Redbeacon News Bites


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Anthony Rodio (CEO)
Redbeacon is excited to announce today the release of our iPhone App for HomeOwners. Taking care of your home has never been easier. Check out the video overview here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmCYffL8N4 on November 09
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Anthony Rodio (CEO)
Redbeacon announced today that we have expanded to Atlanta....stay tuned for more exciting news from Redbeacon in the coming weeks! on November 01
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Redbeacon announced we're expanding to Seattle and we launched an embeddable widget! Early partners include SFGate, NBC and Fox 13! on September 29
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
We'll pay you $5,000 if you can recommend someone who gets hired by Redbeacon! http://redb.co/bULjuP on September 17
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Redbeacon just closed a $7.4 million Series A round with Mayfield and Venrock! We're so excited to work with our new investors to push into the next phase of growth and expansion. Check out the press release here: http://bit.ly/cODfPy on August 05
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Redbeacon is HIRING like crazy!! We need FE and BE Eng, UI Designers, and a Marketing Lead. http://www.redbeacon.com/about/jobs. Please tell pass this on!! It's an amazing time to join us since we're poised for some incredibly exciting things that will be announced shortly... on July 28
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Redbeacon was voted "2010 Best of the Bay" by San Francisco Magazine!! http://twitpic.com/1z269z on June 22
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Just a few days left! Redbeacon will contribute $20 towards the price of any service you book: http://bit.ly/crc0S9 on May 29
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
BREAKING NEWS: To celebrate Redbeacon's $100k win, we are giving it away! Book a job on Redbeacon, and get $20 cash!!! http://bit.ly/crc0S9 on May 22
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Lorenzo Carver
Lorenzo Carver at 08:48pm May 22
That's awesome! Congratulations.
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Redbeacon won the $100K grand prize at Business Insider's Startup2010 competition!! Here is the post about the competition: http://bit.ly/bw6EPY on May 21
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Bambi Francisco Roizen
Bambi Francisco Roizen at 03:04pm May 21
Btw - nearly 1000 followers? Wow
Ethan Anderson
Ethan Anderson at 03:13pm May 21
Push us over the top Bambi!
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
There is a major piece in today's issue of Slate on Redbeacon, the risks we took, and the entrepreneurial philosophy the founders share. Read John Dickerson's "Risky Business" at http://www.slate.com/id/2250727/ on April 20
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Bambi Francisco Roizen
Bambi Francisco Roizen at 11:57am April 20
great piece! Thanks for sharing!!
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Make sure you watch Redbeacon on the new TV Show @work! LinkedIn and Redbeacon will be on the premier this Sunday 4/18 at 630PM! #WatchIt on April 15
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Exciting day for Redbeacon! We won the 2010 HBSA/NC New Venture Contest: http://www.hbsanc.org/article.html?aid=700 And were featured in the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-localweb2-2010apr02,0,6250018.story on April 02
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Matt Bowman
Matt Bowman at 04:23pm April 02
Congrats, Ethan. Big day.
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Tune in to Jason Calacanis' This Week in Startups on Monday March 29 at 1pm PST. Ethan Anderson, CEO and Cofounder of Redbeacon will be the guest. on March 26
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
We launched several things today. Watch Bambi's excellent interview with us to see what they are: http://vator.tv/news/show/2010-03-10-redbeacon-launches-facebook-bigtent-deals on March 10
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
T-1 day to our big announcements! (yes that's plural announcements) :) on March 09
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Very big news coming next week.... features, partnerships, and more. Stay tuned folks! Lots to tell. on March 05
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Thanks all for helping push us into the top 20 for the Splash competition! on January 29
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Only a few days remaining to vote for Redbeacon for Vator Splash! http://vator.tv/competition/show/vator-splash-competition on January 25
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Ethan Anderson
Ethan Anderson at 11:31am January 15
Sorry for the double post. Not sure how to delete this.
Phil Jeudy
Phil Jeudy at 11:56pm January 16
2 is better than 0. Congrats!
joe chuang
joe chuang at 08:46pm January 18
congrats
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Wow. Redbeacon just gained a lot of fans on Vator.tv today. What happened? Don't forget to vote for in the Splash competition! http://vator.tv/competition/show/vator-splash-competition on January 13
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Bambi Francisco Roizen
Bambi Francisco Roizen at 07:20am January 14
Wow! That's more than I predicted.
joe chuang
joe chuang at 08:48pm January 18
congrats
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Time is running out... don't forget to vote for Redbeacon for the Splash competition at http://vator.tv/competition/show/vator-splash-competition. It's not the same thing as following us on vator.tv! on January 08
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Redbeacon made Robert Scoble's Top 25 Startups to Watch in 2010. Check it out! http://bit.ly/6XeujT on January 04
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
New blog post: What are Red Beacon Requests? (or why we’re called Redbeacon): http://bit.ly/8oKmJR on December 29
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Bambi Francisco Roizen
Bambi Francisco Roizen at 09:18am December 29
original and clever
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Please vote for Redbeacon on Vator.tv's Splash competition! Click here to vote: http://vator.tv/competition/show/vator-splash-competition on December 15
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
We just launched a new flexible time feature. Now you can request a service "in the next few days", "in the next few weeks", or "anytime". on December 14
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
We just launched a new provider quote box. What do you think? http://bit.ly/8QwgSZ on December 11
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Ethan Anderson (Cofounder & CEO)
Redbeacon just launched in the South Bay and East Bay. We now have thousands of service providers in the Bay Area! We also have some exciting new features in store... stay tuned. on December 09
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Tim Hyer
Tim Hyer at 08:35am December 09
Congrats, Ethan -- keep up the good work!