Proptech Espresso

Mark Hurst
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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.

  1. Marco Nobel - Revolutionizing European Student Housing

    2D AGO

    Marco Nobel - Revolutionizing European Student Housing

    What were the entrepreneurial businesses that Marco dabbled in during high school which set the stage for his subsequent tech founder roles? Why did Marco's entrepreneurial sprint wane initially in college? How did studying abroad in South Korea rekindle Marco's sense of entrepreneurship? What viral marketing tactics did Marco use to grow Socials? How was Marco able to bootstrap the development of Socials and grow it into an organization serving over 200 international communities? What changing social media platform preferences among different generations of international university students require Socials to evolve its platform? How did the revenue growth challenges for Socials as it matured provide Marco the opportunity to hand over the leadership reigns? What is the number one concern for international students throughout their program stay? Why are student housing amenities less important for the solution Fuse is providing? How does the location of European student housing differ from US student housing? Has the makeup of offline student events changed since Marco launched Socials to those that are now of highest interest to Fuse clients? How is Fuse gamifying engagement to help build student housing communities? Marco Nobel - CEO and founder of Fuse, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how his passion for electronic music continues to burn within him, including plans for a US tour in 2027.

    41 min
  2. Maor Greenberg - AI-Powered Plans for Residential Homes

    FEB 12

    Maor Greenberg - AI-Powered Plans for Residential Homes

    How is AI disrupting the traditional SaaS solutions in residential construction? Where did Maor's entrepreneurial spirit come from? Why are there so many proptech companies being launched in Israel? What was the first real estate related company that Maor started? Why was Maor's first construction project so memorable? Why was it important for Maor's construction business that he study structural engineering in college? What led Maor to starting multiple residential construction related businesses once he moved to the US? How is the method of construction different between Israel and the US? What did proptech look like in residential construction when Maor first started his business? Why have change orders become such an embedded part of the residential construction process? Why does Maor feel many builders don't know how to value their time? How has integrating technology across vendors been key to Maor delivering successful builds on budget and on time? Why are proptech construction companies developing software solutions for the builders and not the crews of the builders? How was Spacial able to reduce rework by automating engineering plan conflicts? How often do state building codes change as compared to city building codes? Maor Greenberg - CEO and co-founder of Spacial, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how a luxury residential project where a city planner approved conflicting architectural and engineering ceiling plans led to the creation of Spacial.

    32 min
  3. Adam Bell - Next Generation Multifamily Internet Service

    JAN 22

    Adam Bell - Next Generation Multifamily Internet Service

    Why has the acknowledged perception of proptech changed from simply implementing cool technology to ensuring that any technology purchased delivers results? Was the backoffice the starting place for proptech innovation? What were the roots of Adam's entrepreneurial spirit? How did Adam become involved with real estate? When did Adam's professional technology career and the multifamily asset class start to intersect? Who are all the stakeholders within a multifamily ecosystem that have differing internet connectivity needs? Should multifamily internet be considered fundamental infrastructure for these businesses? How is multifamily internet similar to other utilities utilized within the operations of a building? Do multifamily tenant internet needs differ in any way from those that reside in a single family residence? Why is the site survey of a building such an important part of the asset due diligence process for Internet Subway? How has Internet Subway structured its business model to help multifamily operators improve asset NOI? Adam Bell - CEO and founder of Internet Subway, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how multifamily operators need to have a holistic view of their internet needs across all stakeholders in order to deliver optimal business performance.

    40 min
  4. Scott Reynolds - Unifying Building Codes

    JAN 8

    Scott Reynolds - Unifying Building Codes

    Is proptech entering a maturing phase as it shifts from digitization of manual processes to adding automation layers, powered largely by AI? Can reducing upstream rework in construction lead to overall improvements in construction efficiency? How did Scott's senior thesis provide an inspiration for experiencing real estate abroad? Why do early stage construction errors lead to compounding issues later in the onsite build process? How does the level of international building codes compare with those in the US? How do AEC practitioners today stay abreast of changes to city, state, and federal building codes? Why have multiple publishers sued UpCodes to prevent them from making this building codes information accessible? How are insurance companies and property management firms using UpCodes in their daily work? Why are states not collaborating to make building codes more aligned around climate resiliency and offsite prefabrication? Scott Reynolds - CEO and co-founder of UpCodes, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how participating in a summer college program called Bike & Build led him to develop a deep passion for building homes.

    48 min
  5. Ben Kanner - Accelerating Access to EV Charging

    12/18/2025

    Ben Kanner - Accelerating Access to EV Charging

    What were the benefits of being a student athlete at UC Berkeley? Why was it so beneficial for Ben to learn the details of the finance behind real estate? Why don't more real estate professionals go back to school and earn their MBA? How are the underlying financial incentives of sustainability programs paramount to their long-term success? Why is the right type of capital some important to match with an infrastructure technology company? What led to Ben getting bitten by the entrepreneurial bug? How had the sustainability space changed in the time that Ben had been focused on his software startup? Why is there such a massive need for financing in the EV space? What factors determined it made sense for 3V to take on the entire utilization risk of the EV charging infrastructure for long dwell properties? Why is level 2 charging the right type of charging for multifamily? Has EV charging become a strategic amenity for multifamily operators?  Ben Kanner - COO and co-founder of 3V Infrastructure, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and razz me about only recently converting to a hybrid car.

    50 min
  6. Justin Hughes - Building The Future of Real Estate Investing

    12/04/2025

    Justin Hughes - Building The Future of Real Estate Investing

    Why does defining proptech as the digitization of real estate work well as an umbrella definition? Why is the University of Berkeley a unique collegiate experience? Where does cognitive science and computer science intersect? Why is Berkeley such an entrepreneurial powerhouse? How did the real estate seed get planted with Justin? How did Justin meet his RealtyMogul co-founder? What was the learning curve like for creating one of the first real estate crowdfunding platforms? Why were real estate operators in need of tools like RevolutionRE to help them manage their messy backoffice back and gain insights? What is real estate econometrics? Why was Shareland's vision for getting local real estate exposure without having to purchase underlying real estate assets such a holy grail solution? How did the creation of derivative investment products using synthetic tokens provide the basis for such an innovative real estate investment mechanism? Justin Hughes - General Manager of Shareland, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how generative AI is creating delightful experiences for Shareland users and assisting in identifying potential transactions.

    56 min
  7. David Bitton - Simplifying Property Management

    10/24/2025

    David Bitton - Simplifying Property Management

    How does the resident experience tie back to property operating economics? What were the contributing factors to the early serial entrepreneur ventures that David dabbled in? Where did David's early interest in technology stem from? How is the origin story of DoorLoop tied to David's prior startup PracticePanther even though these two companies are in completely unrelated industries? Why is the property management software space filled with so much competition and despite this why are there more entrants each year? How do easy-to-use software development tools fuel the creation of products that are in fact not viable businesses? Why is having a founding team so important when starting a new SaaS business? How was launching in Covd different than expected for DoorLoop? Why is it important to capture customer feedback from all engagement systems and not just through annual customer surveys? How is DoorLoop integrating AI across its solution stack? David Bitton - Co-founder of DoorLoop, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how real estate investing alongside his parents after college led to a brief career as a realtor and ultimately set the stage for becoming a proptech founder.

    42 min
  8. Alex Kraft - Defeating Heavy Equipment Downtime

    10/11/2025

    Alex Kraft - Defeating Heavy Equipment Downtime

    Why is access to information a cornerstone component of proptech? How did Zillow and the Zestimate fundamentally change access to home valuations for homeowners and homebuyers? What are the important lessons that athletes can take from losing and positively apply to their professional careers? For Alex, what resonated about the construction industry and the people involved in it? Which lessons stood out to Alex from working as a salesperson for a non-0category leader? What are the similarities and differences between a heavy equipment dealership and a car dealership? Why is equipment downtime so crippling for construction businesses? What insight did Alex uncover as he took ownership of the services and parts business at Flagler? Why are there so few heavy equipment technicians? What percentage of heavy equipment service work is done in the field? Why are the pay economics of technicians so skewed at heavy equipment dealerships? How did Heave change the game for heavy equipment technicians? Why is technician selection by customers such a powerful feature within Heave? What are some of the challenges of building Heave's heavy equipment labor marketplace? Alex Kraft - CEO and founder of Heave, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss why institutional knowledge of heavy equipment sales and service is so critical for designing a digital solution for this corner of the construction industry..

    56 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 - 2026
  • Episodes
    141
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