Why does defining proptech as the digitization of real estate work well as an umbrella definition? Why is the University of Berkeley a unique collegiate experience? Where does cognitive science and computer science intersect? Why is Berkeley such an entrepreneurial powerhouse? How did the real estate seed get planted with Justin? How did Justin meet his RealtyMogul co-founder? What was the learning curve like for creating one of the first real estate crowdfunding platforms? Why were real estate operators in need of tools like RevolutionRE to help them manage their messy backoffice back and gain insights? What is real estate econometrics? Why was Shareland's vision for getting local real estate exposure without having to purchase underlying real estate assets such a holy grail solution? How did the creation of derivative investment products using synthetic tokens provide the basis for such an innovative real estate investment mechanism?

Justin Hughes - General Manager of Shareland, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how generative AI is creating delightful experiences for Shareland users and assisting in identifying potential transactions.

How does the resident experience tie back to property operating economics? What were the contributing factors to the early serial entrepreneur ventures that David dabbled in? Where did David's early interest in technology stem from? How is the origin story of DoorLoop tied to David's prior startup PracticePanther even though these two companies are in completely unrelated industries? Why is the property management software space filled with so much competition and despite this why are there more entrants each year? How do easy-to-use software development tools fuel the creation of products that are in fact not viable businesses? Why is having a founding team so important when starting a new SaaS business? How was launching in Covd different than expected for DoorLoop? Why is it important to capture customer feedback from all engagement systems and not just through annual customer surveys? How is DoorLoop integrating AI across its solution stack?

David Bitton - Co-founder of DoorLoop, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how real estate investing alongside his parents after college led to a brief career as a realtor and ultimately set the stage for becoming a proptech founder.

Why is access to information a cornerstone component of proptech? How did Zillow and the Zestimate fundamentally change access to home valuations for homeowners and homebuyers? What are the important lessons that athletes can take from losing and positively apply to their professional careers? For Alex, what resonated about the construction industry and the people involved in it? Which lessons stood out to Alex from working as a salesperson for a non-0category leader? What are the similarities and differences between a heavy equipment dealership and a car dealership? Why is equipment downtime so crippling for construction businesses? What insight did Alex uncover as he took ownership of the services and parts business at Flagler? Why are there so few heavy equipment technicians? What percentage of heavy equipment service work is done in the field? Why are the pay economics of technicians so skewed at heavy equipment dealerships? How did Heave change the game for heavy equipment technicians? Why is technician selection by customers such a powerful feature within Heave? What are some of the challenges of building Heave's heavy equipment labor marketplace?

Alex Kraft - CEO and founder of Heave, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss why institutional knowledge of heavy equipment sales and service is so critical for designing a digital solution for this corner of the construction industry..