Here at
Gibson Sothebys International Realty we are pleased that our very
own CEO, Larry Rideout, had the opportunity to attend Real Estate
Connect in New York City. Rideout kicked off the new year at
Connect which was a four day experience bringingtogether industry
leaders and innovators from around the globe. Larry
Rideoutreported:
I had the good fortune of attending the Real Estate Connect last
week in Manhattan. Setting aside the hyped up Blizzard of 2015 in
the city, it was a great educational event. The opportunity to see
the cutting edge Real Estate products available to us was eye
opening and the start up companies that presented their wares were
equally impressive. Like James Cash Penney once said, Growth is
never by mere chance. It is the result of forces working
together.
Every day there were speakers on all aspects of our industry
including topics on how a world class real estate media and portal
company was built, how a $40 million internet marketing company was
built in just a few years, how a real estate app that instantly got
100,000 users was built, and even how a significantly successful
real estate team was built.
They were all limited to a 15 or 30 minute presentation, and
subject to a question and answer period. This is a perfect time
frame for people like myself! Brad Inman moderated many of these
and actually asked hard questions of the guests. The speaker list
was not too shabby either. How about Richard Smith and Alex
Periello from Realogy, Barbara Corcoran, presently of Shark Tank
fame, David Liniger of Re/Max, and Rupert Murdoch, most recently of
Move.com, but pretty much anywhere he wants to be
The whole conference reinforced for me, that we at Gibson
Sotheby’s International Realty are paying attention and providing
our famous “white glove” service to all our clients and customers.
It also reminded me that we need to be always paying attention to
our industry and always ready to accept new ideas, especially from
a technological vantage point.
Oh, and spending a few nights in the City wasn’t a bad time
either!