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 wish I was as smart as Jeff Bezos. He's just a large-brained space alien. — Glenn Kelman Alien Copy Share Image
Folks are leaving Silicon Valley, mostly because they can't afford to stay. — Glenn Kelman Leaving Copy Share Image
Funny money has always been the reason housing prices have risen too fast. First, it was liar loans and negative-amortizing mortgages, where… — Glenn Kelman Crisis Copy Share Image
I often think about what my replacement will do after I'm fired. She won't have emotional commitments to decisions that I already… — Glenn Kelman Decisions Copy Share Image
At different points, I applied to graduate school. I got into medical school. I thought about being a writer. I thought about… — Glenn Kelman Being Copy Share Image
Control of the browser that people use to access the Web turned out to be far less meaningful than the search engine… — Glenn Kelman Control Copy Share Image
Everybody has been told already that they're too shy, too aggressive, too emotional, too reserved. They know what their fatal flaw is.… — Glenn Kelman Better Copy Share Image
What's most revolutionary about Uber is not the tool that consumers use but the fact that the only equipment needed by its… — Glenn Kelman Iphone Copy Share Image
My advice for men who aren't yet parents is to make sure you're a happy person before having a baby. — Glenn Kelman Advice Copy Share Image
Everybody who's been fired has heard before about the problems they have. They just don't know it's that serious. Once you know… — Glenn Kelman Everybody Copy Share Image
The really basic stuff that fuels 30-year job booms almost always comes from government research, stuff like biotech, the transistor, the Internet.… — Glenn Kelman Government Copy Share Image
The truth is that I love working. I love my kids. But I don't view one as evil and the other as… — Glenn Kelman Evil Copy Share Image
You have to be sort of an emotional steward to really get a business to do something hard - to take people… — Glenn Kelman Business Copy Share Image
Thinking constantly about world domination can give you a little vertigo. The way I usually get through my day is by limiting… — Glenn Kelman Day Copy Share Image
The most important question venture capitalists ask is what prevents your company from growing faster. — Glenn Kelman Business Copy Share Image
With Facebook's IPO, the world learned a new way of organizing businesses around one overriding imperative: to ship new products quickly. — Glenn Kelman Business Copy Share Image
One reason I was so convinced that Redfin would work was that I never met anyone who bought or sold a home… — Glenn Kelman Home Copy Share Image
Behind the driven person is just an enormous amount of misery. You have to be miserable with the status quo to want… — Glenn Kelman Change Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish I was less of a maniac; sometimes I wish I was more. — Glenn Kelman Less Copy Share Image
The U.S. is one of the hardest-working cultures in the world. — Glenn Kelman Cultures Copy Share Image
People don't think of me as Glenn Kelman; they think of me as the real estate guy. If I wasn't interested in… — Glenn Kelman Guy Copy Share Image
The tech industry's love for scrappy, accessible founders adds to the pressure. You're expected to lead by example, to roll up your… — Glenn Kelman Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
