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.

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…

I wrote a piece a while back about some new technology products coming out in the next year like Tile and Coin. The ability to pack more and more tech into tinier objects with data transmission capability to interact with your smartphone is really interesting….

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…

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…

In the age of social media, it can be difficult to keep up with all of the different forms that are out there. With Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and more, it can be tough to know where to put your energy. However, one of the…

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

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…

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….

Philippines Condo’s on the Rise 50 story glass skyscrapers. Bad Traffic. Starbucks on every corner. A massive urban sprawl by the Pacific Ocean millions call home. You may think I’m talking about Los Angeles, but I’m not. This is Manila, the capital city of the…