Proptech Espresso

Mark Hurst
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Proptech Espresso

Learn everything you need to about Proptech from the real estate professionals, entrepreneurs, and visionaries at the forefront of this evolution. Proptech encompasses the wider digital transformation of real estate as innovators reimagine, reinvent, and rebuild the real estate industry. It considers both the technological and mentality change of the real estate industry, and its consumers to our attitudes, movements and transactions involving the built environment. Are you ready? Join the cutting edge of the Proptech movement on Proptech Espresso.

  1. Ieva Strupule - Forecasting Material Availability for Circular Construction

    MAR 19

    Ieva Strupule - Forecasting Material Availability for Circular Construction

    What sort of building inspections are required in Europe before a building is taken down? As someone new to tech startups, what were the lessons learned from building the Airbnb for boat holidays from the ground up? What did participating in Antler's startup accelerator program lead to for Ieva? How does circularity in construction prolong the life of a material and prevent it from entering a dump? What are the factors driving the recent surge in interest in circular construction? How is Mate...

    39 min
  2. Katie Shahan - Building Your Home's User Manual

    MAR 5

    Katie Shahan - Building Your Home's User Manual

    Why is there no user manual to run your house? Are the critical thinking skills you learn as an English literature major valuable in your work and personal life? How did Katie never study in college and become an auditory learner? What about the auditory learning skill set that Katie picked up in college lead to a career in tech? How did a summer job in Manhattan between high school and college lead to an interest in business? Why was developing a streamlined implementation process for a hosp...

    45 min
  3. David Friedlander - Data Driven Architecture and The Need for Smarter Housing Design

    FEB 20

    David Friedlander - Data Driven Architecture and The Need for Smarter Housing Design

    Has proptech over the last decade or so become largely an attempt by entrepreneurs to throw process optimization software at real estate operations? What are micro-apartments and why did this approach of better space utilization largely fail to take hold within the built world? Why haven't innovations such as moving walls and transforming furniture become mainstream components in multi-family living and residential housing? What is data driven architecture? Why are we designing and building h...

    51 min

  4. FEB 6

    Bryan Kester - Accelerating Construction Lending

    Did Bryan coin the term IoT? Does a built world vendor ecosystem framework of Design, Finance, Build, and Use cover all categories? Why do proptech startups take a while to validate and establish? How has Autodesk become so integrated in today's built environment projects? What led Autodesk to invest heavily in construction tech? Why is there almost no payroll in the residential homebuilding industry outside of public homebuilders? Why is timely payment so important for homebuilding GCs? Is t...

    59 min
  5. Joseph Noor - Sophisticated Real Estate Money Saving Strategies For the Average Homeowner

    JAN 16

    Joseph Noor - Sophisticated Real Estate Money Saving Strategies For the Average Homeowner

    Did Mark Andreessen's famous essay about software eating the world lead to the term Proptech being coined? How did having family members who were real estate investors, developers, and property tax collectors establish a deep foundation of real estate understanding for a young Joseph? What allowed Jospeh's grandfather, an immigrant hairdresser, to become a land baron in the northeast? Why are the off-the-shelf assessment models used by tax districts inherently flawed? What early entrepreneuri...

    45 min
  6. Eoin Matthews - Building New Financial Solutions for Homeowners

    JAN 2

    Eoin Matthews - Building New Financial Solutions for Homeowners

    When understanding the definition of proptech, why does it make sense to look at who the definition is serving? How did a mechanical engineering student make their way to the Boston tech startup scene? What was it like building a social networking company during the pre-Facebook days? Why was Boston the wrong place to try to raise capital for a consumer technology startup in the early 2000s? What was the difference between Amazon and most other e-commerce companies during the post dot-com day...

    51 min
  7. Shannon Diesch - Making Sure Homeownership is Within Reach for Everyone

    12/19/2024

    Shannon Diesch - Making Sure Homeownership is Within Reach for Everyone

    Does exposure to family entrepreneurship at an early age impact the likelihood of pursuing a startup later in life How extensively is fractional ownership touching the different real estate asset classes? Why is it important to get experience receiving a lot of "NO's" when pursuing a startup idea? Why is it important to find a champion when introducing a new product to a corporation? How did helping stand up the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) during COVID at Capital One prove to be an inval...

    42 min
  8. Yael Shemer - Building the Usage Economy for Real Estate

    12/09/2024

    Yael Shemer - Building the Usage Economy for Real Estate

    How did an Environmental Sciences degree lead to a career in sustainability? How did attending DesignX at MIT sow the seeds for TULU? Why did Yael become a minimalist? Where did the name TULU originate? Why did TULU believe fast experimentation was extremely important when building an MVP? What did TULU learn early on about customer preferences and did the usage data bear this out? How is the TULU app helping it become a data driven company? Why are brands and retailers partnering with TULU a...

    43 min
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    Learn everything you need to about Proptech from the real estate professionals, entrepreneurs, and visionaries at the forefront of this evolution. Proptech encompasses the wider digital transformation of real estate as innovators reimagine, reinvent, and rebuild the real estate industry. It considers both the technological and mentality change of the real estate industry, and its consumers to our attitudes, movements and transactions involving the built environment. Are you ready? Join the cutting edge of the Proptech movement on Proptech Espresso.

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    • Creator
      Mark Hurst
    • Years Active
      2020 - 2025
    • Episodes
      120
    • Rating
      Clean
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      © 2025 Proptech Espresso
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