Nathan leads Wander's product and engineering team. Their core focus is on building and delivering high-quality products that delight customers and help scale business functions. He has previously spent time building established products at Fortune 500 companies and also greenfield products as an early-stage startup team member. Nathan has 7+ years of experience where he has built and deployed systems that have needed to handle scale for eCommerce giants like Target and security constraints for ...
Apr 13, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Yuval Boger is the chief marketing officer of Wi-Charge , wireless charging products touted as "the future of power." In this episode, Blake and Yuval recap some of Homebase 's most recent product news and discuss how wireless charging fits into multifamily buildings.
Oct 29, 2020•19 min
Lee Odess runs InsideAccessControl.com , a media platform focused on the physical access control industry, and Group337 , a growth studio focused on business creation in the CRETech, PropTech and smart home markets for small to large companies in the security, access control, and IoT industry. He has worked as an Entrepreneur and an Integrator (founded E+L+C), for a multinational billion-dollar manufacturer in the lock and access control industry (Allegion), as an Executive of a start-up who pio...
Oct 22, 2020•46 min•Season 3Ep. 8
What's happening with Rent in America right now. It's the middle of a pandemic. Are people able to make rent? Let's level set. Abbey Wemimo & Samir Goel are the Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Esusu, the leading financial technology company helping individuals save money and build credit. Esusu's groundbreaking rent reporting platform captures rental payment data and reports it to credit bureaus to boost credit scores. The company's mission is to provide financial solutions that pave a permanent ...
Oct 15, 2020•27 min•Season 3Ep. 7
This week Blake joined the Aruba Unplugged podcast to talk Homebase, Smart Living-as-a-Service & bringing the Jetsons to real life. Learn more about Aruba and their podcast: https://www.arubanetworks.com https://blogs.arubanetworks.com/podcasts Aruba Unplugged - EP42: Smart Living as a Service Smart living is a trend on the rise. Homebase is at the forefront of this movement. Blake Miller, founder and CEO of Homebase, joins us to discuss how smart technology is changing the way property owne...
Oct 08, 2020•29 min
John Jacobs is the Chief Information Officer of JE Dunn Construction, leads all Information Technology efforts and oversees integration of national operational processes. He continues to oversee the development of applications focused on operational and field efficiency, including mobile applications, intranet and internet portals, and database reporting tools. One of John’s main tasks is to drive technology efforts in the field to improve efficiency for all building partners. Discussion Backgro...
Oct 01, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Luke Lucas is Senior Manager of Engineering Business Development for T-Mobile USA. Luke manages the Build Your Own Coverage (BYOC) program, focusing on enterprise and in-building coverage, furthering the role of wireless in buildings as a 5th utility-like service. In his role, Luke is involved with smart building and smart city technologies, 5G wireless and the relationship between enterprises installing infrastructure and the connection to T-Mobile signal source and backhaul. Luke has been with...
Sep 24, 2020•31 min•Season 3Ep. 5
As a founder and the CEO of Vari, Jason McCann’s mission is to help companies create environments that elevate people. A lifelong entrepreneur, Jason has more than 20 years of experience building and running successful companies. He learned the importance of putting the customer first early-on while working in his mother’s hair salons as a child. Jason co-founded VariDesk in 2013, and the brand quickly became synonymous with sit-stand desks. Under his leadership, the company grew at an incredibl...
Sep 17, 2020•26 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Calvin Cooper is the co-founder and CEO of Rhove , a fintech company founded to turn every renter into an owner. Prior to founding Rhove, Calvin was a Director and Venture Partner at an early stage venture capital firm located in the Midwest. Calvin is active in community and entrepreneur support organizations. He serves on the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center YEx Advisory Board. In 2017, the Columbus City Council and the Create Columbus Commission recognized Calvin with the Visionary Award, and he...
Sep 10, 2020•29 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Robert Gaulden is the Director of Allegion Multifamily Channel Strategy and has been involved in the security industry for more than 15 years, focusing on electronic access control, partnership development and security policy. During his most recent years at Allegion, Robert has worked on integrations, channel development and go-to-market strategies associated with Allegion’s access control platforms. He’s currently responsible for developing strategy, channels and partnerships to drive the cust...
Sep 03, 2020•36 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Emil Shour is the Growth Marketing Manager at Roofstock, the #1 marketplace for buying and selling single-family rental homes. He's also an active real estate investor with rental properties in Jacksonville, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Follow along on his journey to building $100k/year in cash flow from real estate at emilshour.com . In this conversation, Blake and Emil discuss: Emil’s background, podcast and role with Roofstock. The journey to $100k cash flow and how you’re using Proptech to a...
Aug 27, 2020•28 min•Season 3Ep. 1
When it comes to tenant attraction and retention it seems like everyone in the Real Estate industry is trying to one-up each other. An "Amenities Arms Race," some might say. Logan Nagel ( @Logan_W_Nagel , TW) has witnessed much of this race first as an analyst and now as Associate Publisher at Propmodo.com . Nagel believes strongly and has witnessed first hand, the value brought to a building when a tenant's experience is carefully curated and optimized. In this conversation replay from later in...
Aug 29, 2019•26 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Selecting a corporate site or validating an investment in an opportunity zone can take a very long time, sometimes months. Calandra Cruickshank recognized that by leveraging the power of big data, these processes could be significantly faster and easier. Thus, Statebook International® was founded. Statebook is the first nationwide online marketplace for economic development and corporate site selection headquartered in NY. In this replay of a conversation from Season 2 of Future of Living, Blake...
Aug 22, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Scott Harkins is one of those people you just expect to have all the really cool gadgets you could imagine and the capability to make them all work together. This comes in handy in his role as VP & GM of Resideo Connected Home where he oversees the future of Resideo products and their interoperability within the home. Resideo spun out of Honeywell and recently went public ( NYSE: REZI ). In this conversation replay, Blake and Scott discuss: What Real Estate Developers can do to ensure new bu...
Aug 15, 2019•24 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Sarah McMillian believes historical buildings hold vast amounts of valuable cultural currency. They tell a story not only of the people that built the building but also of the community in which they lived and what they valued. And so preserving historical buildings, in her view, is valuable to our culture and our community. Additionally, and equally important, preserving buildings is more sustainable than building new and has a positive environmental impact. New construction requires quite a bi...
Aug 08, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Jeff Wood ( @TheOverheadWire , TW) thinks we won't ever have truly autonomous cars and that Apple is stuck in the past (and not for tech-related reasons). His reasoning is sound, unique, and not what you might expect to hear from anyone in Silicon Valley. Jeff owns and operates The Overhead Wire, a San Francisco based consultancy focused on transit and land use strategies primarily in urban areas. In this conversation Blake and Jeff discuss: The "Location Affordability Index" and the inextricabl...
Aug 01, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 28
We like to end each episode with the "Lightning Round", a series of questions meant to elicit answers off the top of the guests head. The funny thing about this segment is that the questions rarely produce an immediate response. Almost without fail, the first question asked is, “Is there an industry or service that you see becoming obsolete in the next 10 years? In other words, ‘Who is the next Blockbuster?’” At first, we wondered if we should change the questions to make for a more rapid-fire s...
Jul 25, 2019•18 min•Season 2Ep. 27
This past season of Future of Living featured 20 fantastic guests. We covered a lot of ground, too. The future of construction, retail food technology, downtown stadiums, affordable housing, affordable transportation, and so much more. This episode features five standout segments from the past season. In this episode: Elizabeth Glynn of Travois talks about the economic development work they are doing in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities. Specifically, how their focu...
Jul 18, 2019•23 min•Season 2Ep. 26
In the United States, there are approximately 45 million residential rental units. More than half, about 53%, or 24 million of those rental units are managed by individuals, not institutional property groups. Yet, most of the technology for managing rental properties are built for big, enterprise real estate organizations. Ryan Coon ( @ryanmcoon , TW) calls those 24 million property owners "DIY Landlords," and he believes in them. A DIY landlord himself, Ryan is co-founder and CEO of Avail, a re...
Jul 11, 2019•26 min•Season 2Ep. 24
When it comes to tenant attraction and retention it seems like everyone in the Real Estate industry is trying to one-up each other. An "Amenities Arms Race," some might say. Logan Nagel ( @Logan_W_Nagel , TW) has witnessed much of this race first as an analyst and now as Associate Publisher at Propmodo.com . Nagel believes strongly and has witnessed first hand, the value brought to a building when a tenant's experience is carefully curated and optimized. In this conversation, Blake and Logan dis...
Jun 27, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Downtown stadiums are special. There's something inexplicably enjoyable about leaving work and walking to a ballgame. This experience becomes magical when after the game you can simply walk home. As a baseball reporter and analyst, Joel Goldberg ( @goldbergkc , TW) has traveled to just about every baseball stadium in the United States. He’s seen more than his fair share of downtown stadiums and hotels and as both a professional and a traveler, he has a unique perspective on what makes these type...
Jun 20, 2019•24 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Selecting a corporate site or validating an investment in an opportunity zone can take a very long time, sometimes months. Calandra Cruickshank ( @CalandraLila , TW) recognized that by leveraging the power of big data, these processes could be significantly faster and easier. Thus, Statebook International® was founded. Statebook is the first nationwide online marketplace for economic development and corporate site selection headquartered in NY. With over a decade in the tech industry, Cruickshan...
Jun 13, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Luke Norris ( @NorrisLuke , TW) believes that if leveraged properly, smart technology and data can be used by governments for more than reporting potholes. As Managing Director of Strategy and Government Relations for Open Cities (OpenCities.com), Norris works to facilitate better, more efficient communication between citizens and local government. Over the past eight years, Norris has become a recognized thought leader in digital government through his work at PayIt ( PayItGov.com ) and Code fo...
Jun 06, 2019•22 min•Season 2Ep. 22
In 2011, Amazon introduced TV & movie streaming as part of its Prime subscription service. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this boosted Prime subscriptions, boosting Amazon sales, and creating a boom in package deliveries. Today, nearly 47% of package deliveries come from Amazon! In multi-family and mixed-use buildings, this created a huge problem. Melody Akhtari ( @iMelody , TW), Director of Marketing & Communications at Luxer One ( @LuxerOne , TW), says that what started as a front desk courte...
May 30, 2019•26 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Rhonda Dirvin ( @RADirvin , TW) is passionate about the Internet of Things and it's potential for improving all aspects of our lives. More than little boxes that talk to us and spout the time and temperature, Dirvin sees a future where IoT aids with conservation, building maintenance, and actually making our lives more secure, rather than being a security risk. Dirvin is a veteran in the electronics industry with more than two decades of experience. She started her career at Motorola Semiconduct...
May 23, 2019•22 min•Season 2Ep. 20
We've all been in a co-living situation when you stop to think about it. Whether it be living with family, friends, or classmates. Co-living, as a concept, isn't new. However, co-living as a service and affordable solution to city living is on the rise. WeWork has entered the space with WeLive . Startups are also entering the space, like Ollie and Starcity . Jon Dishotsky ( @jondishotsky , TW) is the CEO and Co-Founder of Starcity and is on a mission to make cities more accessible to everyone. S...
May 16, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 19
When it comes to the Internet of Things, Daniel Herscovici ( @DanHerscovici ) believes consumers want integrated experiences rather than individual devices. It’s nice to have a Nest Thermostat or a Phillips Hue lightbulb or a smart security system, but if consumers have to manage each individually then they are no better than their analog forefathers. This isn’t a surprise from someone whose personal mission statement starts with “Balancing vision and force of will with the ability to partner is...
May 09, 2019•24 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Sarah McMillian believes historical buildings hold vast amounts of valuable cultural currency. They tell a story not only of the people that built the building but also of the community in which they lived and what they valued. And so preserving historical buildings, in her view, is valuable to our culture and our community. Additionally, and equally important, preserving buildings is more sustainable than building new and has a positive environmental impact. New construction requires quite a bi...
May 02, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Andrew Dickson ( @bennettdickson , TW) believes the way homes are built is fundamentally flawed. The idea that we're still constructing homes from the ground up, board by board, home by home is, in his opinion, inefficient and old-fashioned. He sees a future of turnkey homes built using pre-fabricated segments, extremely automated, and able to go seamlessly move on and off the electrical grid. Dickson is the CEO & Founder of Acre Designs , a home construction startup re-imagining the America...
Apr 25, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Micro-mobility is a term often used to describe tools and services that facilitate the first or last leg of a journey. That short bit of travel required to make it to or from the longer, typically car-facilitated part of a trip. Currently, services like Bird , Lime , and Citibike are providing micro-mobility services in cities across America. VeoRide ( @veoride.mobility , IG), however, is specifically focused on filling this need on college campuses, or micro-cities as we like to think of them. ...
Apr 18, 2019•23 min•Season 2Ep. 15
