Have you ever imagined spending the weekend in a grand luxury estate in the country? America’s luxury estates were built in the late 1800s during ‘The Gilded Age’, a term made popular by Mark Twain. After the Civil War, with the onset of industrialization, the nation enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, Great fortunes were amassed with the expansion of tobacco, railroads, … [Read more...] about Sharing luxury.
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Hello, Neighbor.
Max Levine's organization, NICO (Neighborhood Investment Company), has a mission “to localize wealth creation and broaden access to neighborhood equity.” The Los Angeles neighborhood Max lives in, Echo Park, has an income average of $40,000, whereas the average home is valued at $900,000 – an enormous discrepancy. Max and his business partner, John Chaffetz, began exploring the … [Read more...] about Hello, Neighbor.
Everything old is new again.
Daniel Dus lives and breathes solar. After college, he moved into real estate, got an MBA and then leapt head first into the energy industry. Today, Daniel heads the North American Renewables division for Adani, an Indian multinational group that has one of the largest solar portfolios, globally. But his heart is equally someplace else - in the Berkshires. That’s … [Read more...] about Everything old is new again.
Yes! In my backyard!
Two years ago, after careers in financing, government and local economic development, Patrick Quinton co-founded a new startup, called Dweller, in Portland, Oregon. Like all metro areas, Portland faces an affordable housing shortage, and Patrick, from his previous role as head of Portland’s real estate and economic development agency, knew that the city had “the most … [Read more...] about Yes! In my backyard!
Empowered through the Blockchain.
The blockchain is not as complicated as you might think. “Blocks” are just digital pieces of information and the “chain” is the public database where the blocks are stored. The block Each block (or digital piece of information) might include transactions, participants, dates, times or identifying information. This doesn’t necessarily reveal your name as the blocks use … [Read more...] about Empowered through the Blockchain.