by Joe Stampone | Nov 26, 2012 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology
Over the summer my firm expanded into our own headquarters. Being in the real estate business, we decided to undertake the entire process ourselves; who needs a broker to find space? Build out, we can handle that. Interior design, no problem. Fast forward 8 months and...
by Joe Stampone | Nov 15, 2012 | Career, Entrepreneurship
I spend a lot of time talking to undergrads interested in getting involved in real estate. Typically, they know little about the real estate business, its various sub-sectors, and how to break into the business. However, I had a recent conversation with a Tufts...
by Joe Stampone | Nov 12, 2012 | Entrepreneurship
I love to involve friends in the blog. I get to catch up with buddies on a professional level while giving them the platform to share their story. Hence my excitement when my friend, Bill Glaab, agreed to do an interview for A Student of the Real Estate Game. I was at...
by Joe Stampone | Jul 23, 2012 | Career, Entrepreneurship
As many of you know, the inspiration for this blog title came from Bill Poorvu’s popular book, The Real Estate Game. The book was recommended to me by a family friend while I was in college. Nearly 8 years later, the book still sits on my desk, filled with highlighter...
by Joe Stampone | May 14, 2012 | Career, Entrepreneurship
One thing I’ve learned from working full-time for the past year is that it’s very easy to get blinded by your interests. As an active real estate firm, we want to do lots of deals and create strong risk adjusted returns for our investors. However, we...
by Joe Stampone | Apr 7, 2012 | Entrepreneurship
I was reading a blog post from legendary Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson and I came across an interesting quote; “Start-ups should be hunch-driven early on and data-driven as they scale”. While he was speaking generally about start-ups, I thought this quote...
