About Drew Meyers

Founder of GEM Diamond. Zillow Alum. Real estate tech geek. Travel addict & former co-founder of Horizon. Social entrepreneurship advocate. Fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Do You Research Using Crunchbase? Would you Use this Tool?

Do You Research Using Crunchbase? Would you Use this Tool?

A few weeks ago, I got a sneak peak of a new Crunchbase Visualization Tool built by the team at Cloudspace (same folks that brought you MyBlogLog). Here is a short video demo… For the entrepreneurs planning to raise money in the future, is this a tool…

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More on Errol Joining Zillow

More on Errol Joining Zillow

A few links for you related to Errol’s recent move… Rob Hahn – In Which I Speak to Steve Berkowitz, CEO of Move, Inc. Greg Robertson – Errol Samuelson leaves for Zillow & Errol Errol Samuelson – I’m Joining Zillow. Here’s Why.

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Fireside Chat with Tom Preston-Werner

Fireside Chat with Tom Preston-Werner

For the geeks who know what GitHub is, and use it…you should watch this Pando Monthly video with its founder, Tom Preston-Werner… There is a real estate angle in there — Tom bought a house while in debt and without any sort of proof he was…

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There are No Silver Bullets, There are Only Lead Bullets

There are No Silver Bullets, There are Only Lead Bullets

Today, I’ll leave you with Marc Andreessen’s recent talk at Stanford Business School: At about the 26 minute mark in the video, Marc Andreessen says… There are No Silver Bullets, There are Only Lead Bullets So true, in blogging, and everything else.

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The First Crucial Step in Building a Startup: Problem Identification

The First Crucial Step in Building a Startup: Problem Identification

Identifying the problem you seek to solve is the first step to building a startup. In real estate, or any other industry. Often times, that “problem” or “pain point” is one you’ve experienced in your own life and you want to solve. If you are…

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Now Available: Your Hired Virtual Real Estate CTO

Now Available: Your Hired Virtual Real Estate CTO

I’ve mentioned the idea of a hired real estate CTO twice over the past few months (here & here)…and it’s now officially available. We are currently working with 1 beta client to iron out the concept, and will only take 1 brokerage client per market. Click…

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Errol Samuelson Joins Zillow

Errol Samuelson Joins Zillow

Today’s news is sure to send shockwaves through the industry: the (now former) president of Realtor.com® and chief strategy officer of Move, Errol Samuelson, is joining Zillow as their Chief Industry Development Officer. Here’s the press release. I think it’s safe to say this will be the primary…

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What is Zillow?

What is Zillow?

Given my 5 years working at the big Z, I was stoked to see this Tweet tonight… "What is Zillow?" On Jeopardy tonight! pic.twitter.com/N7IXfDOfMy — Spencer Rascoff (@spencerrascoff) March 4, 2014

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: David Greenberg

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: David Greenberg

In our latest real estate tech interview, I’m talking to David Greenberg of Updater. Updater is one of the companies I heard a lot about in New York. Without further adieu, here’s a bit more from his own mouth… What do you do? Updater saves people 5-10…

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Inspiration is for amateurs – the rest of us just show up and get to work

Inspiration is for amateurs – the rest of us just show up and get to work

Your Monday morning task, should you choose to accept it, is to read Arnold Waldstein’s post. The title is a quote from Chuck Close… Inspiration is for amateurs – the rest of us just show up and get to work. – Chuck Close I agree….

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