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by Glenn Kelman on November 30, 2008
Editor’s note: The following guest post is written by Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, an online real estate broker. His industry went into recession a year ago, so he’s had a little more time than most startup CEOs to think about how to deal with the current [...]


Sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been missing in action, odd dayjob hours and working on my pet project Wallstreetwear. It’s not nearly close to being open to the public, but the select few of you that signed up to Wallstreetwear.com received their invites last night. Please log in check it out, sell some [...]


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In “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell’s third book, he casts his eye on people who have excelled in their fields — and then analyzes how their lives have been as influenced by serendipity as much as their own talents. His publisher, Little, Brown, has ordered up a large first print run of 640,000 copies. (See review on [...]



I often hear my friends and classmates say, “If only I knew what I know now…” Heck, I tell myself that every day! When it comes to learning in the start-up world, there’s so much to experience, and it’s inevitable that you’ll utter the above words to yourself over and over again. [...]


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05Nov08

In the clouds

29Oct08

This is (one of) Larry Ellison’s mansions in Pac Heights, where NetSuite’s 10th anniversary was held a week ago. The future of business is in the Cloud, so fly it feels like im taking off.


Just watched Robert Scoble interview with Matt Rissell, solution-hero of SMEs and founder of TSheets, an online timetracker service.
The most interesting part was Matt’s discovery when he interviewed 100 CEO’s to learn what “tools” they used to be productive and effective, he found no commonality. But then, he had a new insight when he [...]