# Power to the people

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2017-07-31

barry-ritholtz, bloomberg, glassdoor, masters-in-business, microsoft, real-estate, richard-barton, startups, tech, transparency, uncategorized, zillow

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Bloomberg columnist Barry Ritholtz recently interviewed [Richard Barton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Barton) about his startup companies. Barton founded [Expedia](https://www.expedia.ca/) while he was an executive at Microsoft (Gates and Ballmer era) and then went on to cofound [Zillow](https://www.zillow.com/) (real estate site) and [Glassdoor](https://www.glassdoor.ca/) (jobs site). 

I’ve been following the work of Barton for many years now because I admire the common thread among his startups: They’re about bringing transparency to industries where transparency is lacking. I used to try and dissect his thinking when I was working on my own real estate/tech startup.

I believe there’s still a lot of room for transparency in the real estate space, but that doesn’t negate the work that Barton has done. He’s all about using technology to bring “power to the people.” That’s a good thing.

[Click here](https://link.bloomberg.fm/BLM8265807194) to listen to the podcast.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/power-to-the-people)*