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CONTACTJeff Finn, CEO, RealNexTHE SCOOPRecently caught up with my good friend Jeff Finn at RealNex. I have known Jeff for many years and always been really impressed by his ability to really understand where markets are headed and to build products and solutions to meet market needs. It’s a pretty rare quality where so much of the business world is focused on the short term. His company, RealNex, has built one of the most comprehensive platforms in the CRE tech space. …
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Investors are investing significant capital into companies innovating in the drone industry. According to early numbers from CB Insights, investment is heading for new heights for the sixth year. In the first quarter of 2016, a record number of 32 Investments worth $113 million were made for companies developing drone technology, including software and hardware for aerial, land, and marine unmanned craft. …
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CONTACTRoy Abrams, CEO and Founder, RealConnexTHE SCOOPI caught up with my friend Roy Abrams, CEO/Founder of RealConnex.com recently. Roy and I have known each other since we both got started in the CREtech space around the same time. Since that time, Roy has seen really dramatic growth at his start up and has raised a considerable amount of money from real estate investors and institutions. He is one of the most passionate, hard working and innovative tech entrepreneurs I have…
Michael Beckerman
Trust me, I am not looking to building another website. I have several already (The News Funnel, CRE // Tech, The Content Funnel, Real Estate Tech News) and they keep me pretty busy. Plus, my personal passion is centered around content and connectivity in the real estate tech space. BUT, if I were going to build something for the commercial sector, it would look like this from the residential sector…The treaty of Manhattan: In major shift, Corcoran and Elliman opt into StreetEasy’s Premier Broke…
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Tenants typically prefer to be left alone, but when they want to contact a property manager, they expect easy and instant communication. Conversely, property managers want to ensure tenants are adequately informed at all times about everything from overdue rent to scheduled building maintenance. Utilizing an effective mobile communication system is essential in buildings as a part of daily operations. Even more importantly, mobile communications can save tenant lives during unanticipated emergen…
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CONTACTBryan Colin, CEO, VirtualAPTTHE SCOOPThe journey from one of the world’s leading poker players to a successful career on Wall Street and now to VR/AR robots is one of the more interesting I have personally encountered. And that’s the story of Bryan Colin, the founder/CEO of VirtualAPT. Met Bryan recently in the Meatpacking district in NYC for lunch. First thing you notice about Bryan is the dude is big, like 6’6’’ big and a former baseball player who clearly could intimi…
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The long overdue commercial real estate tech adoption is occurring at a rapid pace. Back in January, we make a few predictions about upcoming real estate tech industry trends. Now that the temperatures the dog days of summer are here, how have the trends developed thus far? Cloud-based TechTry to accomplish work in the CRE industry without touching the clo…
Michael Beckerman
One of the really cool parts of running a series of sites devoted to news aggregation, connectivity and, events for the CRE startup world, is that I literally get sent dozens of really cool startup updates every week. And sometimes they are so interesting, I like to write about them. And that’s exactly what happened when I got a press release from David Nevin, Co-Founder of VoidStacker.What really caught my eye in the PR was this particular line…”VoidStacker, Inc. has announced the release of it…
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Earlier this year, the Global Workspace Association surveyed 85 coworking spaces and found 87% expect increased occupancy in the next two years. That backs up another forecast projecting rapid growth with over 26,000 coworking spaces anticipated by 2020. Flexible work arrangements are increasingly popular across the board: freelancers, startups, and established brands utilize coworking space to accomplish their goals. These nine providers offer coworking space in cities around the globe.Share of…
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Knowing how shoppers shop can be a great opportunity for retailers to provide helps for making grocery shopping easy and enjoyable. One of the ways grocers can aid shoppers is to streamline visits with the use of grocery list apps. The top apps available for both iOS and android range from free to paid subscriptions. Functionality can be as simplistic as manually creating a list similar to handwritten ones or supercharged as auto-creating lists based on real-time tracking of household inventory….
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