| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.12.2020 | They Backed Us as Much as We Backed Them | We were all excited to read today’s official announcement of MetaProp Fund I portfolio company Avail’s sale to industry behemoth realtor.com. This is excellent and rewarding news for Avail’s founders, employees, clients, users, partners, an... |
| 20.11.2020 | 2020 MetaProp Annual Limited Partner Meeting Highlights | Fall is typically a special time of year for our team, working at full capacity on a full slate of investments, the MetaProp Accelerator @ Columbia University program, NYC Real Estate Tech Week and the annual Propel NYC by MIPIM in partners... |
| 19.11.2020 | 2020 Annual Limited Partner Meeting Highlights | Fall is typically a special time of year for our team, working at full capacity on a full slate of investments, the MetaProp Accelerator @ Columbia University program, NYC Real Estate Tech Week and the annual Propel NYC by MIPIM in partners... |
| 30.10.2020 | What Zillowing for Senior Housing Will Look Like | I made my way past the floor-to-ceiling bay windows and paused at the French doors, which led to the terrace of my dream home. That’s when a “low battery” message on my phone snapped me back to my own personal reality — a couch in my 1.5 be... |
| 20.08.2020 | Founder Q&A | VergeSense - Using AI to help employers get back to the office after COVID-19 | We sat down with Dan Ryan, CEO and Co-Founder of MetaProp portfolio company VergeSense, to learn about how the current COVID-19 crisis has been affecting their customers, how VergeSense’s solutions have been helping them navigate these diff... |
| 25.06.2020 | Founder Q&A | Briq - Helping the construction industry navigate the COVID-19 crisis | We sat down with Bassem Hamdy, CEO of MetaProp portfolio company Briq, to learn about how the current COVID-19 crisis has been affecting their customers and how Briq’s solutions have been helping them navigate these difficult times. Read al... |
| - | MetaProp’s Next Chapter: MetaProp Ventures II | Since inception, MetaProp has been dedicated to one thing: connecting talented PropTech founders with the knowledge, network and resources that they need to grow their businesses and meaningfully impact the real estate industry.
Four years... |
| - | 12 Resources for Learning New Work-Related Skills | By Young Entrepreneur Council Read the original article here...
What’s the best resource for learning new work-related skills (whether for employees, executives or founders)?
The following answers are provided by members of Young Entrepre... |
| - | What’s Your RETech Communications Strategy? | Blog written by Philip Russo, Founding Partner, MetaProp Advisors
So, you had your idea, you found your seed money and you hacked your real estate technology startup out of thin air. You’re beginning to get traction and maybe even a bit ... |
| - | Get Closer to the Science | An old friend (who happens to be an accomplished tech CEO) recently suggested that I listen to a few Neil deGrasse Tyson podcast interviews. I found a great one produced by The Guardian on Spotify.
Some of Mr. Tyson's thoughts directly app... |
| - | Top 5 Highlights of NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2016 | With NYC Real Estate Tech Week less than three months away, we wanted to take a look back at our favorite moments from 2016. Here are five of the best events and highlights from the NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2016. Don’t forget to reserve yo... |
| - | One World, One PropTech Platform | Blog written by Philip Russo, Founding Partner, MetaProp Advisors
Recently, it was revealed that in May 2013 Hillary Clinton told a gathering of Brazilian bankers: “I think we have to have a concerted plan to increase trade ... and we have... |
| - | East Coast Demo Day Recap | Yesterday, Jan. 26, 2017, MetaProp NYC was proud to celebrate six of the finest young entrepreneurs in PropTech at our annual East Coast Demo Day in 7 World Trade Center, Manhattan. Although tickets to the event sold out the first day offer... |
| - | The Value of Hard Work (and Food) | Over the years, I've learned the value of hard work.
At the same time, I've seen hard work's value multiplied through hospitality, generosity and partnership. This was glaringly apparent during my time working with Josh Mendelsohn and the ... |
| - | EMEA PropTech Startups Accelerate North American Expansion | We are proud to announce the first cohort of the MetaProp Bridge at Columbia University. Our first ever cross-border program, the MetaProp Bridge, connects leading early-stage PropTech companies in EMEA to customers and capital in North Ame... |
| - | INTELLIGENTLY FINANCING TECH-ENABLED REAL ESTATE CONCEPTS | The emergence of the most disruptive and potentially dangerous pandemic in more than 100 years has thrown the entire real estate sector into a state of uncertainty. Both the utility and value of the global real estate market has experienced... |
| - | Backstory: Creating the MetaProp Pre-Accelerator at Columbia University | Founders Aaron Block and Josh Panknin provide the backstory on the MetaProp Pre-Accelerator at Columbia University, the world’s first PropTech pre-accelerator.
As reported recently in the Wall Street Journal, the coming together of MetaPro... |
| - | MetaProp's Accelerator at Columbia University 2019 Cohort Includes Leading PropTech Start-Ups | New York, NY (September 13, 2019) -- In July, the Real Deal reported, “Halfway through 2019, proptech investment has already hit a record high.” In this massively booming PropTech industry, the VC firm MetaProp, focused on the PropTech indu... |
| - | Building Culture at Fast Growing Startups | While building a scrappy, fast-growing startup what is the balance between developing a positive company culture and moving quickly?
My first meeting at our accelerator alumnae hOM's office began with meditative breathing led by hOM co-fou... |
| - | How Will AI Affect Real Estate? | Once the stuff of science fiction, Artificial Intelligence now plays a significant role in our daily lives, giving our cars, websites, wearables, and apps the ability to learn and adapt to our behavior.
Since 2010, CB Insights found that A... |
| - | Riggs Kubiak, CEO at Honest Buildings | The Innovation Conversation is a series of Q&A sessions between the real estate technology industry's top leaders and MetaProp NYC Co-Founder and Managing Director Aaron Block. Topics include thoughts on the future of property and techn... |
| - | MetaProp’s Global Expansion | Today, I’m pleased to share that MetaProp is going global. We’re starting with EMEA -> North America early next year and will expand via Asia -> North America in 2019. See the exciting specifics below.
Over the past 2.5 years, our ... |
| - | MetaProp NYC Real Estate Technology Accelerator Officially Opens for Business | Zillow Group, Warburg Realty, DLA Piper, EisnerAmper and News Funnel all partner in first NYC-based Real Estate Accelerator
View original article here...
NEW YORK, NY (June 16, 2015) -- MetaProp NYC, the first real estate technology accel... |
| - | Adam L. Stanley, Global CIO at Cushman & Wakefield | The Innovation Conversation is a series of Q&A sessions between the real estate technology industry's top leaders and MetaProp Co-Founder and Managing Director Aaron Block. Topics include thoughts on the future of property and technolog... |
| - | 4 Signals Indicating The Demise of WeWork & Coworking | Most of my business partners and friends know that I have long despised coworking businesses. Sure, Regus has seen success at the traditional office suite game. Sure, WeWork and some others have tapped into a physical workplace paradigm shi... |
| - | The Construction Labor Shortage: Will Developers Deploy Robotics? | As the most active PropTech-focused venture capital firm, MetaProp is continuously identifying and revisiting emerging innovation themes and their potential impacts on the real estate industry. Over the past few months, we have had the plea... |
| - | 2017: A PropTech Year in Review | In summing up 2017, it was a big year for the global PropTech community. Some of my favorite highlights included PropTech IPOs/exits for Redfin, Qube, Real Matters, and ForRent; high profile equity rounds for PropTech leaders like WeWork, C... |
| - | The Top 7 ReTech Publishers and the Entrepreneurs Behind the Curtains | The real estate tech industry is establishing some authoritative publishers, bloggers and thought leaders. People always ask Zach, Clelia and me how to find more information about cutting edge real estate technologies. So, here is a short l... |
| - | Point of Entry: Opening the Door to PropTech Education | Part of our mission at MetaProp NYC is to provide the global real estate community with easily accessible entry points to engage with property technology. One of the best and most foundational ways to do this is through intellectually rigor... |
| - | NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2019 reflects the buoyant state of our industry! | NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2019 was the biggest so far! The energy this entire week, the number of attendees, and the quality of the companies and panels throughout every single event topped everything we have seen in the past and surpassed ... |
| - | Michael Mandel, Co-Founder and CEO at Compstak | The Innovation Conversation is a series of Q&A sessions between the real estate technology industry's top leaders and MetaProp NYC Co-Founder and Managing Director Aaron Block. Topics include thoughts on the future of property and techn... |
| - | The Millennial Mindset: Entrepreneurial in spirit, but not in practice? | You'd think the cohort that proudly rejects the traditional script and confidently blazes their own trail (with the occasional assistance of google maps) would embrace entrepreneurship with open arms. In theory, they do. 60% of millennials ... |
| - | Meet Zak Schwarzman, Partner at MetaProp Ventures | Zak leads MetaProp’s venture capital arm, investing in high-growth PropTech startups that are transforming the way we conceptualize, utilize, build, transact, interact with, and manage physical space. Zak manages MetaProp’s investment activ... |
| - | Margaret Porres, Founder and President of Newcastle Realty Services | The Innovation Conversation is a series of Q&A sessions between the real estate technology industry's top leaders and MetaProp NYC Co-Founder and Managing Director Aaron Block. Topics include thoughts on the future of property and techn... |
| - | Strongest Class Yet for Startup Competition Finals at MIPIM 2018 | For the third consecutive year, MetaProp is proud to be a global partner for MIPIM’s Startup Competition, unveiling the most innovative PropTech startups on the market. Each startup thrives in tackling some of the largest urban challenges f... |
| - | Building Better Cities with PropTech | Historically, the real estate industry has often perpetuated inequality in cities. As PropTech booms, could technology enable industry leaders to build more equitable cities?
This past Tuesday, we announced that Noelle Francois, Executive ... |
| - | Meet Clelia Peters, Co-Founder & Advisor to MetaProp NYC | Clelia Peters
Co-Founder & Advisor
Clelia Peters is currently the President of Warburg Realty. As a skilled manager and consultant, she is also a founder of Latticeworks, a company which aims to re-define how highly skilled people work... |
| - | Grant Wernick, The Art of The Pivot, and The Launch of My Career | Pivots over the years have become something of lore in Silicon Valley. The mantra of “fail fast but pivot faster” is usually in the back of every entrepreneur’s mind as he or she looks to bring product to market. In 2010, a shopping applica... |
| - | An Open Letter To Venture Capitalists: Let MetaProp NYC Help You Diligence Your Real Estate Tech Deals | I can’t put my finger on the exact date, but it was most likely some time in the year 2012 when a venture capitalist woke up one morning and realized that he or she had been sleeping in a bed, and that the bed was placed in a bedroom, that ... |
| - | MetaProp NYC: A Home for PropTech Entrepreneurs in Transition | Gyrations in the markets make investors and institutions think about supporting startups, entrepreneurs and employees. WeWork, most recently, has the market abuzz. All of us have been through periods of transition, challenge, dislocation, e... |
| - | MetaProp 2019 Year-In-Review | 2019 was another exciting year for PropTech and a very powerful year for MetaProp! Tens of billions of dollars were raised by innovative startups that are changing and shaping not only the built environment but human lives. Since 2015 the M... |
| - | REAL ESTATE DISLOCATION AND INNOVATION IN A COVID WORLD | Like many, we have been in close contact with our key stakeholders and extended community over the past several weeks. This involves checking that everyone is healthy and physically well, understanding the impacts of the current situation o... |
| - | Pilot Day at Cushman & Wakefield | On December 8th, top Cushman & Wakefield technology and business executives participated in an exclusive, two hour “Pilot Day” with featuring presentations from the MetaProp NYC 2015 real estate tech accelerator class.
During the Cushm... |
| - | 2016-2017 Mentor of the Year Finalists | We've said it before and we'll say it again - mentors make the MetaProp NYC community. This year, we wanted to honor a mentor that has gone above and beyond the call of duty to helping guide the 2016-17 accelerator startups. The three final... |
| - | First Annual Real Estate Tech Week Announced | By Cre.Tech Read the original article here...
In an effort to support and shine a spotlight on top startups, entrepreneurs and technologies in New York City, MetaProp NYC is spearheading the first ever NYC Real Estate Tech Week. The week-l... |
| - | Containing the Contagion: Brexit Opens US RETech Opportunities | Blog written by Philip Russo, Founding Partner, MetaProp Advisors
As the hangover from Brexit continues to produce shocked gasps and frantic scrambling for answers to the question of “What’s next?,” the UK’s stunning vote to leave the EU... |
| - | Jeffrey Berman, Managing Director at Camber Creek | The Innovation Conversation is a series of Q&A sessions between the real estate technology industry's top leaders and MetaProp NYC Co-Founder and Managing Director Aaron Block. Topics include thoughts on the future of property and techn... |
| - | Meet Zach Aarons, Co-Founder and Advisor to MetaProp NYC | Zach Aarons
Co-Founder & Advisor
Zach Aarons works in real estate and technology and looks to connect people within those two industries. He has vast experience with investment banking, angel investing, real estate development, and con... |
| - | Talk Technology, not Trump this Turkey Day | Recently, it seems that American politics have become more divisive than canned vs homemade cranberry sauce. However, I believe that politics don't have to trump your turkey day. Save that mouthful for grandma's stuffing and instead talk ab... |
| - | Welcoming PadSplit | We are proud to welcome PadSplit to our PropTech family.
Earlier this week, PadSplit announced its $4.5 million seed round of funding, led by Core Innovation Capital. MetaProp and Enterprise Community Partners are excited to be investing i... |
| - | Unicorns Eat Dinosaurs | Hey CRE executives...
You may have brushed off the media frenzy around OpenDoor's December round (PropTech's "largest funding round ever") and $1b+ valuation. Your ears may have perked up after the announcement of the PropTech me... |
| - | How We Choose You: A Look Inside Our Open Application Process | With applications closing tomorrow, we are busy reviewing applications, interviewing startup CEOs and making offers. It is a very exciting time in the office but I also understand that it can be nerve-wracking and confusing for CEOs. This b... |
| - | Mentors Make MetaProp NYC | If you spend time with any of the MetaProp partners, you'll hear a lot of talk a lot about organizing and helping lead the global PropTech community. We take our community organizing job seriously and we're extremely proud of the RETech and... |
| - | Why New York City is the Center of the PropTech Universe | Undoubtedly, New York City is the world’s best market for real estate, where total property value crossed the $1.0 TRILLION mark for the first time ever in 2017, according to the Department of Finance. Real Estate has been notoriously slow ... |
| - | MetaProp NYC Announces Silicon Valley Bank as Latest Corporate Partner | Read the original article here...
“SVB Guest Speaker Series” Revealed for 2016 Accelerator Program
NEW YORK - Dec. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- MetaProp NYC, the New York real estate technology startup accelerator, added Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) a... |
| - | The Global PropTech Awards | Next generation PropTech is coming of age. How can I tell?
Maybe it's the $30b WeWork valuation? Maybe it's the Redfin IPO? Maybe it's the VTS/Hightower merger? Maybe it's C&W, CBRE and JLL all making major moves in the innovation spac... |
| - | 3 Reasons Branding Matters in PropTech | Coca-Cola. Mercedes. Nike.
Each word brings to mind a specific product or lifestyle. Each brand appeals to a demographic, and that appeal doesn’t happen by accident.
From their recognizable logos to their consistent products, each company... |
| - | An Open Letter to Millennial Entrepreneurs | Dear Millennials,
Many of you have now decided to start companies. That's great. We need young people with fresh ideas in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. I am counting on you to become the next great visionaries disrupting the real estate t... |
| - | Jordan Nof, Head of Investments at Tusk Ventures | The Innovation Conversation is a series of Q&A sessions between the real estate technology industry's top leaders and MetaProp NYC Co-Founder and Managing Director Aaron Block. Topics include thoughts on the future of property and techn... |
| - | Third Annual MetaProp New York City Demo Day Grows with 2017-18 Accelerator Startups | Last week, MetaProp NYC and our partners -- NYCEDC, REBNY, RICS, DLA Piper, EisnerAmper, Millennium Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Warburg Realty and Zillow -- proudly presented the third annual MetaProp Accelerator @ Columbia University Ne... |
| - | The Partnership That Works | MetaProp NYC was founded in early 2015. Since then, we've grown to five partners across three business lines. I'm increasingly appreciative of the distributed, yet collaborative, culture we've built---particularly in our "open applicat... |
| - | What We Learned from the Latest Open Application Season | PropTech has never been more exciting and we're thrilled to be living in the middle of the action. The MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University team is proud to share that we again received hundreds of applications for our program.
Unsu... |
| - | Founder Q&A | Till - Helping renters and landlords navigate the COVID-19 crisis | We sat down with David Sullivan, CEO of MetaProp portfolio company Till, to learn more about how the company has been affected by the current COVID-19 crisis, but more importantly, how Till has been helping its clients navigate these diffic... |
| - | MIPIM 2018: PropTech Takeaways | MIPIM was, as always, a week of great networking and learning. PropTech is increasingly prominent, but has not yet permeated all industry conversations. Expect that to change in the coming 2-3 years as we see technology become nearly as cri... |
| - | The Intersection of Government and Innovation in NYC - Is the light red or green? | Back in 2014, Fortune told the NYC tech community to get off its high horse (unicorn?) and stop pretending it was the next Silicon Valley. Fortunately for our egos, the NYC tech community has shown tremendous growth over the past few years ... |
| - | Tips for Holding on to Good Tenants | Apartment turnover is a real problem for rental property managers. According to the National Apartment Association, there was a 46.8% turnover rate for apartments in 2017. While that may seem high, it’s actually a record low.
When a tenant... |
| - | MetaProp Accelerator Graduation: Exit Interview with Ardalan Khosrowpour, CEO & Co-Founder of OnSiteIQ | Last Thursday, we graduated seven of the best PropTech companies from the MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University. This year we added an Open House before our New York City Demo Day as well as an Investor Lunch before our West Coast Dem... |
| - | Top 10 Areas of Real Estate Tech Innovation | It’s that time of year again! We’ve opened applications for the 2016 accelerator class, and are spending much of our time in deep dives with the hottest up and coming RETech and PropTech companies.
We often get asked what kinds of real est... |
| - | Why is Airbnb Worth $24 Billion and What Does it Mean? | The recent announcement that Airbnb was raising a new round of financing at a $24 billion valuation left many people outside the start-up and technology communities scratching their heads. In fact, some of my friends in the real estate and ... |
| - | 40 Reasons To Attend The 2017 MIPIM PropTech Summit | Like PropTech? Here’s 40 Reasons You Can’t Miss the 2017 MIPIM PropTech Summit!
We are in the midst of next great revolution of technology and there is no better time to be in PropTech than right now. With PropTech accelerating at a breakn... |
| - | Technology to Play Big Role In Potential Tenant ID | As mixed-use developers in America’s key gateway cities, retail is a huge part of our business. At Millennium Partners, we typically sell residential condominiums on top of retail stores in the same building. When we develop in transitional... |
| - | How To Turn Pain Into Gain | When professionals in various industries approach me about starting companies, I almost always ask them to engage in a simple exercise. I ask them what the most frustrating thing they did at work was and if software could fix that problem o... |
| - | PropTech, Nikola Tesla and the Power of Sound | In the venture capital world, looking out for founders’ collective mental health is nothing new. The most prominent example of this trend is the Investor Pledge for Mental Health. San Francisco based Kip created the pledge and many prominen... |
| - | Meet Aaron Block, Co-Founder and Managing Director of MetaProp NYC | Aaron Block
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Aaron Block builds fast growing real estate and technology businesses. Over fifteen years, Aaron has led, invested in and advised real estate services, ecommerce, education services and fulfil... |
| - | The Forgotten 50% | Real estate is one of the oldest industries in the world. Some of the first ever real estate deeds were signed and recorded in cuneiform script, on clay and stone tablets, at the dawn of the 4th Millennium BC in Ancient Mesopotamia. That me... |
| - | MetaProp Welcomes Kristen Kocis as Institutional Sales Lead | New York, NY (Wednesday, June 10, 2020) - In response to increased demand from institutional investors, PropTech venture capital firm MetaProp is excited to announce the addition of Kristen Kocis as Institutional Sales Lead. Kocis joins in ... |
| - | The Smart City or Citizen: Which comes first? | By 2030, 60% of the world’s population will be living in megacities. With these massive population shifts come questions and concerns about the future of our built environments. Many have pointed to smart cities as the solution to our futur... |
| - | The Benefits of FAA Drone Regulation for the Real Estate Industry | Today's post is guest-written by Yunhong Liu, the founder of We Talk UAV, a new community and news site launching later this year.
Real estate industry professionals have used drones for some time now to create high-quality aerial photos a... |
| - | NYC REAL ESTATE TECH WEEK 2015: Week in Review | NEW YORK, October 30, 2015– MetaProp NYC, the New York real estate technology accelerator, announced the successful completion of NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2015. More than 600 attendees participated in nine events throughout the New York Ci... |
| - | Richard Winslow, Director of Commercial Banking Product Design at Capital One | The Innovation Conversation is a series of Q&A sessions between the real estate technology industry's top leaders and MetaProp NYC Co-Founder and Managing Director Aaron Block. Topics include thoughts on the future of property and techn... |
| - | Top 15 Most Influential People in Real Estate Technology 2015 | In honor of our upcoming 2015/2016 Demo Days, MetaProp NYC presents:
The latest on Twitter:
Accelerator Portfolio Insights About Us
For all media and press inquiries please contact jesse@derringdo.com |
| - | Top 12 Women in Real Estate | Today's post is guest-written by MetaProp NYC's Strategic Marketing and Communications Intern, Clara Winder. Clara is a student at The University of Michigan, passionate about improving built environments via technology and advancing opport... |
| - | Launched and Accelerated | On September 13th, we welcomed six new startups to the MetaProp accelerator family. The past month has been energizing, challenging and productive for them and us as we ramp-up the startups’ growth curve.
MetaProp integrates its venture fu... |
| - | What We Learned at cre.techLIVE's Next Generation Property Management | Answer: A lot!
When you bring together some of New York City’s most experienced major property managers, add in a few of the brightest tech innovators in the space and put them all together at the Real Estate Board of New York’s HQ in a se... |
| - | The Blockchain and the Future of Real Estate Transactions | Recently in technology circles there have been a lot of discussion and articles concerning other applications of The Blockchain besides virtual cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. These discussions point to the fact that Satoshi Nakamoto, when cre... |
| - | Portfolio Synergies | Most established venture capital investors take advantage of economies of scale to help their startups grow. Over the years, we’ve studied and taken cues from the way other venture funds bring together startups for their LP investor days. I... |
| - | MetaProp ERGs: Pioneering New Resources for Entrepreneurs | This past summer, MetaProp developed an exciting new program for its portfolio companies; an Entrepreneur Resource Group, also known as an ERG. The purpose behind MetaProp’s ERG is to support portfolio company executives, i.e. CTOs, Heads o... |
| - | Incubators helping traditional real estate companies innovate | Tuesday, August 4, 2015, by Patrick Sisson View original article here...
Aaron Block speaks as someone with industry experience and the messianic belief that he can help reshape how the industry moves forward. A former Cushman & Wakefi... |
| - | 7 Tips for Getting Into MetaProp's Next Accelerator Cohort | The 2018/2019 MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University applications are closing in two days. Our team is busy reviewing applications, interviewing startup founders and sending out offers to selected companies.It is an exciting time at Me... |
| - | PropTech in Europe | Have you noticed an increase in PropTech programming at major real estate events in Continental Europe?
Earlier this month, I went to ExpoReal in Munich. ExpoReal is the largest real estate gathering in Central Europe, with over 40,000 att... |
| - | How The Hell Did This Company Just Raise $20 Million From Peter Thiel? | That must have been the question on some of your minds when the news broke last month that Breather had just raised a $20 million Series B led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures.
It might seem odd at first glance that a company offering “priv... |
| - | 2020 MetaProp Accelerator @ Columbia University NYC Demo Day | The MetaProp Accelerator @ Columbia University is the foundation that started MetaProp in 2015 and its Demo Day is the culmination of an intense 22 weeks.
In partnership with presenting partner, 31 Ventures by Mitsui Fudosan and host partn... |
| - | Utility Billing and Invoicing Technology: The Next Frontier? | Any retail landlord will tell you that he or she has three main priorities: getting paid on time, keeping the retail space looking fabulous, and keeping tenants happy. True retail landlord nirvana occurs when all three of these tasks are ac... |
| - | Investing in Market-driven, Tech-enabled Solutions to Address the Housing Affordability Crisis | People of all income levels are deeply concerned about the state of the housing market and what it means to them, their families and their communities. Housing is on everyone’s minds not just because it is the largest expense in most people... |
| - | MetaProp, PropTech and Me | Hello, MetaProp Community!
As you may know, a couple weeks ago I joined MetaProp as an Entrepreneur In Residence (EIR). I’ve been involved in real estate and technology for years and, while I will spare you a full recitation of my biograph... |
| - | Dispatch From The Future | I am writing to you from the year 2079. We just experienced a total solar eclipse over New York City and it enabled us, along with modern technology, to create a brief time warp. For some silly reason, people think that instead of hearing a... |
| - | How To Start A Real Estate Tech Company: Do’s and Don’ts (Part 1) | Nearly every day I see at least one new real estate technology idea come across the transom. So, I thought I would share some thoughts about best practices for starting a real estate technology company.
Here is my list of do’s and don’ts…
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| - | How to Sell | When an entrepreneur tries to sell a software or hardware product into a large commercial real estate company, they often make a huge mistake by assuming all the stakeholders at that company have the same motivations, goals, and incentives ... |
| - | Why Did We Start MetaProp NYC? | It’s clear that 2015 was the right time to launch a real estate technology accelerator in New York City.
Steve Schlafman from RRE Ventures once asked if I thought 2012 would have been a better time to do it. I pondered that question for a ... |
| - | Doug Chambers, Co-Founder at FieldLens | The Innovation Conversation is a series of Q&A sessions between the real estate technology industry's top leaders and MetaProp NYC Co-Founder and Managing Director Aaron Block. Topics include thoughts on the future of property and techn... |