When I created GEM more than seven years ago, I knew GEM (Diamond)’s place in the world would be fostering deep industry relationships. Now, we’re ready to go even deeper to help proptech founders in the solitary journey they have undertaken. Relationship-building already happens at…

Q3 results are in for proptech’s public companies. We’re back at it, with high-level summaries of the ten companies we deem as the most important players in the broader category. We also included a table covering the top 27 companies in our wrap-up. Results were…

The assault on Clear Cooperation Policy feels like all the residential real estate industry is talking about over the last couple of months. AREA launched a petition to end it, but the most vocal critic has no doubt been Compass CEO Robert Reffkin. It’s beyond…

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…

Second quarter results are in for proptech’s public companies. We’re back at it, with high-level summaries of the ten companies we deem as the most important players in the broader category… Airbnb Blend Labs Compass CoStar eXp World Holdings NewsCorp / Realtor.com Opendoor ProCore Redfin…

First quarter results are in for proptech’s public companies. We’re back at it, with high-level summaries of the ten companies we deem as the most important players in the broader category… Airbnb Blend Labs Compass CoStar eXp World Holdings NewsCorp / Realtor.com Opendoor ProCore Redfin…

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,…

[Editor’s Note: This is the introduction to our 277th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of the GEM Crystal on January 4th, 2024. Below, a selection of members from the GEM Diamond community attempt to look into the crystal ball and offer proptech…

[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…