- Homestead Technologies
Infobox_Company
company_name = Homestead Technologies
company_
company_type =Private company
foundation = 1997 | location =Menlo Park, California ,USA
key_people = Justin Kitch, Founder and CEO
David Wu, COO
industry =Web hosting service
products = Web services
homepage = http://www.homestead-inc.com/Homestead Technologies is the owner and operator of a paid
web hosting service based in Menlo Park, California. It has existed in various forms since launching in 1998 as a free service. Since then, it has expanded to includeWYSIWIG site building tools ande-commerce services [cite news | last = Steiner | first = Ina | title = Homestead Sites for eBay Sellers | publisher = Auction Bytes | date =2007-02-04 | url = http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y207/m02/abu0184/s03 | accessdate = 2007-04-25] .Homestead Technologies was also home to
Photosite , a web hosting service tailored to amateur digital photography. In March 2005, Photosite was sold toUnited Online [cite press release | title = United Online Acquires Online Digital Photo Sharing Business from Homestead Technologies | publisher = Homestead Technologies | date =2005-03-28 | url = http://www.homestead.com/~site/Scripts_LiveContent/LiveContent.dll?CMD=CMDShowUrl&Url=PR_Archive18_3446 | accessdate = 2007-04-25 ] .Homestead's CEO, Justin Kitch, maintains a [http://ceounplugged.homestead.com blog] . It was the source of controversy [ [http://erodtech.com/2006/12/18/homesteadcom-ceo-says-screw-customers/ e-Rod Tech Watch Blog » Homestead.com CEO says screw customers! ] ] when Mr. Kitch stated that customers were its third highest priority [cite web | last = Kitch | first = Justin | title = Maybe you should fire that customer? | date =
2006-11-16 | url=http://ceounplugged.homestead.com/2006/11/maybe_you_shoul.html | accessdate = 2007-04-25 ] .On November 26, 2007, it was announced that Homestead would be purchased by
Intuit in a cash transaction valued at roughly $170 million. [cite press release |title=Intuit to Acquire Homestead Technologies |publisher=Intuit |date=2007-11-26 |url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071126005984&newsLang=en |format= |accessdate=2007-11-26 |quote="Joining Intuit will help us continue pursuing our dream of enabling every small business, entrepreneur and organization to effectively compete by leveraging the power of the Internet," said Justin Kitch, founder and chief executive officer of Homestead Technologies. ]References
External links
* [http://www.homestead.com Homestead.com]
* [http://www.homestead-inc.com Homestead corporate site]
* [http://www.photosite.com/ Photosite]
* [http://www.hoovers.com/homestead/--ID__59484--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Company profile on Hoover's]
* [http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jan2007/sb20070110_343896.htm Best Home-Based Business Ideas] - BusinessWeek interview with Homestead on the best ideas for small home businesses in 2007.
* [http://searchsmb.techtarget.com/originalContent/0%2C289142%2Csid44_gci1243697%2C00.html Ten Clues that your Website is Dead] - SMB News
* [http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/news/article.php/3660186 Web Sites: They're Not Just for E-commerce] - Small Business Computing
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