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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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Brad Jefferson

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Brad Jefferson

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Brad Jefferson of Animoto. Here’s a bit more about him… 1) What do you do? I’m the CEO and co-founder of Animoto and work hard to make it easy for people to…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Ron Bovino

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Ron Bovino

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Ron Bovino of NorthReal. Here’s a bit more about him, from his own mouth… 1) What do you do? I am the CEO & co­founder of NorthReal. We’re reshaping how real estate…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Chris Smith

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Chris Smith

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Chris Smith of Curaytor. Certainly no stranger to most of you, he co-founded Tech Savvy Agent and worked at Inman as their Chief Evangelist before moving on to start his own company,…

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What I Miss from the RE.net

What I Miss from the RE.net

Back in the 2006-2009 while working at Zillow, I remember being literally excited to see what the real estate blogging community (aka the “RE.net” or “real estate blogosphere”) had published. Every morning, one of the first things I did at my desk was check my…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Christian Sterner

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Christian Sterner

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Christian Sterner of WellcomeMat. I’ve known Christian for a long time, since the earliest days of WellcomeMat close to 7 years ago (has it really been that long?). I can tell you…

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A Message Worth Spreading: What You Do Matters

A Message Worth Spreading: What You Do Matters

The days you wake up questioning what you’re doing. Why you started all those years ago. Why you’re grinding day in day out to earn your living. Why your recent strategy failed. Why finding customers is so hard. We’ve all had those days. Success isn’t…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Jonathan Aizen

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Jonathan Aizen

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Jonathan Aizen of Closing Time (prior Geek Estate coverage). I met Jonathan via his co-founder of Closing Time, Paul Knegten, whom I had coffee with several months ago while in New York. Here’s a bit…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Peyman Aleagha

Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur: Peyman Aleagha

In our latest Meet the Real Estate Tech Entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Peyman Aleagha of Website Box. I’ve known Peyman since my early business development days at Zillow, when I was trying to get data from the Zillow API into RealtySoft’s offering (Peyman’s prior endeavor…

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Zillow: Long Distance

Zillow: Long Distance

Zillow is kicking off a new TV campaign… What do you think?

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Nextdoor Adopted by New York City

Nextdoor Adopted by New York City

We’ve covered Nextdoor before. It was announced today that New York City has adopted Nextdoor — in a big, big way. How are you reaching your farm? Have you started a Nextdoor community for your neighborhood? How are you planning to win the neighborhood opportunity?

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