The Coliving Code Podcast

Clara Arroyave is the CEO and co-founder of PlaceMe, the largest co-living company in Boston.

With over 7 years of experience in the real estate industry, she has launched her own company in 2016, prior being a cofounder and a team member at other two RETECH startups. Graduated from gener8tor, a nationally ranked accelerator that invests in high-growth startups.

An active member of the Boston start-up community, Clara serves as advisor, board leader, and growth consultant and focuses on strengthening start-ups with solid value propositions. She works mainly on strategy and performance improvement in the real estate tech space.

Clara is also a first-cohort Fellow of Latinos for Education, a nonprofit who prepares Latino Leaders to serve on Education Boards nationwide. She currently serves as Board Member at Breakthrough Greater Boston

She received an MBA from Hult International Business School, where she won two innovation awards in the consulting and entrepreneurship clubs.

Press Release:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/placeme/WhctKJVZlPgWcwplpXhsZMctdMSLhBXPVdJblhVxKmlLJBpJKxVrjLLdLBfvzxnWLlbsSsQ?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1

Clara Arroyave is the CEO and co-founder of PlaceMe, the largest co-living company in Boston.

With over 7 years of experience in the real estate industry, she has launched her own company in 2016, prior being a cofounder and a team member at other two RETECH startups. Graduated from gener8tor, a nationally ranked accelerator that invests in high-growth startups.

An active member of the Boston start-up community, Clara serves as advisor, board leader, and growth consultant and focuses on strengthening start-ups with solid value propositions. She works mainly on strategy and performance improvement in the real estate tech space.

Clara is also a first-cohort Fellow of Latinos for Education, a nonprofit who prepares Latino Leaders to serve on Education Boards nationwide. She currently serves as Board Member at Breakthrough Greater Boston

She received an MBA from Hult International Business School, where she won two innovation awards in the consulting and entrepreneurship clubs.

Press Release:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/placeme/WhctKJVZlPgWcwplpXhsZMctdMSLhBXPVdJblhVxKmlLJBpJKxVrjLLdLBfvzxnWLlbsSsQ?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1

Tons of headlines came out in late July that Bedly shut down and left 600 tenants in NYC, New Jersey, and Brooklyn homeless. We were able to get Sergii, the CEO of Outpost Club, on for an episode to get the REAL story on what happened since they were the ones who stepped in to take over some of the operation quickly.

Sergii is the Co-Founder and CEO of Outpost Club, which owns full cycle of housing - from online platform to offline inventory in New York. Co-Founder at AlphaMedic.

Outpost Club reimagined homes as a service for Millennials. We help the modern people live with connection, creativity, and flexibility in an easy and affordable way. We are building a digital housing service offering a network of properties tailored for modern co-living - with a complete range of add-on services.

Previously, he co-founded AlphaMedic, a full cycle PPP Projects Development Company (Design, Build, Equip, Operate including Healthcare and Facility Management). As part of the Alphamedic founding team, Sergii led the growth of the company's projects in CIS from its launch in 2015 into a strong regional player.

Outpost Club reimagines homes as a service for Millennials – helping members live with connection, creativity, and flexibility – in an easy and affordable way. They are building a digital housing service offering a network of properties tailored for modern co-living – with a complete range of add-on services.

If you want to learn more, we had Jacob Shapiro on 1 year ago as well.

Tons of headlines came out in late July that Bedly shut down and left 600 tenants in NYC, New Jersey, and Brooklyn homeless. We were able to get Sergii, the CEO of Outpost Club, on for an episode to get the REAL story on what happened since they were the ones who stepped in to take over some of the operation quickly.

Sergii is the Co-Founder and CEO of Outpost Club, which owns full cycle of housing - from online platform to offline inventory in New York. Co-Founder at AlphaMedic.

Outpost Club reimagined homes as a service for Millennials. We help the modern people live with connection, creativity, and flexibility in an easy and affordable way. We are building a digital housing service offering a network of properties tailored for modern co-living - with a complete range of add-on services.

Previously, he co-founded AlphaMedic, a full cycle PPP Projects Development Company (Design, Build, Equip, Operate including Healthcare and Facility Management). As part of the Alphamedic founding team, Sergii led the growth of the company's projects in CIS from its launch in 2015 into a strong regional player.

Outpost Club reimagines homes as a service for Millennials – helping members live with connection, creativity, and flexibility – in an easy and affordable way. They are building a digital housing service offering a network of properties tailored for modern co-living – with a complete range of add-on services.

If you want to learn more, we had Jacob Shapiro on 1 year ago as well.

Julio Alejandro, dubbed the “Leonardo da Vinci of Fintech” (Cointelegraph 2016), is the current Global Communications for Aeternity Blockchain, and former CEO & Founder of three digital consultancies in London: Jada Consulting - "Taming Disruptive Technologies"; Humanitarian Blockchain; and "Digital Anarchy" - Innovations Lab.

Alejandro is a frequent lecturer and has competed, worked, and lobbied at the United Nations, Google, European Union, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics, MIT, WeWork Headquarters, and more than 40 international universities and institutions on Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things over the past 3 years.

Among his work on global financial inclusion he designed "Blockchain in Calais" (Fintech for Refugees) and "Machine Learning for Women" (for MENA women).

He’s a Member of the Board to the World Future Foundation; of UN-Partnered “Latinomics”; and of Bitnation. He also lectures as a Guest Lecturer at the Technical University of Kenya (2018-2019). His articles and interviews about Disruptive Technologies have been translated into Lithuanian, Slovakian, Polish, Turkish, German, and other non-European languages.

He is listed as one of the world's "Fintech Top 100 Influencers" (Onalytica; 2016) and has been interviewed by BBC, CNN, Fox News and more. He studied in Sciences Po Paris, Itesm, and University of Cambridge; and speaks fluent Spanish and French.

He currently lives in London, England.

Julio Alejandro, dubbed the “Leonardo da Vinci of Fintech” (Cointelegraph 2016), is the current Global Communications for Aeternity Blockchain, and former CEO & Founder of three digital consultancies in London: Jada Consulting - "Taming Disruptive Technologies"; Humanitarian Blockchain; and "Digital Anarchy" - Innovations Lab.

Alejandro is a frequent lecturer and has competed, worked, and lobbied at the United Nations, Google, European Union, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics, MIT, WeWork Headquarters, and more than 40 international universities and institutions on Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things over the past 3 years.

Among his work on global financial inclusion he designed "Blockchain in Calais" (Fintech for Refugees) and "Machine Learning for Women" (for MENA women).

He’s a Member of the Board to the World Future Foundation; of UN-Partnered “Latinomics”; and of Bitnation. He also lectures as a Guest Lecturer at the Technical University of Kenya (2018-2019). His articles and interviews about Disruptive Technologies have been translated into Lithuanian, Slovakian, Polish, Turkish, German, and other non-European languages.

He is listed as one of the world's "Fintech Top 100 Influencers" (Onalytica; 2016) and has been interviewed by BBC, CNN, Fox News and more. He studied in Sciences Po Paris, Itesm, and University of Cambridge; and speaks fluent Spanish and French.

He currently lives in London, England.

David Chu is the co-Founder of Cohaus in Los Angeles. He has his Bachelors in Architecture from UC Berkley as well as a Masters in Architecture from Harvard.

While David has experience in real estate, his current venture is Cohaus, which provides long term housing solutions in urban areas creating density efficiently by adaptively reusing oversized (obsolete) single family homes. Mindful architecture methods are used to rework these spaces into well-designed and livable coliving properties to maximize privacy and accessibility while maintaining community.

In 2003, he established Chun Studio (http://www.chunstudio.com), an architecture firm with impressive design projects across the California area.

David Chu is the co-Founder of Cohaus in Los Angeles. He has his Bachelors in Architecture from UC Berkley as well as a Masters in Architecture from Harvard.

While David has experience in real estate, his current venture is Cohaus, which provides long term housing solutions in urban areas creating density efficiently by adaptively reusing oversized (obsolete) single family homes. Mindful architecture methods are used to rework these spaces into well-designed and livable coliving properties to maximize privacy and accessibility while maintaining community.

In 2003, he established Chun Studio (http://www.chunstudio.com), an architecture firm with impressive design projects across the California area.

Commontown was originally created as an in-house venture of a Korean construction company at the start of 2017 in Seoul. Their current footprint in Seoul is around 400 beds. Their Singapore entity was incorporated at the end of 2018, as the HQ for international expansion.

They welcomed our first members in Singapore in April 2019. Footprint is still small but growing at over nearly 40 beds. They are currently exploring projects in other Southeast-Asian countries including Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Commontown was originally created as an in-house venture of a Korean construction company at the start of 2017 in Seoul. Their current footprint in Seoul is around 400 beds. Their Singapore entity was incorporated at the end of 2018, as the HQ for international expansion.

They welcomed our first members in Singapore in April 2019. Footprint is still small but growing at over nearly 40 beds. They are currently exploring projects in other Southeast-Asian countries including Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.