Proptech Startup Case Studies With Sramana Mitra

Lessons from the Trenches of Property Technology Startup Founders

What you'll learn

Through in-depth interviews with successful founders of proptech startups, learn how they built their businesses.

How to identify promising startup ideas.

What the innovative trends and business models are in the property technology space to ignite your ideation.

When and how to bring on a team.

When to start raising funds for a startup.

How to scale your business.

What the exit options are.

Requirements

The only requirement for this course is an open mind and a willingness to learn.

Description

The 1Mby1M Methodology is based on case studies. In this course, Sramana Mitra shares the tribal knowledge of tech entrepreneurs by giving students the rare seat at the table with the entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders who provide the most instructive perspectives on how to build a thriving business. Through these conversations, students gain access to case studies exploring the alleys of entrepreneurship. Sramana’s synthesis of key learnings and incisive analysis add great depth to each discussion.Real Estate Technology or Property Technology has come to be known as PropTech within the broader Information Technology space. In the beginning of the Internet, online real estate listings started gaining ground. Various kinds of technology nuances like Vertical Search and Virtual Reality have been added to the mix. Buying, Selling, Renting, Property Management, Renovation, and various other sub-segments of the PropTech market have generated startup opportunities. Whole new sectors of investors have emerged with specialized knowledge of the Real Estate market.In this course, we deep dive into PropTech with specialized case studies. In these, you would encounter segmentation specific to markets such as luxury and student housing. You will also hear from entrepreneurs on how cutting edge technologies like Generative AI are making inroads into their specific verticals.On the financing side, PropTech has certain dynamics that are worth paying attention to. They’re unique to Real Estate, and hence worth leveraging as you build your venture strategy. Needless to say, Investor-Entrepreneur fit is key to finding investors who understand and appreciate these nuances.The market still has an enormous amount of white space on a global scale. As you immerse in these discussions, we believe your own ideation engine would fire up.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 How to Build a PropTech Startup

Lecture 3 LuxuryProperty Founder Jason Hayes on Bootstrapping Three PropTech Ventures

Lecture 4 Discount Lots President Paul Hersko on Building a PropTech Venture

Lecture 5 Min Alexander on Scaling a PropTech Venture with Over $40M in Funding

Lecture 6 More PropTech Startup Case Studies

Section 2: Investor Perspectives on PropTech Startups

Lecture 7 Zain Jaffer, Partner at Blue Field Capital, on PropTech Trends

Lecture 8 Julie Lein, Urban Innovation Fund, on Funding the Betterment of Cities

Lecture 9 Shane Neman of Neman Ventures on PropTech Investing

Section 3: Additional Content

Lecture 10 Practice Exercise 1

Lecture 11 Practice Exercise 2

Lecture 12 Extra

Lecture 13 Sramana Mitra on One Million by One Million

Those with knowledge of or interest in the property tech industry who want to turn this into a multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees or contractors.,Aspiring founders who want to increase their chances of being accepted into top startup accelerators such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups.,Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have been in your shoes.,Professors teaching technology entrepreneurship courses anywhere in the world.