Interview with Funda.nl’s CEO Marque Joosten
Welcome to the first in a series of video blogs where Trulians conduct interviews with real estate industry leaders, commentators and other interesting folk. We’ll be experimenting with different video players and editing software (let us know if you have any suggestions), so be kind and please forgive any initial bugs. Thanks to Robert Scoble for the idea!
In the first installment, I interview Marque Joosten, CEO of Funda.nl, the leading residential real estate listings web site of the Netherlands. He gives his view on how the Internet killed real estate classifieds in Europe and provides some advice for brokers and agents looking to more effectively advertise to their customers.
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none said,
November 30, 2006 @ 2:38 pm
This is where trulia has jumped the shark
Heather said,
December 1, 2006 @ 10:05 am
Dear none - not exactly what we were hoping to hear, but thanks for chiming in. :) Beyond the clever reference, is it the video blog concept or this interview? We aren\’t trying to compete with CNN here, but we meet with so many interesting people that we thought we\’d occassionally film quick interviews to share with Truliablog readers. Thoughts?
Kevin Boer said,
December 3, 2006 @ 12:31 pm
Great idea to do a video blog…Scoble is definitely at the vanguard of a trend. The interview was fascinating — living here in Silicon Valley where things are fairly technologically advanced, it’s humbling to get reminders that many other parts of the world are further ahead on the same road. I don’t think even Silicon Valley has 85% high-speed Internet penetration!
A leisurely ride through the Carnival at Three Oceans Real Estate said,
December 4, 2006 @ 10:45 pm
[…] Trulia borrows a page from Robert Scoble with its Youtube video interview of a Dutch online real estate entrepreneuer. Well worth a look: broadband penetration in the Netherlands — north of 85% — has effectively obliterated the real estate sections of most Dutch newspapers. […]
A romp through the Dutch polders in my klompen … wonder if my grandparents’ farm homes are still there? at Three Oceans Real Estate said,
December 4, 2006 @ 11:28 pm
[…] Trulia’s interview of Marque Joosten, CEO of the Dutch online property site Funda.nl, got me pretty excited for at least two reasons: Wicked cool technology, and a burst of patriotic curiosity. You see, Dutch blood runs thick in my veins: “Boer” simply means “farmer”, which pretty accurately describes my ancestors’ way of life on both sides of the family tree…until one grandfather became a barber, and his son — my father — went to University and got himself a PhD! Somehow I ended up selling real estate in Silicon Valley. But we digress… […]
Alex Ballard said,
January 12, 2007 @ 5:40 am
I really appreciate what you’re doing here. Very interesting site. roll anticipate make - that is all that cosmos is capable of
Stephen Dickinson said,
January 12, 2007 @ 7:04 am
Nice job. I’m planning to come back here in the future. TV will grass unconditionally
Richard Johnson said,
January 12, 2007 @ 8:45 am
Great blog. It’s nice to be here! coolblooded is feature of bad cosmos