{"id":11816,"date":"2017-09-08T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/hurdlr-earns-grand-prize-at-realogy-fwd-innovation-summit\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T00:35:00","slug":"hurdlr-earns-grand-prize-at-realogy-fwd-innovation-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.realogydev.com\/anywherere\/hurdlr-earns-grand-prize-at-realogy-fwd-innovation-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurdlr Earns Grand Prize At Realogy FWD Innovation Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<p>\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 8, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&nbsp;Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) today announced <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hurdlr.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hurdlr, Inc.<\/a> as the grand prize winner of the 5th annual <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realogyfwd.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Realogy FWD Innovation Summit<\/a> held at the Microsoft Technology Center in <span class=\"xn-location\">New York City<\/span>. Hurdlr earned top honors at FWD for presenting the most innovative technology product or service designed for the real estate industry among the 15 emerging technology companies. The event was livestreamed via Facebook Live, and a replay is now available on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realogy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Realogy&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/553816\/Realogy_Holdings_Names_Hurdlr_FWD_Winner.jpg\" title=\"Hurdlr, Inc. was the grand prize winner of the 5th annual Realogy FWD Innovation Summit held at the Microsoft Technology Center in New York City. Hurdlr earned top honors at FWD for presenting the most innovative technology product or service designed for the real estate industry among the 15 emerging technology companies. Realogy presented Raj Bhaskar (left), Hurdlr co-founder and CEO, and Anu Bhaskar, co-founder and CTO, with a $25,000 cash prize.\" alt=\"Hurdlr, Inc. was the grand prize winner of the 5th annual Realogy FWD Innovation Summit held at the Microsoft Technology Center in New York City. Hurdlr earned top honors at FWD for presenting the most innovative technology product or service designed for the real estate industry among the 15 emerging technology companies. Realogy presented Raj Bhaskar (left), Hurdlr co-founder and CEO, and Anu Bhaskar, co-founder and CTO, with a $25,000 cash prize.\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&quot;Today we were treated to a showcase of technology-enabled solutions to everyday issues in our industry,&quot; said <span class=\"xn-person\">John Peyton<\/span>, president and CEO of the Realogy Franchise Group. &quot;The ideas and solutions presented today ranged from artificial intelligence and virtual reality to smart new apps designed to make real estate agents and brokers more successful.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Hurdlr, based in <span class=\"xn-location\">Bethesda, Maryland<\/span>, is a mobile app for independent workers, freelancers, and solopreneurs to manage their finances in seconds. It provides business performance insight that helps real estate agents maximize their productivity. Realogy presented Raj Bhaskar, Hurdlr co-founder and CEO, and Anu Bhaskar, co-founder and CTO, with a <span class=\"xn-money\">$25,000<\/span> cash prize as well as a coveted placement in the ZapStore, an innovative app and service marketplace that is directly integrated within Realogy&#8217;s proprietary Zap&reg; platform for its affiliated brokers and sales professionals.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Managing your accounting, finances and taxes may not be very sexy, but profitability is so important in any industry, and that&#8217;s what we feel we are bringing to the table for real estate agents,&quot; said Hurdlr CEO Raj Bhaskar. <\/p>\n<p>The other two companies selected as FWD medalists were first runner-up <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agentology.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Agentology<\/a>, a lead management and qualification platform for agents, and the second runner-up <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transported.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Transported<\/a>, a virtual reality app that works with any camera or VR device. More information about all of the participating companies is available at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realogyfwd.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RealogyFWD.com<\/a>, including list of past winners and finalists.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Realogy Holdings Corp.<br \/><\/b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realogy.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Realogy Holdings Corp.<\/a> (NYSE: RLGY) is a global leader in residential real estate franchising and brokerage with many of the best-known industry brands including Better Homes and Gardens&reg; Real Estate, CENTURY 21&reg;, Coldwell Banker&reg;, Coldwell Banker Commercial&reg;, Corcoran&reg;, ERA&reg;, Sotheby&#8217;s International Realty&reg; and ZipRealty&reg;. Collectively, Realogy&#8217;s franchise system members operate approximately 14,250 offices with more than 281,000 independent sales agents conducting business in 114 countries and territories around the world.&nbsp; NRT LLC, Realogy&#8217;s company-owned real estate brokerage, is the largest residential brokerage company in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, operates under several of Realogy&#8217;s brands and also provides related residential real estate services. Realogy also owns Cartus, a prominent worldwide provider of relocation services to corporate and affinity clients, Title Resource Group (TRG), a leading provider of title, settlement and underwriting services, and ZapLabs LLC, its innovation and technology development subsidiary.&nbsp; Realogy is headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Madison, New Jersey<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/538316\/Realogy_Logo.jpg\" title=\"Realogy logo.  (PRNewsFoto\/Realogy Holdings Corp.) (PRNewsfoto\/Realogy Holdings Corp.)\" alt=\"Realogy logo.  (PRNewsFoto\/Realogy Holdings Corp.) (PRNewsfoto\/Realogy Holdings Corp.)\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SOURCE  Realogy Holdings Corp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2017 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&nbsp;Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) today announced Hurdlr, Inc. as the grand prize winner of the 5th annual Realogy FWD Innovation Summit held at the Microsoft Technology Center in New York City. 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