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An Agricultural Crisis of Green Proportions (Newsletter #261)

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An Agricultural Crisis of Green Proportions (Newsletter #261)

BY: STEPHEN DEL PERCIO [Adapted from infrastruttura, a new newsletter covering innovation in the design, development, and delivery of global civil infrastructure.] High-tech hydroponic vertical farms were once viewed as an elegant solution to deforestation and climate change-driven food insecurity, and a leafy green oasis within the food deserts that

Weekly Radar #258 - Biden's Rental "Junk Fees", Barbie and the Built Genius

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Weekly Radar #258 - Biden's Rental "Junk Fees", Barbie and the Built Genius

EDITOR'S CORNER After a relaxing week at the beach, I'm back in Seattle from North Carolina's Outer Banks. Digging back in this week to get ready for the upcoming conference season. -DM CLIMATE THE CLIMATE THREAT NO ONE SAW COMING By: Logan Nagel It’

Weekly Radar #257 - Bright Chip for Compression, A Bay Portal to Affordable Housing...

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Weekly Radar #257 - Bright Chip for Compression, A Bay Portal to Affordable Housing...

EDITOR'S CORNER I'm in the Outer Banks of North Carolina this week, a beautiful part of the country I've never explored before. What topics are you curious to learn more about? And, as always, any/all general feedback is appreciated. Email us. -DM REAL

Weekly Radar #256 - Wild West to Green West, Tax Credit Cliff Looms, Elon To the Rescue

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Weekly Radar #256 - Wild West to Green West, Tax Credit Cliff Looms, Elon To the Rescue

EDITOR'S CORNER Summer vacations continue and the fall GEM events lineup continues to take shape. Without further ado...on to this week's curated stories. -DM PS: For the tennis fans out there, the Alcaraz vs Djokovic Wimbledon final between was epic. -DM TRANSMISSION RECAP Last week,

Weekly Radar #255 - Timber in the Neighborhood, Perfection in Evicts, Leapfrogging from Bricks to Bytes

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Weekly Radar #255 - Timber in the Neighborhood, Perfection in Evicts, Leapfrogging from Bricks to Bytes

EDITOR'S CORNER With summer in full swing, I've spent the last few weeks mostly at our family lake house, playing tennis, and watching a slew of action-packed Wimbledon matches. While the tranquility is magical for now, I am gearing up for a travel-laced fall schedule hitting

Weekly Radar #254 - Pulling the IDX Plug, Closing ZG's Closing Shop, One Less Peer ...

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Weekly Radar #254 - Pulling the IDX Plug, Closing ZG's Closing Shop, One Less Peer ...

EDITOR'S CORNER Welcome to the first edition of the GEM Crystal Weekly Radar! Our mission is to deliver intellectual stimulation for established and aspiring proptech minds—an exclusive, objective lens into the trends, companies, people, and ideas shaping the future of real estate and the broader built world.

(Still) Untapped Opportunity in Fractions (Transmission #241)

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(Still) Untapped Opportunity in Fractions (Transmission #241)

By: Andrei Zverev Real estate crowdfunding (aka fractional ownership) has been around for about a decade. During that time, individual investors have poured more money into it compared to other crowdfunding opportunities, such as equity investments in start-ups and small businesses. Ironically, crowdfunding laws were initially designed for these two

The Sexy Tortoise

The Sexy Tortoise

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of Part I of our 238th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM Diamond members on January 4th, 2023.] It’s 2023, and founders need to be ready to answer a question seemingly nobody has cared

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Burn the Boats

WRITTEN BY: BEN RUBENSTEIN In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the beaches of present-day Veracruz in Eastern Mexico with 600 men set on plundering unimaginable treasure from the Aztec Empire. Before embarking on the inland journey, he said something remarkable. “Burn the boats.” The takeaway was obvious: There is no

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Burning the Agent Effigy Once and For All

By: GREG FISCHER [Note from editor: We publish Bi-Weekly Transmissions for paying members of the GEM Crystal that consist of long form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. Below is a sample Transmission, written by

The Undisrupted: A Portrait of Blue Collar America

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The Undisrupted: A Portrait of Blue Collar America

By: Brian Adams [Note from editor: We publish Bi-Weekly Transmissions for paying members of the GEM Crystal that consist of long form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. Below is a sample Transmission.] There are

Certainty as a Service (Newsletter #43 Part II)

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Certainty as a Service (Newsletter #43 Part II)

By: Greg Fischer [Note from editor: We publish Bi-Weekly Transmissions for paying members of the GEM Crystal that consist of long form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. Below is a sample Transmission.] As Opendoor