#0046 - Zvi Band Talks About Scaling a Company

<p>On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, Frank Gruber talks with Zvi Band, the co-founder CEO of Contactually, a top CRM which empowers professionals in real estate, consulting, and other professional industries to build authentic relationships. He is also the author of the book <em>Success is in Your Sphere</em>.</p> <p>Zvi co-founded Contactually in 2011, and led the company to $12M in venture backing, 75 employees, and tens of thousands of customers, including 8 of the top 20 real estate brokerages in the country. Contactually was then acquired by Compass, where Zvi stayed on as a General Manager until this year.</p> <p>Zvi started off the year with some big news by announcing that he left Compass and is now building a new company, which will be interesting to hear more about in the near future.</p> <p>We also hear segments from some of our Established Team members. Our Co-CEO, Jen Consalvo, shares some words of inspiration for startup founders, and Rich Maloy, our VP of Engagement with Established and part of Established Ventures, has some tips for raising capital with a segment called the “VC Minute.</p> <p>As many of you may know, we’ve had a long tradition of heading down to Austin, Texas every March for SXSW and we want to quickly let you all know we have something brewing again this year this year in mid-March. If you are interested in learning more or getting involved visit: <a href="http://www.est.us/sxsw21" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.est.us/sxsw21</a>.</p> <p>We also invite all of our listeners to get involved with our program by visiting: <a href="https://established.us/programs" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">established.us/programs</a>. This is the best way to get notified of the various startup opportunities that we come across while working with various partner organizations and in a number of ecosystems across the country.</p> <p>Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at <a hre