Authors

Brad Hargreaves

Brad is the founder and editor of Thesis Driven (www.thesisdriven.com), a publication covering innovation in the built world. Over the past decade he has co-founded General Assembly and Common which generated a combined $500M+ in enterprise value.

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Paul Stanton

Paul Stanton is a Partner at PTB, a boutique investment bank focused on joint ventures, capital raising, and M&A transactions. Paul is a Teacher and Writer at Thesis Driven, developing and growing next-gen real estate & proptech concepts.

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James Kaminsky is the Editorial Director of Thesis Driven

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Gabriele Tinelli

Investor at Foundamental. Based in Berlin. Aerospace engineering by training but busy following rabbit holes on how to enhance the physical world with robots.

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George Banks

George Banks is the founder of Revel, a retail development and advisory firm specializing in destination retail, placemaking, and mixed-use projects across the United States.

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Cara Eckholm

Cara Eckholm is the founder of AKA Urban, an advisory firm working on public and private sector building projects. She has worked with the Department of Defense on modular projects, Sidewalk Labs, and at Nabr, a startup with Bjarke Ingels Group.

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Eddie Palka

Eddie Palka is a Director at AKA Urban focused on industrialized construction. He is a licensed architect, teaches at Columbia University and City College of New York, and is a Senior Research Fellow at the NYIT Center for Off-Site Construction.

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Phil Kirschner

Phil Kirschner is the founder of PK Consulting and the author of The Workline (walktheworkline.com), a newsletter for executives to navigate and lead sustainable change across the lines of modern work.

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Isaac French is the founder of Live Oak Lake and the Experiential Hospitality masterclass and community. He builds, writes, and teaches from his farm in Waco, Texas.

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Morgan Friberg

Morgan is VP of Marketing at Shovels, the AI-powered intelligence layer for the built world, turning permit data from 1,800+ U.S. jurisdictions into Shovel-ready intelligence for real estate, energy, insurance, and construction tech.

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Andrew Steiker-Epstein

Andrew Steiker-Epstein is Brokerage President and Chief Data Officer at Charney Companies, leading brokerage and third-party expansion across a 3,000+ unit portfolio. He works with select owners to apply data-driven strategies that optimize for NOI.

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Remen Okoruwa

Remen Okoruwa is Co-Founder and CEO of Propexo (YC), building the data infrastructure layer for multifamily operators. Previously Product at HubSpot and consultant at McKinsey.

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Chris Arnold

Co-Founder, Authentic (authenticff.com). Building renter acquisition engines through cohesive brand, marketing, and leasing consults.

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Nick Durham

Nick Durham is a General Partner at Shadow Ventures, investing in frontier technologies reshaping the built world. He began as a homebuilder in his family construction business in Kentucky and later led research and communications at BuiltWorlds.

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Ben Siscovick

Investor/operator with 20+ years across venture capital, public equities, real estate and tech. Currently President at Spaxel, a vertically integrated multifamily real estate platform. Former GP at IA Ventures and equities analyst at Millennium.

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Donal Warde

Donal Warde was VP Portfolio Management at HQ Capital ($11B AUM), CEO at Portico (TF Cornerstone spin-out) and Entrepreneur in Residence at American Family Insurance. Columbia MBA.

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Andrew Johnson

Partner at No Walls Studio. Designer. Placemaker. Creative Director. AI Enthusiast. Die-hard Tampa Bay Lightning fan. Craft beer junky. A creative hoarder of sorts. Co-Author of The NWS on Substack (nowalls.substack).

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Steve Edwards

Steve Edwards is a developer and entrepreneur leading REthink Development. He’s delivered $1B+ in projects, primarily in the West, creating mixed-use, hospitality-led communities that blend placemaking, storytelling, and technology.

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