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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Yammer and Open Collaboration

Yammer and Open Collaboration

Watch the following video about Yammer. It’s well done. Does anyone use Yammer in your real estate workplace? How are you collaborating with your colleagues? [via https://about.yammer.com/moments/]

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Kamal Shah

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Kamal Shah

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, I’m talking to Kamal Shah of FotoNotes. Without wasting anymore time, here’s a bit more from him… What do you do? I’m the Founder and CEO of FotoNotes – a technology company providing mobile-first solutions for the real…

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Get to Know Your Other Geek Estate Community Members

Get to Know Your Other Geek Estate Community Members

I’ve written several times about connecting with other Geek Estate community members (here and here) using Oh Hey World. A few of you took me up on the offer. Well, since then, we’ve redesigned the concept of “communities” on Oh Hey World. Part of what…

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Do Good Real Estate

Do Good Real Estate

I’ve been promoting socially conscious agents/brokerages recently (& here), and here is another one (referenced in Brian’s post yesterday). Do Good Real Estate, out of Wilmington… Wilmington NC Real Estate Company – Making an Impact! Do Good Real Estate is a homegrown, socially minded realty company…

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MFFO & Winning A VIP Suite for Lakers vs Kings

MFFO & Winning A VIP Suite for Lakers vs Kings

We’re pausing your regularly scheduled geek-fest… Do you support Mothers Fighting for Others? Would you like a chance to to win a VIP Suite for the Lakers-Kings game in November? If so, read on… There is a raffle going on as part of the 1st…

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AirBnB is Transformational

AirBnB is Transformational

I watched the PandoMonthly interview with Marc Andreessen the other night. One thing that caught my attention was when Marc said the following: AirBnB is transformational for real estate. Read that carefully. Real estate.  Not travel. It begs the question. What opportunity is AirBnB going…

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…or the “Baltimore Orioles plan to learn football to compete with Denver Broncos”

…or the “Baltimore Orioles plan to learn football to compete with Denver Broncos”

@drewmeyers http://t.co/lM4ikd4uZI or "Baltimore Orioles plan to learn football to compete with Denver Broncos" — Greg Fischer (@FischRealEstate) October 9, 2013 Following today’s recent news, I was going to rant about the public facing MLS issue again. But I already wrote that post back in…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepeneur: Raj Singh

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepeneur: Raj Singh

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, I’m talking to Raj Singh of Tempo Smart Calendar. Without wasting anymore time, here’s a bit from Raj… What do you do? I am the founder of Tempo AI, a Silicon Valley company and maker of Tempo…

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Urban Compass Now Has Deep Pockets

Urban Compass Now Has Deep Pockets

Did anyone notice Urban Compass‘ recent $20M fundraising round ($25M after additional interest)? It seems Urban Compass is the next consumer tech competitor with deep pockets in the real estate industry. When I look at Urban Compass, I see a lot of AirBnB, mixed with…

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Meet the Real Estate Entrepreneur: Lorne Wallace

Meet the Real Estate Entrepreneur: Lorne Wallace

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, I’m talking to Lorne Wallace of Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies. Without wasting anymore time, here’s a bit more about Lorne… What do you do? I’m the CEO at Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies, a…

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