Founders Podcast

In today's podcast Josh Phegan is joined by Rahul Grover, general manager for iD4me, a proptech service provider that gives access to the power of data back to the agent. Rahul talks about ways iD4me supports and protects agents, their intuitive search technology, and levels of information they provide. Josh and Rahul discuss agent-generated items of value, making information relevant, profiling c...

This podcast features Josh Phegan talking with Kahlia Cordony, founder and creative director for the Cordony Group styling agency. Kahlia shares CG's approach to making the process of owning, presenting and selling properties faster and easier, and defines what CG does end-to-end with an emphasis on styling. They discuss levels of agent support, options within the funding model, and tips for getti...

Today's podcast features Josh Phegan with Sean Scoffield of connectnow, a home moving connection service. Sean talks about how connectnow brings value to your brand and customer experience, real estate as an elevated service, and the 9 touchpoints for removing friction from the customer experience. They discuss protecting data privacy and personal information, how they use the net promoter score,...

In this podcast Josh Phegan interviews Rhys Rogers and Jon McConkey of Before You Bid. Rhys explains how BYB streamlines access to pest and building reports, which enables quicker transactions. Rhys and Jon discuss some of the friction points with agents, available funding options, understanding digital intent, systems for identifying challenges in any market, integrating with the agency CRM, func...

In today's podcast Josh Phegan is joined by Ali Vaez of Activepipe, which provides email marketing to businesses. Ali gives us 8 reasons why you should be using email marketing, and Josh highlights the rise of AI and the power of segmentation. They discuss targeted interactive emails that increase open and click-through rates, scalable cost-effective communication, optimising your datasets, and th...

In this podcast Josh Phegan interviews Angus Ferguson, head of customer solutions with Domain. Angus describes Domain as a holistic service that helps agents succeed with their businesses. Josh and Angus discuss using digital to streamline workflow, choosing tools vs. toys, integrating the data you have to find listings and make better decisions, and how to access and use the Domain services.

In this episode Josh Phegan interview Josh Symons of MRI Technologies. Josh's focus is on sales and property management, the lack of alignment between departments and teams, and the challenges of integration. He explains big data and exhaust data, servicing landlords as 4-dimensional customers, why PM needs automation and specialisation, the relationship between tech and PM, better ways to show pr...

In this podcast, Josh Phegan interviews Angus Ferguson, Commercial Director of Agent Solutions at Domain Group. In this episode, they look at the real estate process and the tools to help agents move through the processes, from agency agreements to settlement. They look at the future of how people access technology and become aware of the different solution providers available in the marketplace,...

This podcast features Josh Phegan talking with Steve Osborn, founder of Identity Marketing. They look at what marketing is for a modern real estate agent, and brand awareness for agencies. Steve describes marketing as understanding the customers desires to bring trust, and creating more value in the marketplace. He explains common marketing mistakes and developing a marketing plan for your firm.

This week Josh Phegan interviews Jeff Gray, CEO and Patrick Hill, CPO of Propic. Their business creates digital solutions that connect people and services 24/7. They look at the problems that Propic solve, growing and scaling businesses profitably using automation, and monetising the valuable data in your business. Jeff shows how technology interacts with agents in the sales environment and how au...

In today's podcast, Josh Phegan is joined by Felicity Leggett of MoneyMe ListReady, which provides financial credit with the speed and convenience of digital access. Felicity explains how MoneyMe ListReady gives agents control over the buy now pay later model. They discuss the application process, lowering the customer barriers using digital platforms, increasing vendor options, and improving agen...

In today's podcast, Josh Phegan is joined by Daniel Bignold, CEO of Propps, to discuss how proptech helps agents run their businesses more efficiently. They talk about optimising the offer flow and maintaining consistency in the sales process. Daniel illustrates how customers can make binding and non-binding offers online, and steps us through the way the process works and what the result looks li...

This podcast features Josh Phegan interviewing Before You Bid CEO, Rhys Rogers. BYB is a supply portal for access to pest and building reports and strata reports. They discuss benefits and considerations around making pest and building reports easily accessible, consumer confidence and loss protection for vendors, inspectors' concerns, increasing auction attendance, and how access to these reports...

In this episode Josh Phegan & David Choi interview Josh Symons of MRI Software. Josh's focus is on sales and property management, the lack of alignment between departments and teams, and the challenges of integration. He explains big data and exhaust data, servicing landlords as 4-dimensional customers, why PM needs automation and specialisation, the relationship between tech and PM, weaknesses th...

This podcast features Josh Phegan & David Choi interviewing Before You Bid CEO, Rhys Rogers, and COO, Jordan Rogers. BYB is a supply portal for access to pest and building reports. We discuss benefits and considerations around making pest and building reports easily accessible, consumer confidence and loss protection for vendors, inspectors' concerns, helping agents quickly gauge buyer intent thro...

In today's podcast, Josh Phegan & David Choi are joined by Julian Antonescu of Money Me, which provides financial credit with the speed and convenience of digital access. Julian explains how his List Ready product gives agents control over the buy now pay later model. We examine risk management around vendor paid vs. agent paid marketing, digital payment processing gateways for real estate, loweri...

This podcast features Josh Phegan & David Choi talking with Jay Morris of Diakrit, an international property marketing company that produces photos, 2 & 3D floorplans, and digital tools to renovate, furnish, and virtually tour a listing. Jay's point is to create an easier, more engaging and informed home buying experience to avoid wasting time. We cover extending dwell time, what we've learned fro...

This week Josh Phegan & David Choi interview Jeff Gray, CEO of Propic. His business creates digital solutions that connect people and services 24/7. We look at the relevance of your website in the age of immediacy, conversational profiles and why most property inquiries occur out of work hours. Jeff shows how technology augments our experience, how to overcome barriers to adopting new technologies...

In today's podcast, Josh Phegan & David Choi are joined by Daniel Bignold, CEO of Propps, to discuss how proptech helps agents run their businesses more efficiently. We talk about alleviating friction and maintaining consistency in the sales process, and Daniel outlines the Propps White Label agent-centric solution. He illustrates how customers can make binding and non-binding offers online, how P...

This podcast features Josh Phegan & David Choi talking with Steve Osborn, founder of Identity Marketing. We look at marketing initiatives and brand standards for internal and external communications, defining and marketing your brand identity and designing the ultimate customer experience. Steve shows why you need an agency to package and promote your brand, advises developing a plan of action for...

In this podcast, Josh Phegan & David Choi interview Angus Ferguson, Commercial Director of Agent Solutions at Domain Group. In this first episode, we talk through the journey from taking bids at auctions and distributing sales results to signing agency agreements and contracts digitally, the rise of the digital agent and how apps are reinventing workflow. Angus's vision for the future of work is b...