# Power to the people

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2017-07-31
**Categories:** barry-ritholtz, bloomberg, glassdoor, masters-in-business, microsoft, real-estate, richard-barton, startups, tech, transparency, uncategorized, zillow
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/power-to-the-people

## Content

Bloomberg columnist Barry Ritholtz recently interviewed Richard Barton about his startup companies. Barton founded Expedia while he was an executive at Microsoft (Gates and Ballmer era) and then went on to cofound Zillow (real estate site) and Glassdoor (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 to listen to the podcast.

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