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Proptech Espresso

Learn everything you need to about Proptech from the real estate professionals, entrepreneurs, and visionaries at the forefront of this evolution. Proptech encompasses the wider digital transformation of real estate as innovators reimagine, reinvent, and rebuild the real estate industry. It considers both the technological and mentality change of the real estate industry, and its consumers to our attitudes, movements and transactions involving the built environment. Are you ready? Join the cutting edge of the Proptech movement on Proptech Espresso.

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March 19, 2025

Ieva Strupule - Forecasting Material Availability for Circular Construction

What sort of building inspections are required in Europe before a building is taken down? As someone new to tech startups, what were the lessons learned from building the Airbnb for boat holidays from the ground up? What did ...
March 5, 2025

Katie Shahan - Building Your Home's User Manual

Why is there no user manual to run your house? Are the critical thinking skills you learn as an English literature major valuable in your work and personal life? How did Katie never study in college and become an auditory lea...
Feb. 20, 2025

David Friedlander - Data Driven Architecture and The Need for Smarter Housing Design

Has proptech over the last decade or so become largely an attempt by entrepreneurs to throw process optimization software at real estate operations? What are micro-apartments and why did this approach of better space utilizat...
Feb. 6, 2025

Bryan Kester - Accelerating Construction Lending

Did Bryan coin the term IoT? Does a built world vendor ecosystem framework of Design, Finance, Build, and Use cover all categories? Why do proptech startups take a while to validate and establish? How has Autodesk become so i...
Jan. 16, 2025

Joseph Noor - Sophisticated Real Estate Money Saving Strategies For the Average Homeowner

Did Mark Andreessen's famous essay about software eating the world lead to the term Proptech being coined? How did having family members who were real estate investors, developers, and property tax collectors establish a deep...
Jan. 2, 2025

Eoin Matthews - Building New Financial Solutions for Homeowners

When understanding the definition of proptech, why does it make sense to look at who the definition is serving? How did a mechanical engineering student make their way to the Boston tech startup scene? What was it like buildi...

About the Host

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Mark Hurst

Founder & CEO

Mark Hurst is a recognized proptech industry expert who works with leading proptech incubators and accelerators including NAR REACH, Plug N' Play, Moderne Passport, and The Housing Lab. A passionate real estate technologist, Mark is focused on re-inventing every aspect of modern day real estate by working with the most innovative companies in proptech. Most recently, he held a number of executive sales and operational roles at HouseCanary, the leading residential real estate & analytics company. Mark's background includes stints at prominent management consulting, investment banking, and tech companies, working for multiple public and private companies during his career. Mark received a BA in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he also took graduate business courses at the Sloan School of Management.