Ori Goldman is a New York City native who saw a void in the Real Estate landscape of NYC. He and his dedicated team turn the shady and expensive process of finding an apartment completely on its head, by offering a service where renters are not charged a broker fee.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Elon Musk
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Can we offer financial savings to people who are looking for apartments? And will people care? Will there be a successful reaction that would allow us to know that the business was on the right path an then start scaling it? Because I was still working my other job and that’s what I needed to see, I needed to see whether or not this was something that people actually cared about”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Book by Edwin Lefèvre
Favourite Quote:
“If you will it it is no dream”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Flipboard – curates the world’s stories so you can focus on investing in yourself, staying informed, and getting involved With curated packages that offer insights and inspiration for any interest, Flipboard will make you feel like you’ve spent your time well
- The Entrepreneur Way
- Podcasts
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Don’t be scared to try things that other people don’t believe in, it is really all about adding value for clients and there’s some cases where it appears that it’s not possible because other’s haven’t done it, I’ve heard a lot of people say well if it would have worked someone would have done it, well that’s not the case, there’s usually a way to figure out a path to success and making it work”…[Listen for More]
More About Ori Goldman:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.” Paulo Coelho
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ori Goldman:
- “A good idea likely doesn’t end up exactly the way that you envisioned might still be there”
- “You really need to talk to clients to figure out if it’s even worth pursuing and if you decided it’s worth pursuing you need to efficiently create your prototypes and your mvps and start slowly, you can get lucky and it can work off the bat but that’s really really tough”
- “If you spend half a million dollars building a fancy app and the UX sucks and you’re not quite solving the problem that the consumer has then that money is gone”
- “Get out of the house and go talk to clients”
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