Howard Tager on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of AI [FUBCON Session]
Dec 26, 2023
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Howard Tager, Co-founder and CEO at Ylopo, discusses creating high-performing teams, the founding of Ylopo, lessons from nearly losing the company, the benefits of AI for real estate professionals, and the importance of collaboration between engineers and real estate professionals.
Building a high-performing team requires diverse strengths and unique contributions to foster magic and synergy.
Resilience is crucial for success as a leader, overcoming challenges, and making difficult choices.
Deep dives
Creating a Diverse and Synergistic Team
To build a high-performing team, it is essential to curate a group of individuals with diverse strengths and avoid too much overlap. The speaker emphasizes the importance of creating a village of people who bring unique contributions to foster magic and synergy. The clash of ideas in a healthy way is valued to arrive at the right path and answers.
The Journey of Self-Awareness and Resilience
The speaker shares their journey into self-awareness and resilience as a leader. They discuss their decision to start YLOPO, a difficult choice that involved leaving a safe path for an exciting opportunity. They emphasize the importance of resilience in overcoming the challenges and potential failures they faced throughout the journey of building the company.
The Role of Customers in Enhancing Product Development
Having customers who are true partners and at the center of the business is highly beneficial. The speaker highlights the value of having customers actively involved in providing feedback and insights, helping to shape and improve the product. By incorporating customer perspectives and experiences, trust is built, and the product becomes more effective in meeting client needs.
This FUBCON Session of Real Estate Team OS features Howard Tager, Co-founder and CEO at Ylopo. Among the other companies he’s founded (and sold) is TigerLead.
Watch or listen for Howard’s insights into: - Why it takes a village to create a high-performing team (curating diversity, synergy, and uniqueness to create magic) - The founding of Ylopo, even though he was already on a different, safer path - The story and lesson from one of the four times they nearly lost the entire company (a story of diversification) - What he learned from his TigerLead journey that led to Ylopo Realtors in Residence, ambassadors, coaches, and professors - Why the ugly of AI gets all the attention - What’s good about AI for real estate professionals who are thoughtfully solving the “last mile” problem every day
At the end, Howard shares the “most fun game” he plays (and why - after much reflection - he’s decided never to retire).