Real estate site Zillow cuts 40 employees
This week’s flurry of startup cutbacks continues with Zillow, the real estate site best-known for estimating the value of people’s homes. Today, the Seattle startup announced that it’s cutting 25 percent of its staff. That’s a cut of 40 employees, according to local tech reporter John Cook.
Chief executive Rich Barton writes that Zillow’s traffic was actually up 42 percent in September compared to the same period last year, and that the company’s cash reserves are… Continue Reading
ZoomProspector plays matchmaker to businesses, cities
Small business owners conflicted about where to put down roots have a new web tool at their disposal today with the launch of ZoomProspector. The site purports to match businesses with the cities that can best foster their growth.
The free service, which claims to possess the same compatability-determining power of Match.com, hopes to catch the eye of at least some of the estimated 750,000 businesses in the U.S. deciding where to locate or branch off… Continue Reading