Is proptech entering a maturing phase as it shifts from digitization of manual processes to adding automation layers, powered largely by AI? Can reducing upstream rework in construction lead to overall improvements in construction efficiency? How did Scott's senior thesis provide an inspiration for experiencing real estate abroad? Why do early stage construction errors lead to compounding issues later in the onsite build process? How does the level of international building codes compare with those in the US? How do AEC practitioners today stay abreast of changes to city, state, and federal building codes? Why have multiple publishers sued UpCodes to prevent them from making this building codes information accessible? How are insurance companies and property management firms using UpCodes in their daily work? Why are states not collaborating to make building codes more aligned around climate resiliency and offsite prefabrication?

Scott Reynolds - CEO and co-founder of UpCodes, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how participating in a summer college program called Bike & Build led him to develop a deep passion for building homes.

What were the benefits of being a student athlete at UC Berkeley? Why was it so beneficial for Ben to learn the details of the finance behind real estate? Why don't more real estate professionals go back to school and earn their MBA? How are the underlying financial incentives of sustainability programs paramount to their long-term success? Why is the right type of capital some important to match with an infrastructure technology company? What led to Ben getting bitten by the entrepreneurial bug? How had the sustainability space changed in the time that Ben had been focused on his software startup? Why is there such a massive need for financing in the EV space? What factors determined it made sense for 3V to take on the entire utilization risk of the EV charging infrastructure for long dwell properties? Why is level 2 charging the right type of charging for multifamily? Has EV charging become a strategic amenity for multifamily operators?

Ben Kanner - COO and co-founder of 3V Infrastructure, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and razz me about only recently converting to a hybrid car.

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..

Can proptech be defined as the modernization layer for the built world? How did the Rabine family business grow from a local mom-and-pop services business to the national multi-business unit holding company that exists today? Why did technology adoption opportunities and business model scalability convince Austin to take a leadership role within the family paving business? What lessons did Austin learn from founding several contech businesses? Why are pavements and roofs the largest ongoing operating expense for a real estate owner? How does the negligence of pavement maintenance result in soaring delayed repair costs? Why was the Rapine Pavement Condition Report so valuable for facility owners? Why was it necessary to rethink the end-to-end process of the condition report to be technology-driven in order to scale this business opportunity. Why did Rabine produce these condition reports at no cost? Why was satellite imagery not a viable option for capturing the necessary pavement and roofing images? What was it about drones and their image capture capability that differentiated them from other solutions that Rabine Companies was investigating? Why did Austin and the executive team at Rabine Companies ultimately decide to spin the SITE business out as a separate independent company? What additional analytics are possible through drones which was not possible with onsite humans? How is SITE utilizing AI in its product suite?

Austin Rabine - CEO and co-founder of SITE Technologies, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how his parents' enthusiasm for entrepreneurship played a pivotal role in convincing him to join the family business.

How did the complexity of the protech industry spark Diane's interest in taking on the challenges of building a company in this space? What was it like building an adtech startup during the Internet 2.0 heyday? How is the current AI boom similar to the Internet 1.0 era? Why did Diane jump from adtech to fintech? What has contributed to the technology in the mortgage space being so outdated? Why are the mortgage files created during the origination process unclean and riddled with incorrect information? How have the interest rate cycles and associated hiring/firing sprees contributed to many of the technology challenges that the mortgage industry is facing today? Why have industry regulations obsoleted certain mortgage industry technologies? Why was it important for TidalWave to be an AI-first mortgage technology company? What is the difference between an AI solution and an AI wrapper? Why is a mindset of AI support instead of AI replacement important for CIOs to have today?

Diane Yu - CEO and co-founder of TidalWave, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how her first interaction with a computer as a child was so magical and set her on a lifetime journey of working with computers.

Are there industries outside of real estate where the asset has as many lifecycles? What were some of the problems that Vikas dealt with at Amazon Robotics while working with AEC professionals when building new logistics warehouses? How did growing up in a family-owned manufacturing business influence Vikas' later career pursuits? Where did Vikas' early interest in robotics come from? Why is system design as important as the underlying R&D in robotics? What is a mobile electronics company? Why was Kiva SYstems fundamentally different from other robotics companies of its time? What realization did Amazon have that led it to the conclusion that it was a strategic imperative to purchase Kiva Systems? How was Amazon able to finally achieve same-day shipping with the integration of Kiva Systems? What insights are needed to change problems that appear to be qualitative to actually be quantitative? Why did it take Vikas 5 years to earn his master's degree from MIT? What event led to Vikas' deep introspection and the desire to work on problems reducing carbon emissions? Why did Vikas not focus on farming as an industry where he could work on decarbonization? What was Operation Breakthrough? Why is solving the missing housing issue not a mass production problem but rather requires a mass customization approach? What is different about Reframe's business model from other off-site construction companies? How is air tightness related to wildfire resiliency?

Vikas Enti - CEO and co-founder of Reframe Systems, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how his interest in space and space exploration drove his belief that in the future the most interesting work would be in automation and robotics.