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  • WeWork snaps up coding bootcamp Flatiron School

    CNN.com – Latest Financial News

    class="article-title speakable"> WeWork snaps up coding bootcamp Flatiron School by Selena Larson   @selenalarson October 23, 2017: 1:57 PM ET Inside WeLive's NYC apartments WeWork, a real estate company that bills itself as a co-working space mecca, just made an unlikely acquisition: It bought a school. The business, valued at $20 billion, is most known for leasing buildings and renting office space to tech companies and entrepreneurs. But now it's growing its footprint b…

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  • Will You Be Ready When CRE Really Embraces the IoT?

    Jonathan Schultz Blog

    Technology disruption is a common theme that comes up when we talk about the labor market and the future for businesses across the world. To the average person, words like technology disruption and automation elicit images of factories and warehouses being staffed with robots instead of manpower. The truth, however, is that new technology will disrupt the way that every industry does business, not just those that depend on manual labor. For CRE, tech adoption has been a slow and steady process. …

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  • How An Emerging VC Fund Manager Got Into Some of This Year’s Most Competitive Deals

    Forbes.com – News

    In 2015, Jordan Nof took his own personal bet, when he decided to join Silicon Valley’s favorite political fixer, Bradley Tusk, in establishing Tusk Ventures. In a very short amount of time they invested in highly sought-after companies like Lemonade, Care/of, FanDuel and Coinbase In 2015, Jordan Nof took his own personal bet, when he decided to join Silicon Valley’s favorite political fixer, Bradley Tusk, in establishing Tusk Ventures. In a very short amount of time they invested in highly soug…

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  • Exclusive Q&A With #RETAS Sponsor Jeremy Neuer, Senior Vice President at CBRE

    CRETECH

    EXCLUSIVE Q&A WITH #RETAS SPONSOR JEREMY NEUER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT CBRECan you describe your blog?My blog is a unique take on the cross section of real estate, business, starts ups, technology, sports, music, pop culture, and lessons I come across in everyday life. Bruce Springsteen once said, “Maybe I’m going to write something I can stand to sing have other human beings hear.” While I am certainly not Bruce, in a world with so much mediocre content, my goal is to simply write somethi…

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  • WeWork just bought N.Y.C. coding bootcamp Flatiron School

    Fast Company – News

    In a move that represents how WeWork is trying to become a hub for all of your professional life needs, the shared-workspace company has acquired the New York City-based coding bootcamp Flatiron School. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “WeWork’s culture is one in which we are always ready to do more, to learn more, … Continue reading “WeWork just bought N.Y.C. coding bootcamp Flatiron School” In a move that represents how WeWork is trying to become a hub for all of your professional life…

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  • New spectator sport: Amazon’s HQ2 race

    Denton Record Chronicle – Business News

    New spectator sport: Amazon's HQ2 race Filed under Business at 3 hrs ago Share Facebook Twitter Email Print This Story Written by Paul O'Donnell, The Dallas Morning News Connect with Paul O'Donnell Email Don't miss a story. Like us on Facebook. Like The Denton Record-Chronicle's Facebook Page DALLAS — Think again if you expect the craziness around Amazon's second headquarters to die down now that the deadline for proposals came and went. There'll be HQ2 guessin…

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  • Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Tech talk begins at #MBAAnnual17

    HousingWire

    Monday Morning Cup of Coffee takes a look at news coming across the HousingWire weekend desk, with more coverage to come on bigger issues. The housing finance industry is gathering this week in Denver, as the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual event kicked off. Here’s the latest report from HousingWire’s Senior Financial Reporter Ben Lane: The early word out of MBA Annual 2017 is that companies in the mortgage space are looking hard at technology, right now and in the future. On the flight to…

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  • Startup Stories: A Founders Perspective. 5 Things About Finding An Office I Wish I Would Have Known Then.

    Duke Long Blog

    Startups in San Francisco are tasked with more than just navigating their own competitive space. As often the second-largest cost center for companies, real estate poses a whole new set of challenges for many early stage startups. I set out to learn from founders who have “been there, done that” and hear about the thoughts shaping their decisions. This is the first in a four-part series that attempts to bring you their stories, along with relevant market analysis. #1 – A Sweaty, Summer Hacker Ho…

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  • Could Paris be the next Silicon Valley? The Podfather says ‘oui, oui’

    The Real Deal – New York

    Tony Fadell, the man behind the iPod and Nest, is founding a tech investment firm in Paris and is giving the world one piece of free advice ahead of the company's launch next month: move to Paris. “Here it’s not as crazy-competitive,” Fadell told the Wall Street Journal. “Everyone is helping each other.” Fadell's new firm, Future Shape, will advise and invest in tech projects across industries ranging from agriculture to pharmaceuticals, fashion to biological science. Future Shape will…

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  • Amazon at times bursts Seattle’s seams

    Arkansas Online – Business Headlines

    SEATTLE– Memo to the many places vying for Amazon's second headquarters: It's not all food trucks and free bananas. For years, much of downtown Seattle has been a maze of broken streets and caution-taped sidewalks. Dozens of enormous cranes tower overhead as double-length dump trucks hauling excavated dirt rumble past pedestrians and bicyclists. The crashing and clanging of construction is the city's soundtrack on a perpetual loop. Housing prices have soared faster than anywhere …

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