LAB Ventures is returning to Blueprint Vegas 2024 to host the Startup Showcase with 75 and Sunny VC and Lab Ventures. Taking place on Tuesday, September 17th, they are looking for early-stage startups in the real estate and construction sectors. Startups applying to be included…

reapi, an integrated API system providing property data and machine learning to proptech companies, is hosting its 2024 Tech in Real Estate Hackathon. Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their work to a panel of industry leaders, network with peers and real estate experts,…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: FBS.] An employee-owned company with 40 years of MLS experience, FBS serves MLS and real estate professionals with a product suite that includes Flexmls, FloPlan, Spark, and Flexmls IDX….

The first hackathon I ever participated in was actually just in 2013 when I built an app called Curb Call at the Retsly / Realogy Hackathon in SF.  I got second place at that one which won me an oversized novelty check (plus a smaller…

I was privileged to take part in the “Hack the App” session during the Inman Connect event last week.   It gave me some insights into alternative ways of building products for the real estate sector and particularly the role open source could play in…

    John Backes and Sean Caho believe that Dallas should be the epicenter of real estate technology. Together they have founded an accelerator to help early stage real estate technology companies get access to funding and resources. Since announcing on 6/23, The Motive accelerator…

Inman Connect San Francisco will take place at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square from August 4-7, 2015. This year there are 36 companies slated to be a part of “Startup Alley”, a feature that allows new RE tech related companies the ability to meet with…

I just got back from Inman Connect San Francisco and can I say, “amazing?” The ideas shared at Inman are nothing short of cutting edge, and when used properly can lead to huge growth as a brokerage. This same wealth of info, however, can also hurt you. Bill…

I’m headed to Portland this afternoon for a few days to catch all the fun at Agent Reboot Portland on Wednesday. You can still buy tickets for $49 to see the likes of Chris Smith, Darin Persinger, Nicole Nicolay, Wendy Forsythe, Brad Andersohn, and more speak…

Do you think you know web analytics and have nothing more to learn? If so, I can tell you that in 98% of cases you are wrong. And for the wise folks who know they have more to learn and want to learn from the…