Tag: Construction
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My number one lesson from 4 years angel investing: it’s all about the founder. The founder of my latest investment is one of the best I’ve ever met. Nick Callegari is the founder of Verustruct, the company that is going to solve the housing crisis. Verustruct is developing a 3D…
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At $447,054, median home prices reached another record in June. Americans are priced out. But could technology save the day? This afternoon, I’m meeting with a startup that promises to make building a house way faster and cheaper. But before I do, I wanted to research the current state of…
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“If I did growth stage, I’d be all over this.” I invest at the earliest stages. But every now and then, I see a late stage startup that makes me salivate. Here are 4 of my favorites… Loyal — Loyal makes longevity treatments for dogs. Their first drugs are nearing…
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Cyan Banister is one of the greatest investors of all time. She goes to a lot of weird conferences. So I’ve decided to do the same. To that end, I’ll be hitting New York Build in March. I know nothing about real estate or construction. I have 0 involvement with…
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+ Construction, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Investment, Money, passive-income, Personal finance, Real estate, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Last night, I scrolled through Amazon, entranced. You can buy a whole house for only $30,000! Some were as cheap as $15,000. But being Mr. Fancypants, I had my eyes on one for $72,000. I better hurry — there’s only 10 left in stock! 🙂 But as exciting as manufactured…
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+ Bay Area, Construction, Finance, Government, Housing, Money, New York City, Palo Alto, SF, Silicon Valley, YIMBY, Zoning+
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A cute little robot trundles up to the construction site, carrying the next set of bricks. On goes a thick layer of mortar that looks kind of like icing. Slowly but surely, the wall rises a little higher. This is the new brick laying robot from a startup called Monumental.…
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Let’s say you work construction. You lay down the pipes, then your co-worker pours the concrete. Oops – the pipes are in the wrong place. Now what? You have to waste a whole day jackhammering all that concrete out, then start over. But there’s a way to avoid mistakes like…
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Housing costs are out of control. We all know it — but how do we fix it? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Construction delays are a major driver of costs. If only we could design buildings easily, get them approved, and break ground sooner! TANGObuilder makes that possible. This…
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+ California, Construction, Engineering, Finance, Home, Housing, Investing, Money, San Francisco, SF, Silicon Valley, Startups, Structural Engineering, Venture Capital+
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I recently subscribed to a newsletter from the journalist Matthew Yglesias that has turned out be outstanding. A message I received this morning really struck me. Yglesias argues that the best thing we can do for the poor, given that housing is their biggest expense, is to build housing like…
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+ Affordable housing, Construction, Development, Gentrification, Housing, Policy, Poverty, Real estate, Rent, YIMBY, Zoning+
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Tremendous 