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 Founder: Ryan Freed from hOM

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Ryan Freed from hOM

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Ryan Freed, co-founder of hOM. Given their emphasis on building true community via face-to-face interactions (the ONLY way to build real “community” in my mind), it’s no surprise I’m a fan of their approach. I…

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Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #30 – AI and Home Search and eXp Realty Listing on the NASDAQ

Geek Estate Mastermind Newsletter #30 – AI and Home Search and eXp Realty Listing on the NASDAQ

The purpose of Geek Estate’s mastermind community is two fold: Curate the most incredible and diverse membership of real estate innovators, creatives, doers, and creators in the world. Make our members wildly successful in their careers building real estate companies. This week’s member newsletter (#30) touched…

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Why Does Horizon Still Exist?

Why Does Horizon Still Exist?

Below is an update we sent this morning to all users of Horizon and our previous product, Oh Hey World (which failed). I know some of you are on that list. Bottom line: Yes, startups are hard. Why Does Horizon Still Exist? Hi again, Drew here, co-founder of…

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Google Maps and a Coming Crisis for Real Estate Techies

Google Maps and a Coming Crisis for Real Estate Techies

I have a prediction: many developers are going to get caught with their pants down when Google Maps APIs become significantly more expensive come June (see this article and here). It’s blatantly obvious Google Maps is the best product. However, at some point, price will be prohibitive for…

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.realestate Domains

.realestate Domains

I saw the news that NAR is launching the .realestate top-level domain later this year, which is a result of winning the rights to do so back in 2014. Domain names are not valuable by themselves. They aren’t going rank in Google without great content and backlinks, both of…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Jatinder Singh from Botplan

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Jatinder Singh from Botplan

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Jatinder Singh, founder of Botplan. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the founder and CEO of Botplan. Botplan is a Real Estate Chatbot company. Our software is a white label chatbot…

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Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Dan Green from Growella

Geek Estate Founding Member Spotlight: Dan Green from Growella

We’ve now published seven Geek Estate founding member interviews; Jennifer Kjellgren, Sep Niakan, Eileen Romito, Ryan Coon, Caroline Pinal, Joel Leslie, David Marc Harris, and Seth Siegler. The interviews are meant to give you a taste of current business priorities, products and trends to watch in 2018, and what they enjoy about being a Geek Estate mastermind…

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Geek Estate Newsletter #29 – Minting Cash Buyers, Luxury Travel, and Smart Homes

Geek Estate Newsletter #29 – Minting Cash Buyers, Luxury Travel, and Smart Homes

The purpose of Geek Estate’s mastermind community is two fold: Curate the most incredible and diverse membership of real estate innovators, creatives, doers, and creators in the world. Make our members wildly successful in their careers building real estate companies. This week’s member newsletter (#29) touched…

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Uber Elevate, Urban Mobility, and Future of Cities

Uber Elevate, Urban Mobility, and Future of Cities

I’ve honestly never been a big fan of Uber as a company (I’m long Lyft), but the following video about urban mobility got my excited about the future of transportation (and cities): Slowly, but surely, Uber is changing their public perception and positioning themselves as a…

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Growth Strategies with Andrew Chen

Growth Strategies with Andrew Chen

The latest edition of the Inside Intercom Podcast is with Andrew Chen (a partner at Andreessen Horowitz). Andrew worked in Growth for Uber for several years, and has been writing about growth strategies for many years. One of his popular articles is the law of shitty…

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