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A New Category King Emerges in Marketing Automation, and a Founding Member Interview

A New Category King Emerges in Marketing Automation, and a Founding Member Interview

I’ve written about category kings before: it’s what every startup should be striving for. There’s one unquestioned “Category King” in real estate. Among real estate portals (in the US), the clear, runaway king is Zillow Group. There will be “Category Kings” of various segments of the…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Tom Owen from Home Bay

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Tom Owen from Home Bay

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Tom Owen, co-founder of Home Bay. He has a long industry track record, and we’re glad to have him as a recent addition to the Geek Estate Mastermind. Without further ado… What do you do? I…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Brian Bair from Offerpad

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Brian Bair from Offerpad

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Brian Bair from Offerpad. He’s the co-founder and co-CEO of Offerpad, as well as has a background as a licensed real estate agent. Brian previously served as co-founder and managing partner of Lexington Financial, LLC…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Jason Bangerter from Rentler

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Jason Bangerter from Rentler

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Jason Bangerter, the co-founder of Rentler. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m an entrepreneur and I have started and built a few different companies. Currently, I am CEO for Rentler, but have also…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Rob Chrane from Down Payment Resource

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Rob Chrane from Down Payment Resource

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Rob Chrane, the founder and CEO of Down Payment Resource. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the founder and CEO of Down Payment Resource. We’re the nation’s leader in providing homebuyers and professionals…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Amro Naddy from SolarStory

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Amro Naddy from SolarStory

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Amro Naddy, founder of SolarStory. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the founder of SolarStory, a data-rich residential solar marketplace — think Zillow meets TrueCar for solar. What problem does your product/service solve?…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Luke Cohler from Jetty

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Luke Cohler from Jetty

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Luke Cohler, co-founder and President of Jetty. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the Co-Founder and President of Jetty, an insurtech startup based in New York City. Together with my Co-Founder, Mike Rudoy,…

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Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Jon Boller from Grid Consulting

Meet the Real Estate Tech Founder: Jon Boller from Grid Consulting

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with my friend and former colleague Jon Boller, co-founder of Grid Consulting. Jon and I worked at Zillow together “back in the day”. He was one of the first 5 inside sales representatives Zillow hired in 2008,…

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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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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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