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VC Money is Not the End-All, Be-All of Building a Company

VC Money is Not the End-All, Be-All of Building a Company

One of the podcasts I listen to regularly is Acquired.fm (iTunes here). Their most recent episode was on Atlassian’s IPO. (note Acquired covered the Zillow-Trulia deal last year). The company is valued at over $12 billion. They’ve never raised VC money. Let that set in. A…

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Wired Score Funding and Podcast (and a Few Thoughts)

Wired Score Funding and Podcast (and a Few Thoughts)

I listened to the Fifth Wall podcast with WiredScore founder Arie Barendrecht yesterday morning on my walk to Impact Hub. It’s worth a listen, particularly to those interested in commercial real estate tech. I hadn’t heard of Wired Score before, which is a little surprising but they…

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Generating Awareness for Upcoming Real Estate Product Launches

Generating Awareness for Upcoming Real Estate Product Launches

Those of you who frequent Product Hunt may have seen their “upcoming products” section… The product enables “makers” to create landing pages for unlaunched products, and those interested in their value proposition can “subscribe” to be notified when the product is ready. My question for…

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Winners from mipim Proptech Summit & Global PropTech Awards Awards

Winners from mipim Proptech Summit & Global PropTech Awards Awards

The winners are in…. The three startups from the mipim proptech startup competition today to advance to the final pitch round are: PlanRadar RealAtom Acasa The winners of the Global PropTech Awards are… Top Founder Award Ragnar Lifthrasir, velox.RE Top Technology Award Carmera Top Executive Award…

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Finalists for 2017 Global PropTech Awards

Finalists for 2017 Global PropTech Awards

The finalists were announced…congrats to all those that made the list. Top Founder Award Ragnar Lifthrasir, velox.RE Mike Sroka, Dealpath Andrew Flachner, RealScout Ryan Williams, Cadre Francesca Loftus, hOM Top Technology Award Bowery Valuation Envelope City Carmera Appear Here Lotik Top Executive Award Nick Romito,…

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FlyHomes Brings in $4 Million

FlyHomes Brings in $4 Million

Congrats to the team at FlyHomes for closing $4 million in funding. From GeekWire, the round was… led by e-commerce pioneer Mark Vadon, with participation from Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Avant CEO Al Goldstein. Vadon, who previously co-founded Zulily and Blue Nile, will join…

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MIPIM Announces Finalists for Startup Competition

MIPIM Announces Finalists for Startup Competition

The finalists have been announced for the MIPIM PropTech Summit… Acasa (UK), an app that allows users to manage all their household bills. BrickVest (UK), a global financial marketplace that allows investors at all levels to invest in institutional-quality real estate globally. Contract Wrangler Inc….

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CityBldr, and Determing the Highest and Best Use for Property

CityBldr, and Determing the Highest and Best Use for Property

If you haven’t looked at what CityBldr is working on, I’m here to tell you to change that. Your home could be worth more. Discover what a builder or developer would pay for your property – up to 89% more than leading market valuations. I…

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Geek Estate Membership is Coming

Geek Estate Membership is Coming

For those who have been reading a long, long time — you may remember there used to be a Geek Estate Pro portion of this website (see here and here). It was a members-only area of the site which included a forum, as well as…

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If You Combine Pinterest, Zillow, and LinkedIn, You Get…

If You Combine Pinterest, Zillow, and LinkedIn, You Get…

Idealestate? IDEALESTATE MAKES DISCOVERING YOUR NEXT HOME A DREAM IdeatEstate combines the best parts of Pinterest, Zillow, and LinkedIn, to create a better way for you to discover amazing homes, and meet the professionals who can help you take the next step. From a consumer perspective, I…

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