For a real estate agent, selling houses is first about getting people to make showing appointments. ShowingTime began putting property calendars online to automate this critical feature. They have since acquired (CallTrax) and built out a platform to handle backoffice real estate appointments as well. The system currently handle about 500,000 appointments per month for 3,000 real estate offices.
Scott's sold his previous startup ZyLab and then began ShowingTime. The rest of the management team has also been peppered with entrepreneurs. He was joined by Ron Reimann who helped focus the offering, market it and develop meaningful sales traction. Ron previously founded Baler Software, and then was CMO at Geneer with Doug Grimsted (then CEO, now founder/CEO of Aginity). Ron has taken on another venture, ZapTel to provide international calling cards over the web. Mike Lane came fresh out of piloting a Nuclear Sub of the Navy and has led the sales team since 1999. Bill Kellogg was co-founder of BindView, a publically traded network software management company.
Dimensions: 15 people x 7 years x $NDA
Funding: Founder, Bob Geras, Dodi Ventures
Customers: Real estate brokers, MLSs
Location: Chicago [Downtown] + www.showingtime.com
