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...
by Joe Stampone | Feb 13, 2012 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Market News, Technology
Throughout my brief career in commercial real estate, I’ve seen a lot of innovation. From 3D mapping, mobile, and retail tech, to the data space, tech-related start-ups are proliferating. I was lucky enough to be part of a test group for Compstak, a new...
by Joe Stampone | Feb 8, 2012 | Career, Entrepreneurship
Sam Zell is heralded as one of the most successful real estate professionals of his time. However, he doesn’t proclaim to have any complicated strategy when it comes to his deals. In fact, if you go to Equity Group Investments website you’ll find a page...
by Joe Stampone | Jan 29, 2012 | Entrepreneurship
Reading the January edition of Bloomberg Magazine, I came across an interesting quote from a segment titled “Advice from Billionaires” When asked “what’s the best advice you’ve received”, one billionaire replied, “good deals are like bus stops; there is one on every...
by Joe Stampone | Jan 2, 2012 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Multifamily
It only takes two things to turn a group of people into a strong community; a shared interested and a way to communicate. Peter Slaugh, the founder of of Su Casa Properties, harnesses this through his Urban Village concept which rethinks how tenants interact within an...
