How did an investigation into 3D printing houses spark an interest in real estate? On ICON's first marketing flyers, what price did they believe they would be able to sell their 3D printed homes for? Why does Germany build denser housing than the US? Why are there so few books on real estate development? What makes local city real estate decisions so difficult to identify and analyze? How does the age/maturity of a city influence the types of real estate decisions being made? What unintentional action created a lot of interest in ReZone's launch? How many real estate decisions are being made at the city level weekly? Why are researchers so interested in the data that ReZone is producing? How are advancements in AI making ReZone's analysis possible today?

Daniel Heller - CEO and co-founder of ReZone, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and share how starting a business with friends during high school was such a positive entrepreneurial experience that it continues to be revisited amongst them to this day.

How did an early career in consulting shape an understanding of the need to deliver both on time and at the highest level of quality? Why is it important for entrepreneurs to be able to step into the shoes of their customers every single day? What are some of the challenges of long-term business planning that the quarterly reporting cycle for public companies creates? How does investing in real estate provide more predictability on outcomes vs other alternative investment markets? Why is communication challenging for condos and HOA boards? How has email contributed to the challenges of task management? Why is UI becoming less of a focus in the age of AI? How do you break down the walled gardens of property management to unlock data insights? What are the opportunities for sentiment analysis around communication for property management?

Lindsay Liu - co-founder and CEO of Super joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and share how her college roommate friendship built the trust that was necessary for a successful startup co-founder partnership.

Does construction tech end once occupancy of a building happens? Why is it important to be able to professionally reinvent yourself? What was the draw to the clean tech space after spending time in the aerospace industry? Why has construction insurance costs ballooned? What can GCs do to mitigate risk and thereby help keep insurance costs in check? Why has water become such a larger driver of construction related insurance costs? What have been the drivers of IoT device adoption on the construction site? How is technology adoption on construction sites different from the rates that you see in other industries? Why is technology adoption becoming a competitive advantage for many early adopters of technology within construction? Why is the data from the interconnected job site so valuable for construction companies? Why is the outlook for construction so bright?

Alex Fuentes - EVP Strategic Growth at Brickeye, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and share the unique coop program of the University of Waterloo engineering department that exposed him to a wide variety of industries including power generation, consumer electronics, manufacturing and aerospace to name a few.

What was it like growing up as part of a multi-generational family construction business? How did being immersed in the family construction business provide unique benefits while working on Bryce's master degree in college? Why were the inefficiencies that Bryce observed in the asphalt industry such a professional draw for him? How do you change the image of the construction industry as being unsexy, consisting of long hours, and lots of callouses? Why has the adoption of technology accelerated in the last couple of years? How did Bryce become a simultaneous serial construction entrepreneur? Why did Bryce decide to exit his other businesses and focus on his software startup? What sort of compliance issues are part of infrastructure construction projects? How does weather impact infrastructure construction projects? What unique part of Pavewise's sales process has resulted in a 100% prospect conversion rate? Why have word-of-mouth referrals been such a strong source of sales leads for Pavewise? How has Pavewise integrated AI into its solution?

Bryce Wuori - co-founder and CEO of Pavewise, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how participating in research projects across his 20-year career in asphalt has given him unique expertise, making him one of the few recognized asphalt scientists in the U.S.

Is robotics the ultimate tool for giving humans superpower capabilities? Why are snake robots Kevin's nemesis? What prompted Kevin to learn to code? Why is it transformational to bring robots out of the lab/factory and into everyday human environments? How did a summer job in construction provide the basis for focusing on bringing robotics into the built world? What robotic research project with the US military inspired the movie Big Hero 6? Why did the idea of soft robots ultimately not prove to be a good basis for robots in the real world? What is it about surface paint prepping that makes this task so difficult and at the same time such a big opportunity? How did speaking with hotel owners about renovations lead to the concept for Canvas? What are the staggering rates of long-term medical issues construction workers experience due to either accidents or repetitive motion jobs? Why have robots in construction historically not been developed for use in the interiors of buildings? What is the meaning behind the company name Canvas? How are Canvas robots helping to bring drywall workers into the construction industry? What are the constraints that construction robots have to deal with that manufacturing robots do not? Why do construction tech startups need to fully understand the economics of the skilled trades they are impacting when exploring a new technology to bring to market? What causes construction to be such a distributed system? Why is achieving commercial reliability so important for construction robotic companies? What do robotic construction tech companies need to understand about hardware production cycles?

Kevin Albert - Founder & CEO of Canvas joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discusses how a frustrating second place finish in a high school bridge building competition left him with a chip on his shoulder and fueled a career in wanting to design and build things.

Why is there so much bespoke design happening with real estate development projects? What is meant by design productization? Why have some companies championed vertically integrated construction? What was Katerra's business model and secret sauce? Why is innovating in construction tech so difficult? What are the challenges for VCs when considering non-software investments in construction tech? Why is the construction industry facing major challenges when manufacturers are investing in industrialized construction and developers/contractors want to do more prefab work? How is the labor crisis impacting the construction industry? Why is the transition to offsite construction critical in a shrinking labor pool environment? When evaluating the space, how are construction robots commonly segmented? Why is changing the established behavior of architects as it relates to building design and construction tech so challenging? What is a coordinated construction model? Why is the logistics related to offsite construction so tricky?

Justin Schwaiger - General Manager US at Kope, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how observing the effects of earthquakes locally and internationally in his youth was a major factor in steering him into a career where he could impact and improve the built environment.

Why can long tenures in industries stifle innovation? How did John and his wife end up in Mountain View, California? What were some of the memorable dates that John took his wife on? Why was it beneficial to write business plans on any idea that John researched? What prompted the research and launching of Sara Schools Music Program? Why was the concept of leasehold improvements so frustrating to John? What lessons and struggles came with running a service business? What divine inspiration did John receive while processing his frustrations with the commercial leasing process? What types of research was John doing to form the education foundation necessary to build the wall system he was told to create? How did the initial funds become available to start prototyping the wall system? Why is it important to bring low or no-skill workers into construction? What is meant by the category 'Productization of Construction'? How can construction benefit by focusing on circularity and sustainability? How is Låda Cube integrating with design solutions like Revit to introduce wall standardization into digital wall plans? What are the three (3) R's that Låda Cube allows for? How did a dream about Tesla become so significant for John's Låds Cube journey?

John Fay - Founder & CEO of Låda Cube joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discusses how his curiosity about his entrepreneurial bug led him to explore alongside his wife many potential business ideas before being told to pursue the opportunity that would become Låda Cube.

Which emerging trend caused Skye not to pursue a degree in architecture? What was it like building a startup within Oracle? How did personal experience draw Skye into the proptech space? What realization around purchasing a home was the inspiration for starting Crib Equity? Why are third-party investors interested in helping unknown individuals purchase a home? What are the systemic structural issues that first-time homebuyers are faced with today? Why are homebuyers no longer putting 20% down and what was this average down payment % changed to? Who is a nepo-buyer? Nationally, how long is it taking a prospective homebuyer to save for a 10% down payment? How are real estate agents providing a greater degree of financial advice to home buyers today? What does the landscape of alternative home purchase options look like?

Skye Laudari - Co-founder & CEO of Crib Equity joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how traveling internationally for two years immediately after graduating from college was transformational and helped develop personal and professional life skills that can take most people decades to learn.