I learned that people love to be good at things, even the silliest things. — Glenn Kelman Even Copy Share Image
We need a government policy all-out in favor of more, denser housing. — Glenn Kelman Government Copy Share Image
We need to create technologies - and a culture of respect, and an updated legal doctrine, too - that allow creative folks… — Glenn Kelman Create Copy Share Image
Any educated person recognizes that curiosity and creativity aren't just important; they are among the essential human activities. — Glenn Kelman Creativity Copy Share Image
Every firing happens differently except in this one respect: the person being fired can't believe how fast it happens. — Glenn Kelman Being Copy Share Image
If somebody were more passionate about Redfin, how would she not be more qualified to have my job than I am? Like,… — Glenn Kelman Best Copy Share Image
If you build a better mousetrap, regardless of your marketing budget, the world will beat its own path to your door. — Glenn Kelman Better Copy Share Image
In some ways, it's better to be undervalued a little than overvalued a lot, just because it's still easy to believe our… — Glenn Kelman Believe Copy Share Image
When we talk about a city's cost of living, we don't mean food, transportation, or clothing, which cost about the same everywhere.… — Glenn Kelman City Copy Share Image
I learned, even when all hell is breaking loose, first to take time to make my environment productive. — Glenn Kelman Environment Copy Share Image
Most of the tech CEOs I know used to think that moving to the Midwest or the South was beneath us, a… — Glenn Kelman Good Copy Share Image
I think companies psych themselves out and say, 'Now that we're public, we've got to get all stuffy. We've got to be… — Glenn Kelman Alive Copy Share Image
If we don't give the authors of music, film, literature, and journalism a way to control the distribution of their goods, the… — Glenn Kelman Books Copy Share Image
I think the corporate world is pretty starved for personality. The reason you have comic strips like 'Dilbert' and sitcoms like 'The… — Glenn Kelman Corporate world Copy Share Image
Many of the libertarian entrepreneurs who only want the government to leave them alone have simply forgotten how important government research, public… — Glenn Kelman Alone Copy Share Image
Startups alternate between nostalgia for the garage and millennial longing for a lucrative exit. But what I always keep in mind is… — Glenn Kelman Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
I do think entrepreneurs need to be smart, but there's another scale I never evaluated myself on that is now the source… — Glenn Kelman Business Copy Share Image
When I was still settling into being a CEO, I wasted a lot of time driving initiatives designed to please others, acting… — Glenn Kelman Acting Copy Share Image
As a captain of industry, I would prefer more tax breaks to help people buy houses, but as a citizen, I realize… — Glenn Kelman Captain Copy Share Image
Employers are as sensitive to housing costs as their employees, which is why, when we build more houses, we create more jobs. — Glenn Kelman Costs Copy Share Image
I think that real estate consumers are stuffy; I think they're scared. They don't buy a house every day. It's a very… — Glenn Kelman Day Copy Share Image
Slow investing can have the same impact on startups that slow food has had on cuisine: good things come to those who… — Glenn Kelman Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs knows how to hold his hand out, to build beautiful products and make people pay for them. — Glenn Kelman Beautiful Copy Share Image
I learned that it's important to treat yourself like a work in progress, to think about how you can improve, to listen… — Glenn Kelman Feedback Copy Share Image
I think if I had gone to a private school and been coddled a little bit, I wouldn't be as tough as… — Glenn Kelman I am Copy Share Image
We don't need to take the world by storm. We just need to make our customers happy, and when we do that,… — Glenn Kelman Customers Copy Share Image
Whereas any political party, and nearly all voters, prize consistency as a sign of authentic, values-driven thinking, it is deeply alien to… — Glenn Kelman Action Copy Share Image
I am not excited about Bitcoin. I think it's an outrage that, in an era of global warming, there are racks of… — Glenn Kelman Bitcoin Copy Share Image
It's hard to improve our schools. It's hard to redistribute wealth created by the concentration of technological and financial power or to… — Glenn Kelman Building Copy Share Image
In 2006, I appeared before a House subcommittee considering real estate reform. It was like visiting the capital for the 'Hunger Games'… — Glenn Kelman Beautiful Copy Share Image
The core hacker premise that 'code wins arguments' is just another way of saying that anything is worth trying, regardless of whether… — Glenn Kelman Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
After a young adulthood trying to get him to see the world for how it really is, my brother Wes and I… — Glenn Kelman Brother Copy Share Image
Many of the ex-hippies who started companies like Apple, or the early online bulletin boards dedicated to organic food and following the… — Glenn Kelman Apple Copy Share Image
I started a software company with a couple other folks. It went public. We made plenty of money. And I thought it… — Glenn Kelman Business Copy Share Image
When my brother and I were 11, our father designed a 17-foot boat for sailing around the world. He'd never ventured more… — Glenn Kelman Around the world Copy Share Image
