people on the street whom I\u2019d forgot to call back. I had to meet someone \u2013 over and over again — who had decided not to give me a job. I read about Hadi Partovi\u2019s move to iLike, and saw all his old friends from Microsoft lined up to post admiring comments about him. The community is small enough here to function as an actual community, which in turn has made me more considerate and careful. After one or two from-the-hip blog posts, my wife has suggested she review everything I write before publishing it.\"Marc<\/a>
\nThis degree of caution probably isn\u2019t the best formula for success in consumer products. Consider the motto of the flamboyant handbag designer Marc Jacobs<\/a>: \u201cThat\u2019s what I think everyone should aspire to in life \u2013 being shameless.\u201d In the magazine where I read that interview he posed naked except for a pair of briefs just large enough to accommodate what seemed to be two very large hamsters<\/a> stuffed down the front.
\nIn love with a prostitute, tattooed with ghetto maxims like \u201cbros before hos,\u201d exuberantly gay and Jewish, Marc Jacobs seemed destined for the biggest city he could find. Here in this small, green place, where fellow citizens will sometimes scold you for jaywalking, I still haven\u2019t decided how I feel about what he said. Out of nowhere, when cutting across an empty parking lot early in the morning, I can still find myself paralyzed with shame about a mistake I made ten years ago.
\nBut somehow, you have to keep walking. So a shrug is sometimes necessary and good too. As any reader of Graham Greene will tell you, Americans are better than anyone at shrugging off history and responsibility. When traveling the world as a product manager rolling out software for a big database company, I met engineers in Singapore, Sao Paolo and Munich with more talent than many folks in Silicon Valley, and wondered why they didn\u2019t start companies. The problem was, they had more shame too.
\nThey lived in modern societies with cars and computers but their social structure was still shame-driven. And this in turn limited their willingness to take risks. I hope that doesn\u2019t happen here. Even though we all seem to know one another in Seattle, we have to pretend like we just stepped off the Boeing, unconcerned with what one another think, surrounded by strangers and opportunity.
\n(Photo credit:\u00a0Elettra Bachere on Flickr<\/a>. To see The New Yorker’s photo of Marc Jacobs in his underwear, go here<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My favorite essay published this weekend was Michael Arrington\u2019s post on our increasingly public reputations, and his hopes for increasingly forgiving attitudes about the youthful bong hit or the disgruntled ex-colleague that now inevitably show up on Facebook or Twitter. As I read Mike\u2019s post, I thought about how shame and community are magnified for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[7],"dashboard":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-news","tag-startup-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShameless in Seattle - Redfin Real Estate News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shameless in Seattle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My favorite essay published this weekend was Michael Arrington\u2019s post on our increasingly public reputations, and his hopes for increasingly forgiving attitudes about the youthful bong hit or the disgruntled ex-colleague that now inevitably show up on Facebook or Twitter. As I read Mike\u2019s post, I thought about how shame and community are magnified for […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Redfin Real Estate News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redfin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-03-29T05:09:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-05T20:12:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Marc-Jacobs.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"341\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glenn Kelman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@redfin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@redfin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glenn Kelman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Glenn Kelman\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e9aeac4a4bba86fdea8b35bc1eee3bf5\"},\"headline\":\"Shameless in Seattle\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-29T05:09:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-05T20:12:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":585,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/redfin.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/Marc-Jacobs-204x300.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Startup Culture\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Company News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2010\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shameless in Seattle - Redfin Real Estate News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/redfin.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/Marc-Jacobs-204x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-03-29T05:09:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-05T20:12:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/redfin.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/Marc-Jacobs-204x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/redfin.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/03\\\/Marc-Jacobs-204x300.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/shameless_in_seattle\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shameless in Seattle\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Redfin Real Estate News\",\"description\":\"The latest real estate news and research from technology-powered residential real estate company, Redfin.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Redfin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Redfin-News-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Redfin-News-Logo.png\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":235,\"caption\":\"Redfin\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/redfin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/redfin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/redfinrealestate\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/redfin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/redfin\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Redfin\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e9aeac4a4bba86fdea8b35bc1eee3bf5\",\"name\":\"Glenn Kelman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Glenn-Kelman-150x150.jpgfa7f906af68d26d155312d871c2a0433\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Glenn-Kelman-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Glenn-Kelman-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Glenn Kelman\"},\"description\":\"Glenn is the former 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.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.redfin.com/news\\\/author\\\/glenn-kelmanredfin-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shameless in Seattle - Redfin Real Estate News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shameless in Seattle","og_description":"My favorite essay published this weekend was Michael Arrington\u2019s post on our increasingly public reputations, and his hopes for increasingly forgiving attitudes about the youthful bong hit or the disgruntled ex-colleague that now inevitably show up on Facebook or Twitter. As I read Mike\u2019s post, I thought about how shame and community are magnified for […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/","og_site_name":"Redfin Real Estate News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redfin","article_published_time":"2010-03-29T05:09:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-05T20:12:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":341,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Marc-Jacobs.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Glenn Kelman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@redfin","twitter_site":"@redfin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glenn Kelman","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/"},"author":{"name":"Glenn Kelman","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/e9aeac4a4bba86fdea8b35bc1eee3bf5"},"headline":"Shameless in Seattle","datePublished":"2010-03-29T05:09:52+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-05T20:12:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/"},"wordCount":585,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Marc-Jacobs-204x300.jpg","keywords":["Startup Culture"],"articleSection":["Company News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2010","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/","name":"Shameless in Seattle - Redfin Real Estate News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Marc-Jacobs-204x300.jpg","datePublished":"2010-03-29T05:09:52+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-05T20:12:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Marc-Jacobs-204x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Marc-Jacobs-204x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/shameless_in_seattle\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shameless in Seattle"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/","name":"Redfin Real Estate News","description":"The latest real estate news and research from technology-powered residential real estate company, Redfin.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Redfin","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Redfin-News-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Redfin-News-Logo.png","width":1100,"height":235,"caption":"Redfin"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redfin","https:\/\/x.com\/redfin","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/redfinrealestate\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/redfin","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/redfin\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Redfin"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/e9aeac4a4bba86fdea8b35bc1eee3bf5","name":"Glenn Kelman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenn-Kelman-150x150.jpgfa7f906af68d26d155312d871c2a0433","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenn-Kelman-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Glenn-Kelman-150x150.jpg","caption":"Glenn Kelman"},"description":"Glenn is the former 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.","url":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/author\/glenn-kelmanredfin-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"dashboard","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dashboard?post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}