Episode 8: Julien Smith, Co-Founder & CEO Of Breather

Dislocation is a podcast dedicated to innovation in real estate — exploring technology's impact on the way in which assets are planned, designed, financed, built, marketed, and operated. Joining us this week is Julien Smith, the Co-founder and CEO of Breather, a company that operates a network of furnished spaces that companies can access on demand — to use for a meeting, an offsite, or as a temporary office. Breather raised about $150 million so far, from investors such as Zach Aarons, RRE Ventures, Slow Ventures, Temasek (Singapore), and Caisee de Depot which is one of the largest pension funds in Canada. Some of the topics covered include: - How do you build a real estate company for the 21st Century? - What does it mean for office space to be responsive to customer's needs? - How big is the opportunity for Space as a Service? - How will WeWork, Convene, The Office Group, Industrious, and Breather fit into the new office landscape - Lessons from Salesforce early SaaS efforts for Space as a Service Companies - Changes in consumer, investor, and landlord interest in flexible space ___ Dror Poleg is the founder of NYC's Rethinking.RE, where he advises institutional real estate investors on innovation and investment in emerging technologies. His insights have been featured in reports and events by KPMG, Urban Land Institute, JLL, PERE, NYU, Savills, Estates Gazette, and EPRA. Read more here: www.rethinking.re/dror-poleg/ David Friedlander is the founder of Hothouse.co, a marketing communications, public relations, and trend consultancy with a narrow focus on the future of real estate. Hothouse work has been featured in the New York Times, Wired, Dwell, CNN, and many other outlets. Read more here: hothouse.co/about/