24 blog reactions to http://ceounplugged.homestead.com/2007/11/intuit-and-home.html

Homestead is a feel good story. Their CEO drinks milk with every meal and cares about his employees. He started the company while an undergrad at Stanford more than 10 years ago. He talks about the acquisition and why he did it here on his blog. Congratulations Justin.

companies with a culture that is like Intuit's (friendly, passionate about customers, and etc). Homestead fits this bill perfectly and its embodied in its founder and CEO Justin Kitch (pictured here playing the guitar). Read his blog post on the deal here. Web site building is still a hassle for many small businesses and Intuit's own commissioned study showed that many small businesses still do not have web sites. This is why Intuit bought Homestead.

which is an online service that allows users to quickly and easily create a website. Intuit, offers personal and small business accounting software such as the highly popular Quicken. The deal is worth $170 million, which isn’t bad considering the founder never really built with the intention of being acquired. ShareThis Keywords: Captivate Network, Facebook, Freshbooks, Google, iotum, Kaboose, Olive Canada Network, Online Advertising, Parlay Entertainment, Qubecor Media, Toronto Tech Week

which is an online service that allows users to quickly and easily create a website. Intuit, offers personal and small business accounting software such as the highly popular Quicken. The deal is worth $170 million, which isn’t bad considering the founder never really built with the intention of being acquired. ShareThis Keywords: Captivate Network, Facebook, Freshbooks, Google, iotum, Kaboose, Olive Canada Network, Online Advertising, Parlay Entertainment, Qubecor Media, Toronto Tech Week

which is an online service that allows users to quickly and easily create a website. Intuit, offers personal and small business accounting software such as the highly popular Quicken. The deal is worth $170 million, which isn’t bad considering the founder never really built with the intention of being acquired. If you found this post useful then subscribe and get more interviews, news and stories about Canada's Connected Community. Subscription is FREE through RSS or email. Posted in Features, Week in Review

Homestead philosophy of doing business over the span of my career (this list has four members).  Intuit is on the first list twice and, as you might guess, a member of the illustrious second list. You can read the full story on the Homestead’s blog over here… Intuit is the company behind QuickBooks, Quicken and TurboTax software. [ via BW ] [ via Homestead Blog ] [ via Bizjournals ] [ via Mashable ] [ via Tradingmarkets ] [IMG [Slashdot]] [IMG [Digg]]

on the first list twice and, as you might guess, a member of the illustrious second list. You can read the full story on the Homestead’s blog over here… Intuit is the company behind QuickBooks, Quicken and TurboTax software. [ via BW ] [ via Homestead Blog ] [ via Bizjournals ] [ via Mashable ] [ via Tradingmarkets ] [IMG [Slashdot]] [IMG [Digg]] [IMG [Reddit]] [IMG [del.icio.us]] [IMG [Facebook]] [IMG [Technorati]] [IMG [Google]] [IMG [StumbleUpon]]

intuit finally buys homestead for $170m small business website creation service homestead announced tonight that it has been purchased by intuit for $170m. in addition to intuit's personal and small business accounting software, and the company's partnership with google to integrate services like maps listing and adsense buys, intuit customers will now

Intuit and Homestead join forces — Big news in the Homestead universe today! We announced this afternoon that Homestead has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Intuit for a generous amount of cash. You can read the standard-issue press release here.

has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Intuit for a generous amount of cash. You can read the standard-issue press release here. It's expected to close early next year. Source: CEO Unplugged Author: Jskitch Link: http://ceounplugged.homestead.com/2007/11/intuit-and… Techmeme permalink You are subscribed to email updates from Techmeme To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.Email Delivery powered by FeedBurner Inbox too full?