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Aleksandr Gampel co-founded Cuby Technologies with Aleh Kandrashou in 2021 to tackle the construction labor shortage. After 200,000 engineering hours, Cuby is setting the stage to commercialize hundreds of mobile micro-factories (MMF's) on or near construction sites to enable developers, general contractors and local partners to build better buildings faster, more affordably with less labor. This episode is part of the Tangent @ Blueprint series. Blueprint is the most global event of Proptech innovators leading the charge in changing the built world in Las Vegas every September.💚 Learn more:➡️ Cuby's site➡️ Aleksandr Gampel on LinkedIn➡️ Blueprint Vegas' site💚 Connect with Tangent:➡️ Edward Cohen on Twitter➡️ Edward Cohen on LinkedIn➡️ Jeff Berman on LinkedIn➡️ Zach Aarons on Twitter➡️ Tangent on LinkedIn➡️ Tangent on TwitterDisclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.

John Rogers is the Chief Innovation Officer at CoreLogic, leading R&D on the biggest asset class in the world - the US Real Estate Economy, and driving new product development to market via an iconic property & location intelligence platform called Discovery. This platform allows clients that rely on data, insights, models and answers to drive growth or mitigate risk on their book of business. John asserts he's been fortunate to have worked in all 4 corners of the world leading large transformation projects in finance, retail, pharmaceuticals, logistics and airlines, including at IBM and British Airways. This episode is part of the Tangent @ Blueprint series. Blueprint is the most global event of Proptech innovators leading the charge in changing the built world in Las Vegas every September.(0:34) - Powering US Real Estate market(1:30) - Climate Risk Analytics for Housing ecosystem(4:28) - Truth data set(5:56) - Streamlining affordable housing development & collaboration(8:10) - Collaboration Superpower: Dr. Katherine Calvin at Chief Scientist at NASA💚 Learn more:➡️ CoreLogic's site➡️ John Rogers on LinkedIn💚 Connect with Tangent:➡️ Edward Cohen on Twitter➡️ Edward Cohen on LinkedIn➡️ Jeff Berman on LinkedIn➡️ Zach Aarons on Twitter➡️ Tangent on LinkedIn➡️ Tangent on TwitterDisclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.

Spencer Rascoff co-founded and ran Zillow for a decade as its CEO. Spencer is also the co-founder at Pacaso and, through his startup studio and VC firm, 75 & Sunny, is an active angel investor in more than 100 companies and is incubating several more. Rascoff is a NYT’s best selling author based in LA who focuses on Proptech, the future of work and the creator economy. Spencer is Visiting Professor at Harvard University where he teaches the StudioLab on Creativity and Entrepreneurship as well.(0:34) - From Zillow, AirBnB & WeWork to Proptech 2.0: What's next(3:20) - Mission-oriented founders(4:53) - Niche & simple vs. full stack solutions(7:00) - Too much capital: bug or feature(7:45) - Housing innovation & democratizing access(9:27) - LA Tech ecosystem: media, entertainment, defense & creator economy(11:56) - Discomfort Zone: Elon Musk💚 Learn more:➡️ 75 & Sunny's portfolio➡️ Spencer Rascoff on LinkedIn➡️ Pasaso CEO Austin Allison on Tangent💚 Connect with Tangent:➡️ Edward Cohen on Twitter➡️ Edward Cohen on LinkedIn➡️ Jeff Berman on LinkedIn➡️ Zach Aarons on Twitter➡️ Tangent on LinkedIn➡️ Tangent on TwitterDisclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.

Mike Schneider is the CEO & Co-founder of Acre Homes. Acre combines the ease of renting with the financial upside of owning. Acre is available in Raleigh-Durham, and will be launching in Atlanta and Nashville soon. Previously, Mike served as the VP of Technology Strategy at RE/MAX, and Co-founded First, a real estate tech company that leveraged machine learning to help agents win more business.(2:12) - Acre: Breaking the Renting or Home Mortgage paradigm(7:13) - Acre's model during variable interest rate environment(8:59) - Opportunity residents & investors(10:19) - Market growth(10:54) - Taking the Tesla approach: 10x better than mortgage(12:48) - Buying a home with a partner(15:28) - Acre Homes price point(16:47) - Feature: Blueprint (17:52) - Rent-to-own, buy before you sell, Home Equity products.(21:41) - Challenges of mortgages & bias in home appraisals(25:07) - Generating returns in Single family homes(25:42) - North Carolina ecosystem: Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle(29:51) - US cities transport options(33:26) - Collaboration Superpower: Steve Jobs(38:57) - Discomfort Zone: Is Built-to-rent overrated?💚 Learn more:➡️ Acre Homes (site) ➡️ Mike Schneider on LinkedIn   💚 Feature:➡️ Blueprint (BlueprintVegas.com/Tangent for ticket discount) - Most global event of Proptech innovators leading the charge in changing the built world in Las Vegas this September. 💚 Connect with Tangent:➡️ Edward Cohen on Twitter➡️ Edward Cohen on LinkedIn➡️ Jeff Berman on LinkedIn➡️ Zach Aarons on Twitter➡️ Tangent on LinkedIn➡️ Tangent on TwitterDisclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.

Brent Wadas is the CEO at BotBuilt, a Y-Combinator Construction technology company based in Durham, NC that is revolutionizing building homes with robots to address the labor shortage and housing affordability crisis. Brent served in the US Army in Afghanistan after 9/11, where he fulfilled his patriotic calling. BotBuilt employs a methodology that makes homebuilding less capital intensive, creating less waste and enabling a much more sustainable building process. Brent served over 10 years in the US Army as Assistant (to the) Regional Manager. Brent is an experienced business entrepreneur with a flair for achieving goals through actions and a passion for bringing dreams into focus.(1:34) - Brent Wadas' entrepreneurial & military journey(8:57) - What makes BotBuilt special(13:52) - Feature: CREx - Makes it easy to get data out of Yardi, Salesforce, and more.(15:15) - BotBuilt's factories: Durham, NC(16:56) - Lessons from Katerra's $2 billion saga(22:29) - Delivering a venture-scale return in Contech(25:51) - BotBuilt's unit economics & business model(31:49) - Contech adoption among homebuilders(34:40) - Collaboration Superpower: William "Wild Bill" Donovan (Head of the OSS, precursor to CIA) - Wiki (35:54) - Brent's 'Grand Daddy's' influence: 1st Scientific sharing agreement between USA & USSR 💚 Learn more: ➡️ BotBuilt's site ➡️ Brent's email: brent@botbuilt.com➡️ Katerra - Wiki 💚 Feature:➡️ CREx (learn more) - Makes it easy to get data out of Yardi, Salesforce, and more.💚 Connect with Tangent:➡️ Edward Cohen on Twitter➡️ Edward Cohen on LinkedIn➡️ Jeff Berman on LinkedIn➡️ Zach Aarons on Twitter➡️ Tangent on LinkedIn➡️ Tangent on TwitterDisclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.

Jenna Louie, Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at Ivory Innovations, is a champion for housing affordability. In this discussion, she shares how Ivory convenes experts and supports entrepreneurs tackling housing issues. Louie highlights innovative solutions, like Outreach Grid's improved shelter communication and a booking system empowering the homeless. She emphasizes the need for collaboration among civic organizations and government to create sustainable housing policies, drawing insights from Salt Lake City's initiatives and international examples.

Amir R. Korangy is an Iranian-American publisher and film producer, who founded the business magazine, The Real Deal, about real estate and finance news. He also produced the PBS documentary, "Building Stories", about architect Costas Kondylis. Amir Korangy is also an adjunct associate professor of media and real estate at New York University where in the fall of 2018 he will be teaching a course titled the Korangy sessions where graduate students will have an opportunity to court questions as to the reality of real estate in the city and the country, complementing to their theoretical framework.💚Learn more: ➡️ The Real Deal' site➡️ Amir Korangy's Wikipedia💚Feature:➡️ PRN - Parking Reform Network - Education about the impact of parking policy on urban life & housing. - Visit website➡️ Blueprint (BlueprintVegas.com/Tangent for ticket discount) - Most global event of Proptech innovators leading the charge in changing the built world in Las Vegas this September. 💚Connect with Tangent:➡️ Edward Cohen on Twitter➡️ Edward Cohen on LinkedIn➡️ Jeff Berman on LinkedIn➡️ Zach Aarons on Twitter➡️ Tangent on LinkedIn➡️ Tangent on Twitter(2:26) - Twitter / X & Threads, Elon & Zuck(8:25) - Proptech & Contech sales on Social Media(9:54) - #REtwit - Real Estate community's Twitter / X home(11:50) - Parking Reform Network - Education about the impact of parking policy on urban life & housing.(15:27) - Real Estate Business ed on TikTok, LinkedIn, Youtube, Instagram(21:09) - The Real Deal's community & multichannel(26:40) - The Real Deal's Dotcom bubble launch(27:48) - AI Opportunities & Threats for Media(30:33) - Zach's VC wins(37:35) -  Feature: Blueprint - Largest event of Proptech innovators in Las Vegas on Sep. 11th-13th(39:41) - AI & Copyright(44:00) - AI-generated history, education & religion(53:41) - Collaboration Superpower: Nick Denton (Gawker)Disclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.

Timothy Swanson is the President & CEO of Inherent L3C, a Chicago-based low profit LLC focused on enabling and empowering long term affordable homeownership and generational wealth creation through modular housing development, workforce platform and a smart home marketplace for future homeowners.💚Learn more:➡️Inherent L3C (site) - Transforming lives, communities and generations through homeownership💚Featured:➡️Propify (learn more) - The single source of truth for your CRE asset management➡️Blueprint (BlueprintVegas.com/Tangent for ticket discount) - Most global event of Proptech innovators leading the charge in changing the built world in Las Vegas this September.💚Connect with Tangent:➡️Edward Cohen on Twitter➡️Edward Cohen on LinkedIn➡️Jeff Berman on LinkedIn➡️Zach Aarons on Twitter➡️Tangent on LinkedIn➡️Tangent on Twitter(3:00) - Tim & Inherent L3C's story(4:21) - L3C structure, low-profit mission-driven limited liability company(7:11) - Feature: Blueprint - Largest event of Proptech innovators in Las Vegas on Sep. 11th-13th(8:18) - Running 3 companies in 1(10:15) - How is Inherent L3C funded?(13:40) - Workforce: Creating a jobs platform for residential development(16:11) - Workforce housing with better than living wage(19:25) - Single family vs higher density housing(21:26) - Tangent 'shiduch' - Roots 🤝 Inherent?(24:26) - VC friendly businesses(28:42) - Political strategy to propel change(33:29) - Feature: Propify - One integration to rule all property mgmt. software(34:35) - Future of Cities: Chicago(38:39) - Collaboration Superpower: Vinton CerfDisclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.

Stefan Schwab is the CEO of Enlighted (acquired by Siemens), a Proptech provider of IoT solutions at the intersection of people, space, and work. Enlighted combines cognitive environmental IoT sensors and lighting controls that connect to intelligent workplace experience apps, offering a singular, scalable, interoperable solution to address a spectrum of building, space, and productivity needs. Customers include AT&T, WWE and the UK's NHS. 💚Learn more: ➡️ Enlighted's site➡️ Stefan's LinkedIn💚Feature:➡️ Cuby Technologies (site) - mobile micro-factory solution to develop housing and buildings in less time.(3:12) - Implementing RTO plans(6:45) - Measuring occupier productivity and wellbeing(12:54) - Building management software integrations(15:00) - Differentiating your product and data in a crowded marketplace(18:22) - Feature: Cuby Technologies - mobile micro-factory solution to develop housing and buildings in less time(19:42) - Case Study: WWE's HQ in Stamford, CT(26:40) - Why should office buildings care about sustainability goals(29:36) - AI opportunities for CRE investors(33:39) - Future of Cities: Augsburg, Germany💚Connect with Tangent:➡️ Edward Cohen on Twitter ➡️ Edward Cohen on LinkedIn ➡️ Jeff Berman on LinkedIn ➡️ Zach Aarons on Twitter➡️ Tangent on LinkedIn➡️ Tangent on TwitterDisclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.

This is a Tangent Special episode. Discomfort Zone: the art of stepping out of your comfort zone to pivot in business and in life, and the science of changing your mind when you are faced with new facts and acquire new experiences.(0:25) - Zach Aarons (GP & Co-founder at MetaProp)(3:03) - Nick Romito (CEO & Founder at VTS)(3:47) - Kevin Ortner (CEO at Renters Warehouse and President at Appreciate)(5:09) - Steve Eisman (The Big Short investor)(6:14) - Noah Isaacs (Co-founder at Bowery Valuations)(7:34) - Imran Noorani (CSO at Peak Power)Connect with Tangent:💚 Edward Cohen on Twitter💚 Edward Cohen on LinkedIn💚 Jeff Berman on LinkedIn💚 Zach Aarons on Twitter💚 Tangent on LinkedIn💚 Tangent on Twitter