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  • Closing The Tech Talent Gap In The Commercial Real Estate Industry

    Forbes

    With over 20 years working in companies that range in size from start-ups to publicly-traded corporations, I know from experience that finding the right talent can be hard…and hiring tech talent can be even more challenging. In a tight labor market where companies are in growth mode, talent is at a premium. The United States job market was continuing to experience slow, steady and strong employment growth as of February 2020, which means hiring likely remained competitive….

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  • In Case You Missed it, read the highlights from CREtech Talks: Financial and Operational Assistance For Startups

    CREtech

    In the midst of the recent pandemic and global economic crisis, real estate tech startups have been faced with extraordinary financial and operational pressures. In a recent CREtech Talks: Financial & Operational Perspectives to Assist Startups During the Pandemic webinar, Matt Barbieri of Wiss, Joseph Theis of Goodwin, and Dan Allred of SVB shared their views on how the new loan program can help businesses mitigate operational expenses and discussed strategies around baking, accounting and …

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  • US department stores most likely to default, S&P says

    CNBC

    America’s department store chains have seen their odds of defaulting escalate more than any other consumer-facing companies over the past month, according to a new analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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  • Eden, on heels of rival acquisition, lays off 40% of staffers

    The Real Deal

    Eden, which bought Managed by Q from WeWork last month, has let go of 40 percent of its roughly 100 staffers and furloughed 15 percent of them, according to Commercial Observer. The cuts impacted about 75 percent of staff at Managed by Q and 30 percent of staff at Eden.

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  • Are We on the Verge of a New Golden Age?

    strategy+business

    History doesn’t exactly repeat itself, but it does run in cycles. One of the most robust theories of such cycles was articulated by economic historian Carlota Perez, in her influential book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages (Edward Elgar, 2002). It suggests that humanity can get through the current period of upheaval and economic malaise and enter a new “golden age” of broad economic growth, if the world’s key decision makers act in concert …

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  • Robots Welcome to Take Over, as Pandemic Accelerates Automation

    New York Times

    The recycling industry was already struggling before the pandemic. Now, an increasing number of cities are suspending recycling services, partly out of fear that workers might contract the coronavirus from one another while sorting through used water bottles, food containers and boxes. …

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  • COVID-19 Catastrophe Won’t End Soon, And Will Remake How We Use Office Space

    Bisnow

    When Joe Brady took over late last year as CEO of the Americas at flexible workspace company The Instant Group, new technology was already accelerating change in the office world. In March, that transformation accelerated further when the COVID-19 crisis suddenly upended the nation, forcing millions to work from home.

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  • Former Uber exec raises $31M for his Jakarta-based logistics startup Kargo, announces relief fund to battle coronavirus

    TechCrunch

    Kargo,  a Jakarta-based logistics startup co-founded by veteran Uber Asia executive Tiger Fang, has raised $31 million to scale its business and help firms in the Southeast Asian nation fight the coronavirus.

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  • The coronavirus is about to hit state and city economies

    AXIOS

    America’s economic crisis soon may expand to its states, cities and towns. The big picture: State and local tax revenue is falling, particularly in areas heavily reliant on sales taxes, while spending is up due to added unemployment and medical obligations.

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  • Son’s $2 Billion Guarantee at Risk as Virus Hits SoftBank Star

    Bloomberg

    Just nine months ago, Masayoshi Son publicly declared Ritesh Agarwal one of the star entrepreneurs backed by his SoftBank Group Corp. The Japanese billionaire boasted that Agarwal’s Oyo Hotels & Homes was poised to overtake the biggest hotel chains in the world just a few years after its founding. “It’s unimaginable,” Son said on stage at SoftBank World in Tokyo. “At 25, he’s going to be world’s biggest hotel king.”…

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