You may already work for a cutting-edge real estate brand, but it never hurts to take some inspiration from other leaders in the field. How are firms using video? What sort of features do their in-house apps offer? In a highly competitive market like NYC, what sets a company apart from the business-as-usual crowd? Veed.me [...]
We’re always on the lookout for intriguing innovations in home design, and the OGarden is exactly the sort of idea which gets our gears turning. The promise? A “compact and fully automated” garden which “allows you to grow up to 90 vegetables at the same time throughout the year.” Imagine living in a tiny urban [...]
Add another firm to the list of tech-based startups hungry to revolutionize the traditional home buying and selling experience: Reali.com. According to L.A.’s “The Real Deal,” Reali “uses artificial intelligence and big data to help facilitate the process of buying and selling a home, a process its founders say can be handled entirely from an app on [...]
“Problem-solving leaders have one thing in common: a faith that there’s always a better way.” -Gerald M. Weinberg, American computer scientist. Recently I came across an interesting article by Francesca Gino for the Harvard Business Review. The piece focuses on problem solving in what I thought was a particularly innovative–and yet simple–way. How does one generate [...]
An ongoing feature in Tuesday Tactics is our “Great Read Roundup” in which we highlight some of the best pieces we’ve read recently and why they might expand your mind or help with your real estate career. Holding a Real Estate Wolf by the Ears (8 minute read) Why it matters: To “hold a wolf by [...]
“I decided to spend my time trying to create the things we need as opposed to preventing what threatens us.” Bill Joy, American computer engineer, co-founder of Sun Microsystems. The above quote by Bill Joy was taken from a 2017 interview in WIRED Magazine (“Bill Joy Finds the Jesus Battery“). In the article, he expresses [...]
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.” -Francois Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher. When you hear “R&D” you probably think: “Research & Development,” the process by which businesses large and small develop new products and services. But according to Bill Taylor for the Harvard Business Review, the “new” R&D means “rip-off and duplicate.” Are [...]
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” Steve Jobs, Co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc. Specialization is a common way in many fields for [...]
We’re all familiar with the myriad of inexpensive home furnishing products IKEA has to offer. From tiny accessories to entire kitchens, the company provides a massive array of Swedish named products to fit almost every conceivable purpose. For some, though, IKEA’s products are building blocks for bigger ideas. In fact, there’s an entire community organized [...]
“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” -W. Edwards Deming, American engineer, statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and management consultant. No industry is immune to technological and political forces. Though innovation is typically regarded as a boon, it inevitably comes with casualties. Obsolete roles may fall by the wayside while new positions become [...]
