The Future of Home Ownership

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i think space is important to people, and i don't know if that'll ever get replaced. At any point, you should be able to sell some part of the home, like for money. There will be a class of people at different stages in life. Maybe there's a stage of life where you live in a port hotel or a community building,. Then there's a different stage where you don't. Ah, so thats cannow how i think about the word. O. A home is a financial hub, rin, like imen it's, it's where most of your wealth, for most people, is trapped in this brick and mortar.

Laks Srini is the cofounder and CTO of ZeroDown. Before that he was the cofounder and CTO of Zenefits.

You can find him on Twitter at @laks_srini.

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Topics

00:00 - Intro

00:30 - What is ZeroDown?

1:50 - How did they test the idea?

3:50 - What did they learn from companies that failed in the space?

8:00 - Breaking down the product

11:25 - ZeroDown's customers

13:35 - Expanding to other markets

15:50 - What if a downturn happens?

17:10 - ZeroDown's hiring strategy

20:10 - What are their hardest technical challenges?

22:05 - ZeroDown's breadth and product strategy

26:40 - Customer interviews

28:35 - Should everyone own a house?

29:50 - Home ownership in the future

32:45 - Build something you really want to see in the world

34:40 - Working with his cofounders was the most important consideration