TECH TALK RADIO

MIPIM Proptech New York: Hiring a strong team remains difficult in proptech start-up founder Jonathan Wasserstrum said at Mipim Proptech in New York today. 

 

Speaking to EG at the event the CEO and Co-founder of SquareFoot, an online office brokerage platform, said that finding the right people to create a leading proptech company was still a hurdle. 

 

A former JLL broker himself, Wasserstrum said that while there were plenty of people with real estate backgrounds available to hire, finding tech experts remains a challenge. 

 

For more on how he is overcoming this issue and how he has grown the platform with plans to expand into new sectors, listen to the podcast here.

Mipim Proptech New York: The real estate sector is starting to adopt as well as accept technology, KPMG’s Nick Wright said at NYC RE Tech Week.

Speaking just over a year on following a podcast in New York (over the same novelty coffee), Wright said he was encouraged and reassured by the progress that has been made since last year’s event.

A more CEO-heavy delegate list and a focus on investment has elevated this year’s event to new heights.

For more, listen to the full podcast here.

This week on Tech Talk Radio, Emily Wright speaks to Dustin Strydom of Open Box software about how the coolest things in life and business are also usually a little scary.

He talks about working for a proptech company that has been up and running for nearly two decades and reveals the advantage he sees for Open Box’s new automation arm, designed to create virtual workforces, given it was launched off the back of a pre-existing, longstanding business.  

Strydom reveals what’s next for Open Box and talks about Cape Town’s merits as “the Silicon Valley of Africa”.

And, TechTalk producer Roland Bakos gets his own back on a decidedly horse Emily Wright.

TechTalk Radio went live and visual for a look into all things tech from Monday's Budget. Co-hosts Emily Wright and Samantha McClary were joined by Liquid REI chief executive and EG Tech award winner Dan Hughes for a live Twitter chat about what was included in the budget and what wasn’t when it comes to tech, the role that the real estate industry can play and, of course, some of the usual chit chat and nonsense.

To watch as well as listen, head to the @EG_Techtalk Twitter account to see the live feed

Legal and General Investment Management is one of six real estate investors to back WiredScore’s £7m ($9m) Series A funding round announced today.

 

Investors including L&G, U+I and Town Centre Securities are supported by existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Fifth Wall and Sterling Ventures as the digital rating scheme has raised a fund to “address growing global demand from occupiers.”

According to the World Bank, some 88bn gallons of water are lost through urban plumbing systems each and every day. For commercial businesses this can mean that as much as one quarter of their water bill is spent on water leakage. Not only is this a huge cost to the built environment, but the cost to the planet is pretty colossal too.

But, tech can provide a solution. A solution that not just helps spot when water is leaking and turns off the source, but that also helps businesses manage their water usage, saving money, energy and maybe even the planet.

In this episode of TechTalk Radio, we talk to Daniel Goldstein of Flowless about how it is connecting water to the internet of things.

And co-hosts Emily Wright and Samantha McClary, give you another little insight into life outside the TechTalk Radio podcast studio...

“I’m really going to miss Nick’s hair”: From rivalry to bromance, VTS’s Brandon Weber and Nick Romito talk hand-holding, parachuting and future plans as Weber takes a step back

 

This week on TechTalk Radio with Emily Wright and Sam McClary, VTS’s Brandon Weber and Nick Romito reveal their plans for the future of VTS as they look back on the ‘bromance’ that has grabbed headlines since the merger of VTS and Hightower back in November 2016.

 

Following Weber’s announcement that he will be stepping back from the company and leaving his role as chief product officer, the duo reveal how they have made the merger work despite starting off as rival firms “beating the cr*p out of each other.”

 

They talk overcoming challenges, future plans and reveal that as former chief revenue office Ryan Masiello takes on a new role as chief strategy officer he will be “parachuting” into countries all around the world.

 

A bumper episode of Tech Talk Radio, this week you can also hear from Mipim’s Filippo Rean on the developing and growing world of tech in real estate ahead of New York City Real Estate Tech Week in November.

Rupert Parker, head of future-proofing at GVA, and one of the firm’s Entrepreneurs in Residence, Tom Townsend, co-founder of HeyLandlord, popped into the TechTalk Radio studio this week to talk about how the EiR scheme is helping entrepreneurs and GVA adapt and grow in the real estate industry, the importance of ditching the tie and formal attire in the office and how attitudes to tech continue to evolve.

And in other news, co-hosts Emily Wright and Samantha McClary lose it just a little bit with some parental advisory chat.

Once the “airbnb” of the logistics sector, Stowga is expanding, fundraising, going international and updating its platform to become the Booking.com of the warehouse world.

With logistics vacancy rates lower than they have ever been near city centres around the world, listen to this week’s Tech Talk Radio podcast with Stowga chief executive Charlie Pool to find out more.

On this week’s episode of Tech Talk Radio, host Emily Wright is joined by EG Editor Damian Wild as the battle of the alpha continues.

With six weeks to go until New York City Real Estate Tech Week, Metaprop NYC founder and Tech Talk regular Aaron Block calls in from Manhattan to update everyone on the programme, the speakers and the tech week hot spots.

He talks about how far we have come in a year, why the delegation list for the 2018 event is more CEO heavy than ever before and whether the States is still ‘the rabbit on the track’ for others to follow in terms of tech innovation.

To find out more go to http://realestatetechweek.nyc/