Technology startup Clever Real Estate began as a two-person team when Ben Mizes co-founded it in 2017. Today, it boasts 164 employees and a network of more than 13,000 active real estate agents on its platform nationwide. Mizes wanted to make buying and selling a home more affordable. He did so by building a virtual marketplace that connects home sellers with top-performing agents with a flat 1.5% listing fee, giving consumers a lower-cost alternative to the traditional commission model…
