Innovate or Die: How to Make 2025 Your Best Year in Real Estate w/ Mike Sherbakov

Nevada REALTORS® Today

Real estate - like many industries - has been hit with disruptions, shifts and even existential threats over the last 3 years. From technology and rates to new laws being passed, there are many things that can take us out of business….if we let them.

The same changes many people are afraid of can be the greatest opportunities for growth and impact, for agents that are willing to adapt.

Whether you’re an early stage startup, a small real estate team or a billion dollar company, any organization that doesn’t adapt to a changing and dynamic landscape will die.

2024 was a tough year in real estate, but 2025 promises to be awesome for agents who embrace change. How do we incorporate disruptions into our businesses? How do we use our businesses to make a bigger impact? What leadership lessons can we learn from veterans?

In this episode, we’re joined by CEO of Greatness Ventures and General Partner at The Veteran Fund, Mike Sherbakov. He shares why there’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur and how to use disruption to your advantage.

I believe 2025 and the coming years are the greatest opportunities for founders, investors, entrepreneurs, agents and organizations - that is, if you’re willing to adapt. -Mike Sherbakov

Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode

• Profit meets purpose Instead of choosing between making money or making an impact, how do we make our businesses meaningful?
• How to be a better leader Organizations are a reflection of the people that are in charge of them. As leaders, what do we need to do to bring the best out of our people and how does that lead to better results?
• Innovate or die 2025 can be your best year in businesses or your worst, depending on the choices you make. How do you get on the right side of the opportunity?

Guest Bio

Mike Sherbakov is the CEO of Greatness Ventures, supporting impact-driven leaders and brands. He has led the business accelerator to thousands of investor members and hundreds of companies in their impact portfolio. Their venture philanthropy arm has built homes in underdeveloped communities since 2014 and continues to lead impact trips open for the community to join. He serves as General Partner at The Veteran Fund, a pre-seed venture capital fund in Silicon Valley, and Director of San Diego’s Founder Institute, the largest early-stage startup accelerator in the world. Mike has previously founded three startups (HMS Fitness, Karuna Towels, Greatness Media), helped grow two companies from 0 to $20M+ valuations (Wildfire and NurishMe), and consulted with large companies including Fitbit, lululemon athletica, Equinox, and Qualcomm. He served on active duty as a United States Marine, graduated Magna Cum Laude from San Diego State University, has traveled to 58 countries and counting, and believes that our greatness is not what we have but what we give. To learn more, visit https://veteran.fund/.

About Your Hosts

Tiffany Banks is the CEO and former general counsel of Nevada REALTORS®. Her leadership is defined by a strategic approach to real estate advocacy and a commitment to community enrichment. With over a decade of legal experience, Tiffany guides the organization's direction with a keen focus on strategic consulting, complex legal analyses, and new business development. Nevada REALTORS® has successfully navigated legislative sessions, forging strong relationships with stakeholders and enhancing the community presence through impactful projects. Tiffany’s role encompasses not just operational management, but also driving growth and fostering a culture of excellence within the team and the broader real estate community.

Brandon Roberts is the President of Nevada REALTORS® and Corporate Broker/CoFounder of Signature Real Estate Group. Signature Real Estate Group is a real estate and property management brokerage that has grown to almost 800 agents in multiple states. He has been practicing real estate for over 27 years and has been a broker for 21 of them. Brandon has trained and coached Real Estate brokers and agents all over the country. His state of the art training at the Real Estate Academy has brought new agents to new levels. Making them into multi-million dollar producers within their first year.

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