Prospering Amidst the Real Estate Meltdown: Trulia CEO Pete Flint (Part 4)

SM: You were also providing information regarding the price surrounding properties had sold for. Where was that data coming from? PF: Initially it was coming from listing agents who said they sold a property. They were promoting the fact that they had sold the property, so we simply tagged the property as sold and gave

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Prospering Amidst the Real Estate Meltdown: Trulia CEO Pete Flint (Part 3)

SM: When you launched, what was your thesis regarding your ability to solve the various problems you identified? PF: Initially we were very focused on the consumer side. That was our perspective, and we felt it was the primary problem which needed to be solved. We approached the challenge from two key perspectives.

Prospering Amidst the Real Estate Meltdown: Trulia CEO Pete Flint (Part 2)

SM: What roles did you play when you took that journey with LastMinute.com? PF: I did a bit of everything. Initially it was business development.

Prospering Amidst the Real Estate Meltdown: Trulia CEO Pete Flint (Part 1)

SM: Take me back to where your story begins. What is your background? PF: I was born just outside of London. My father is a professor of chemistry and my mother is an ancient history high school teacher.

Vision India 2020: Green Village

India’s real estate development, for the longest time, had consisted of multi-story residential and commercial buildings in urban settings. With increasing traffic and the cities bursting at their seams, getting to and from work every day had become a tremendous challenge. We founded Green Village, a real estate development company with a commitment to green

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Vision India 2020: Renaissance

For years, I had been disturbed by the demolition of architectural heritage in India in the name of development. [If you haven’t already, please read my very personal account, As India Builds.]

Death of Indian Outsourcing

“Are you kidding? No way!” In 2008, the IT and IT enabled services (ITES/BPO) industries are supposed to be the major drivers of India’s economic growth. According to Nasscom, the two industries combined will employ 4 million people and account for 7% of GDP and 33% of foreign exchange inflow. The death of this industry

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Move in Challenging times

With the falling real estate market, the Move Inc. stock price has been hammered down in the last one year and is currently trading at $1.78 with a total market capitalization of just over $300 million. The 52-week range for the stock is $1.75 – $6.69.