I remember driving down to work from at VeriSign (SF to Mountain View), listening to the radio in route. I was getting a jump on traffic and I was half way there at 6:45am when I heard that a) a plane had just crashed into the Pentagon b) two planes had crashed into each of the Twin Towers.
As a founder, the best moments in the startup journey come when you meet a customer who saw the platform 8 months ago. The look on their face and the audible gasps you hear when they see what it’s become is priceless. “This isn’t a pivot but it’s a big change.”
Rahm Emanuel once said, “Never let a serious crisis go to waste.” CRE brokers constantly monitor the landscape for catastrophic events because they yield opportunities.
I chatted with @Edward13Cohen of the @commobserver at @ICSC in Vegas. My background in the Voice AI space (go @presto_ai ) and experience in Enterprise AI helped ideate @DealGroundCRE . Commercial Real Estate has unique aspects that lends it well to AI disruption. Podcast link in the thread 👇