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Tech Ranch Austin
Location Austin, Texas, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male
Website kevinready.com LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
An Austin, Texas-based author, corporate innovator, and entrepreneur.
Built and exited businesses in social, e-commerce, and digital mapping industries in period from 1998-2007. In 2009 commercial real estate startup acquired by Apartments.com/Gannett. Then built an R&D group for Gannett, serving as founder and GM at Auto.com. Member of
the executive team that sold Apartments.com ($585m) to CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) in 2014. Continued at Costar Group as a General Manager.
Prior experience running corporate innovation projects at IBM, Sony, and Toshiba Corp.
Kevin is author of "Startup: An Insider's Guide to Launching and Running a Business", and the "Ready for Business" column at Forbes.
