We are taking a group of proptech innovators international in May 2025 to the Camino de Santiago! The proptech quest, which we’re calling GEM Walks the Camino, led by Heather Harmon and myself will be like none other. Taking place May 19-26, the plan is…

We’ve gathered those innovating in real estate and the Built world several times in Seattle over the past year in the form of proptech coworking days. Next week, we’re bringing the concept to San Francisco on Tuesday (October 1st). Niles Lichtenstein has offered up the…

In the GEM Diamond community, we go deep on relationship building. A great example of this is adding our first international excursion to the calendar… GEM Walks the Camino, a seven-day journey starting in Sarria, Spain and ending at the Cathedral Santiago de Compostela. Taking…

We’re going to bring Seattle’s proptech community together for a co-working day in Pioneer Square at Inspectify’s offices on May 29th. Drop by anytime during the day to work amongst proptech geeks. If the idea of a “WeWork for proptech” appeals to you, by all…

2,144 days after Geek Estate’s 3.0 facelift, Geek Estate 4.0 is here. The modern design and future-looking visuals on Geek Estate aim to better showcase the full GEM experience: Crystal ($20/mo or $180/yr): A paid newsletter offering a curated selection of industry developments, outside-the-box thinking, thought-provoking long-form essays,…

REACH operates a variety of accelerator programs around the globe, created and operated by Second Century Ventures and backed by NAR. The program offers education, mentorship and exposure for technology companies working to scale their businesses across the UK and European markets and expand into…

3d Printing, Modular, and Prefab is one of the sectors covered in GEM’s Ecosystem Intelligence series. The broader category is a topic I’m personally fascinated with, dating back to long before the 2018 partnership between New Story and ICON, and my reflections on 2018 (*GEM…

We’ve sold out all 24 seats for the GEM Community Dinner during our upcoming Proptech Getaway in Central Oregon (April 4th-6th). That said, we can handle overflow if there are other innovators that would like to come join us for a weekend of leisure and networking…

[Editor’s Note: This is the introduction to our 275th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of the GEM Crystal on December 22nd, 2023. Below, myself and others from the GEM Diamond community look back on year with high interest rates, tighter VC wallets,…

Every couple of weeks, someone asks me, “When is the GEM conference?” Never say never. But, well, never. I hope being an investor in Blueprint helps dispel any notions that I have ambitions to put on a scaled production. I don’t. Instead, I’d rather let the best-in-class…