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Redfin Takes Tech-Centric Real Estate To Santa Barbara

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Redfin employs real estate agents who are paid based on client satisfaction rather than commission, and is centered around iOS, Android apps, and a website, all geared towards clients more comfortable with technology than people. The company also offers up lower fees for both sellers and buyers.

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Better Business Bureau? For who?

Eric Greenspan

Even better, we resolved all of them to full satisfaction and refunded all monies requested. Real quickly, most companies that offer credit card processing are a middle-man (most banks are middle-man). In most cases these viewings are done by potential customers who are checking on your company’s rating.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

The world has changed much since I started my first company in 1999. Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. This was 2006 and we were now working on our second company. My second company, Koral, was designed to be as simple as possible.

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Interview with Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

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It was interesting to see the acquisition of Accordent - it seems unusual to have only put in $4M in to a company in so many years, and yet you had a good exit? We're also looking for more of the bootstrapped approach from our companies. These companies don't traditionally get venture capital.

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One Book Every Entrepreneur Should Own

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But his phone rang and he ended up spending much of the dinner on his mobile phone dealing with a company issue. Before the accident I aspired to run a bigger company with more power, money and responsibilities. They gain satisfaction and status from knowing “stuff” and one-upping other men in sharing and debating facts.