Podcasts about Great Jones

Ever wonder what chefs actually eat at home when no one's watching What if “What I Eat in a Day” was honest, doable, and full of shortcuts you'll actually use?We're breaking down what we really eat in a day—from breakfast and lunch to snacks and dinner. You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at how we feed ourselves throughout the week, including the pro tips, comforting rituals, and tiny habits that make home cooking easier and more joyful.By the end of this episode, you'll discover:How to create more ease and efficiency in your morning routine with two different approaches to breakfastHigh-protein meals and on-the-go snacks that will get you through the dayTwo honest sheet-pan dinner reviews: the one we'd make again, and the one that we're on the fence aboutListen now for a behind-the-scenes peek, practical inspiration, and a fresh perspective on your everyday meals!Links:Day #1 -SonyaBreakfast - French press coffee, 2 jammy eggs, 2 corn thins topped with almond butter, sliced almond, goji berry, and walnutLunch - Tuna salad sandwich on local sourdough, potato chips, sliced veggies + picklesDinner - Sheet-pan turmeric chicken and crispy rice, with added mushrooms (made on a Great Jones sheet pan), with salad with tahini yogurt dressing (which works great with plain non-dairy yogurt too) Dessert - A bit of dark chocolate and teaDay #1 - Kari Breakfast - mango smoothie Lunch - Leftover pasta from the night before: sheet pan eggplant lasagne, which was a combo of eggplant parm recipe and sheet pan lasagne recipe Snack - harvest whole wheat crackers, aka...

In the first of our city specials, we're in New York where we spent three nights in seven incredible bars – eight if you count the two at Sip & Guzzle. As well as trying the drinks we caught up with the movers and shakers behind them to find out more about their respective venues and what they think makes the bar scene in New York tick.We also booked in to Great Jones, the first working distillery in Manhattan for 100 years and chatted to Hanna Lee and Michael Anstendig from Hanna Lee Communications to get their perspective on what's making the city pop right now and about hear more about their recently launched project, New York Bartender Week.For more from The Cocktail Lovers, visit thecocktaillovers.comWhat we're mixing:The Big Apple (serves 1)45ml Great James bourbon45ml cloudy apple juice10ml freshly squeezed lime juice10ml sugar syrup (2:1)I egg whiteCinnamon stick/cinnamon powder to garnishRecipe from Difford's Guide; adapted from 60 Second Cocktails by Neil Ridley & Joel HarrisonMethod:Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and dry shake to emulsify the egg white. Add ice and shake hard. TStrain into chilled coupe. Garnish with grated cinnamon or cinnamon powder.Bars visited in this episodeBar SnackClemente BarDouble Chicken PleaseGreat Jones DistilleryMartiny'sschmuck.Sip & GuzzleSuper BuenoBars mentioned in this episodeAmor Y AmargoAttaboyBar ContraBemelmans BarDear StrangersEventi HotelMister ParadisePDTPortrait BarShinji'sThe Cocktail Lovers theme music is by Travis 'T-Bone' WatsonEdited by Christian Fox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Prometheus (2012; dir. Ridley Scott) and Snowpiercer (2013; dir. Bong Joon-ho); drinking Great Jones rye whiskey and Planet Oat oat nog.Damien is watching Scare Me (2020; dir. Josh Ruben); drinking Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon on the cheap.Ryan is reading The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica; drinking Grand Marnier.If you liked this week's story, check out The Reach by Stephen King (in 1985's collection, Skeleton Crew).Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham Merritt. We promise.Special music licensed for non-commercial use through Creative Commons:Intro/Outro: This is Christmas by Scott HolmesSummary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-KeyLike, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Beth McCord gives advice on what to consider when choosing gifts for every Enneagram Type. Chapter Markings:00:00 - Introduction To The Podcast04:11 - Gift Guide07:02 - YEC's Discounts20:38 - Type 126:57-  Type 238:15 - Type 344:45 - Type 449:32 - Type 554:20 - Type 658:41 - Type 71:02:24 - Type 81:06:27 - Type 9Ready to learn more about your Type? Get 50% off Beth's Enneagram Courses for a limited time: https://www.yourenneagramcoach.com/holiday22Shop YEC's top gift recommendations for every Enneagram Type:Type 1 - Clean & Caffeinated Bundle by Humphreys Street https://humphreysstreet.com/shop/bundles/clean-and-caffeinated-bundle-small/Type 2 - Mamuye Classic Tote by ABLE https://www.ableclothing.com/products/mamuye-classic-tote?irclickid=zMEw1A0UWxyNUwpRysQveTkDUkDSXpR1EWEp2w0&irgwc=1&utm_medium=Impact&mediapartner=YourEnneagramCoachType 3 - Full Focus Planner by Full Focus https://fullfocusstore.com/?platform=grin&link_id=1229964&token=FzhBWebQohT5dZlb5NxKjRJgWFsWG6Bb&contact_id=80a6c4b5-e364-4742-89d5-31b767f2f64b&attribution_window=30Type 4 - Fairy Garden by Lindsay Letters https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1322217&u=3431869&m=86404&urllink=lindsayletters%2Eco%2Fproducts%2Ffairy%2Dgarden%2Dabstract%2Dsquare&afftrack=Type 5 - Over-ear Noise-canceling Headphones by Beat https://amzn.to/3NZ1ZlJType 6 - Dog Walk Kit by Wild One https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1269790&u=3431869&m=83946&urllink=wildone%2Ecom%2Fproducts%2Fcollar%2Dwalk%2Dkit%3Ftitle%3Dmoonstone%2Dxs%2Dstandard&afftrack=Type 7 - The Starting Lineup by Great Jones https://greatjonesgoods.com/products/the-starting-lineup?sscid=b1k6_l6weq&utm_source=shareasale&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=3431869Type 8 - The Beast Blender by Beast https://amzn.to/3V2PUyvType 9 - Photo Calendar by Artifact Uprising https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=488472&u=3431869&m=47827&urllink=www%2Eartifactuprising%2Ecom%2Fphoto%2Dcalendars%2Fbrass%2Deasel%2Ddesk%2Dcalendar&afftrack=In this episode, we go beyond providing practical gift ideas (but we do give those out). We also cover the intangible feelings, desires, and needs to consider for every Type. For more gift ideas, shop the entire Enneagram-Inspired Gift Guide now: https://www.yourenneagramcoach.com/gift-guide#personalitytype #gift #enneagramGo to yourenneagramcoach.com to get your gift and experience up to 75 percent off!

We do our show from the Wilson Ave. Hy-Vee in honor of Veteran's Day, PLUS we share more Great Jones County Fair news!

We look at the greatest fears of Iowans, and reveal Great Jones County Fair News!

Are you looking for an easy way to amp up your fruit desserts and take them to the next level this summer? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you! You'll want to make this easy rich almond cream, aka frangipane, to instantly improve fruit desserts made with summer's juiciest peaches, apricots, and cherries. You'll also want to make a winning crunchy and delicious rainbow salad that's stunning to bring to the weeknight dinner table, and beloved by kids and adults alike! ***Links to from this week's show:King Arthur flour frangipane (almond cream) recipeSonya's rainbow salad Seka Hills elderberry balsamic vinegar Great Jones' baking sheets***We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @foodfriendspod, or drop us a line at foodfriendspod@gmail.com!Or give us a CALL on our kitchen phone! 323-452-9084Sign up for Sonya's free Substack, or order her debut cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes!Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration!

Erin Patinkin is the cofounder of Ovenly and has advised some of the food world's most interesting brands (almost exclusively female-founded), including Kismet, White Moustache, Pop Up Grocer, Great Jones, and Seed + Mill. Erin is an old friend of ours, and she has one of the sharpest minds in the consumer packaged goods world. We talk about so many topics, including some of the brands that excite her and the common mistakes founders can't help making. We also hear about her time running Ovenly and what is next for her. It's great having Erin in the studio.Do you enjoy This Is TASTE? Drop us a review on Apple, or star us on Spotify. We'd love to hear from you. MORE FROM ERIN PATINKIN:This Year the Grocery Store Does Better [TASTE]Christina Tosi: From Artisan to Business Leader [Start to Sale]See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

 In this episode of "A Steady Pour" podcast, hosts Drew, Calvin, Darius and Tony embark on a flavorful journey through the world of whiskey. With their trademark banter and camaraderie, they introduce Calvin's new alias, "Infinite Hobbyist," reflecting his diverse interests beyond whiskey. From chicken wrangling to woodworking, they explore Calvin's myriad passions before diving into the main event: a review of Great Jones Distilling's straight rye whiskey. Reflecting on Tony's visit to the Manhattan-based distillery, they dissect the whiskey's flavor profile, debating its merits and disappointments. While some express disappointment in the lack of spice and complexity, others finds merit in its easy sipping nature, suggesting it as a good entry-level whiskey. Amidst jokes and playful jabs, they contemplate the possibility of a barrel-proof version and even consider blind tasting it against other spirits. With their characteristic honesty and humor, they wrap up the episode, inviting listeners to share their thoughts on Great Jones and their own whiskey adventures. So, if you're ready for an entertaining blend of whiskey bars, reviews, and spirited discussions, tune in to "A Steady Pour" podcast for an unforgettable experience! 

Sorry, what's your name? Grinning in a movie theatre bathroom stall, and weeping in the car watching NASA Live. Fascination at the ‘close friends' of the ultra-famous. Is it Baudrillard or Baudelaire? Applauding celestial bodies and researching kettles. Toothless and tea-less, we need the real moon again. A scratched pan for which no one is to blame and suspicion over a missing spatula. Kate is neglecting the neck and chopping tiny. Texting the Healer's wife, Jacqueline's eyebrows are fully f*cking lifted. It's called stepping into the reality of your life! Sincerely Begging For: Goop Kitchen, Graza Brands Mentioned: Lyma, Great Jones, Caraway Edited and mixed by Allie Graham.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 3 - "Hello... Did we lose Jones?" Arcand says as Jones and Mego's mics both cut out at the same time. Not to fear, however, Bradfo was there to save the day along with Arcand and Ryan. Eventually, Jones and Mego's mics did come back. When they did, it was time for Triple Play! Listen to hear Arcand's authentic reaction to this rare scenario.

When it comes to winter, what are some practices you can add to your routine to boost and nourish your body, mind, and spirit? Be sure to tune in as I share effective winter wellness practices you can start using today! EPISODE SPONSORS Great Jones: Upgrade your kitchen and replace those old, rusted, hand-me-downs with bold, beautiful, long-lasting pieces from Great Jones. USE LINK: great-jones-dot-com and get an extra 15 percent off your first order with promo code FEELGOOD. Feel Good Digestive Enzymes: Give your digestion a boost and feel better every meal. Whether you eat perfectly or maybe not so perfectly, Feel Good Digestive Enzymes are formulated to give your digestion a little help on the "perfect" and not-so-perfect food days. Plus you'll absorb more nutrients & reduce bloating and gas. USE LINK: https://shop.mysolluna.com/products/digestive-enzymes and promo code: boosthealth for 20% off Powered and Distributed by: PodcastOne

New York City is a city with a rich history. Buildings, businesses, and people all around have amazing stories to tell. Great Jones Distilling Co, aka Great Jones Distillery, is no exception. Great Jones Distillery is the first whiskey distillery in Manhattan since prohibition in the 1920s. The space in NoHo is a massive 28000 square foot area with four levels, 3+ bars, a restaurant, and, of course, a fully functioning distillery. Great Jones is the dream of Juan Domingo Beckmann, an 11th-generation spirits maker and chief executive who is the founder of Proximo Spirits, a liquor company based in Jersey City, N.J., that owns the new distillery, and whose family owns and operates the tequila giant Jose Cuervo. For $35, you can tour this historic distillery and learn all about the whiskey distillation process. The tour also allows you to try all 4 of their whiskeys, learn about tasting, and even see prohibition-era pieces of history, including a hidden area used by bootleggers for running alcohol between buildings. The tour also gives you a discount in the store so that you can take home your own bottle of delicious Great Jones whiskey! PS- The cheapest place to book tour tickets is their website. Great Jones Distillery has a happy hour every Tuesday - Friday from 3:30-6 pm. Food and Drinks We Like from Great Jones: Mr. Jones-- bourbon, ginger liquor, lemon juice situation Third Street Sour--bourbon, pear puree, lemon juice, red wine float Empire State Cobbler-- bourbon, apple cider, lemon juice, orgeat Food is expensive but solid. Plan to spend $30-$40 for entrees. Their $30 burger is great, but it's also a $30 burger... Our final review: Do the distillery tour, grab a cocktail at the bar afterward, and take home a bottle for your own shelf! Check out Great Jones Distilling Co. here.

This week I welcome Celina Perez from Great Jones Distilling Co. to the program for a great conversation about all things New York City and New York City Whiskey. We go through how she got started in whiskey as well as what it took for her and the team at Great Jones to get a distillery off the ground in the middle of a pandemic. It's a great conversation and I thoroughly enjoyed having Celina on the show. The art that she puts into her whiskey shines through on this weeks episode of The Bourbon Showdown Podcast.  

Steve is an operator turned venture capitalist. After a very successful run at General Catalyst, he joined Juxtapose earlier this year as a Partner to focus on building innovative B2B companies. Juxtapose is an investment firm that partners with experienced entrepreneurs to build category-defining technology companies. The firm has developed over twenty companies over the last 25 years including Tend, Great Jones, Earned, and others. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * How to make big bets and recognize shifts in the tech industry as an investor. * Steve's background from academia to how he got his career started in the tech industry. * The story of VMware and how he learned how to scale an engineering organization to over 3,000 people. * His experience as an investor at General Catalyst and his thesis around making investments in cybersecurity, along with portfolio companies that have scaled like Illumio and Datto. * What he is up to now at Juxtapose and how the firm is unique in terms of investing and company creation. * And so much more. If you are listening to this podcast, then it is highly likely that you are interested in the founder journey and lessons learned around building companies. Please make sure you don't miss any episodes by subscribing to The VentureFizz Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or Soundcloud. Oh, don't forget to leave us a review. It will really help us out!

Emma Moon's on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy!   Emma's the go-to affiliate marketer for brands like Kinfield, Golde, Great Jones, and Jones Road. She's the Founder of Praize, a content-led affiliate marketing studio, has been featured in TIME and Huffpost, and is the person to teach you how to level up your affiliate PR strategy. In this episode Emma's chatting through how brands you love are landing mentions in major publications and driving revenue in a big way. This episode is a quick look into the workshop that Emma will be hosting as part of our six week LAUNCH LAB series starting 12 September. In Emma's workshop we'll cover:  what's affiliate PR and how can it help your business; how to build your affiliate PR engine; platforms to use; how to write your affiliate PR pitch; and more. Links Come to a Female Founder World online or IRL event: https://www.femalefounderworld.com/events  Join our group chat for entrepreneurial girlies: https://links.geneva.com/invite/0b2faef0-d78b-4a44-a6cd-e8ed794eb887  Join our free workshop series, Launch Labs: https://www.femalefounderworld.com/launch-lab Get the Female Founder World newsletter https://femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com Become a Business Bestie subscriber and join the group chat: https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com/ Get our quick case studies on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@jasgarnsworthy Check out Emma's agency: https://praize.studio/ Emma's recommended affiliate tools: ShareASale, PepperJam, Impact, Commission Junction

00:31 | ByteDance $15b 2022 net profit - Revenue growth decreased from 68% to 25%, prompting a search for a new growth engine- TikTok's access to the US ad and commerce market is becoming increasingly vital, TikTok's e-commerce business01:15 | Wiz $10b valuation- Wiz, a cloud security company, raised $300 million in a Series D  at a $10b valuation- Wiz claims to be the fastest to reach $100 million in ARR, 35% of the Fortune 100 as customers02:00 | Parade sells to Ariela & Associates- Parade, valued at nearly $200 million last year, struggled to convert its Instagram following into profitable growth- Deal terms not disclosed- Instagram to no-profits is a trend, including Cuup and Great Jones, selling themselves in recent months02:41 | Yieldstreet acquires Cadre- Asset manager Yieldstreet nearing deal to acquire Cadre, a real estate investment firm, for $100m- Cadre's peak valuation of $800m six years ago- Cadre's shareholders expected to receive stock in Yieldstreet03:18 | Happy Money, Sable sell- Happy Money, an online lending startup, is in talks to sell itself, valued at $1.1b in Feb 2022- Sable, a Y Combinator-funded credit card startup, sold to specialty lender Snap Finance04:12 | Epic Games + Lego = Fortnite, sounds like Minecraft?- Epic Games and Lego are creating a shared online space within Fortnite, where children can play, build, and communicate- Aims to provide a child and family-friendly "immersive, creatively inspiring, and engaging digital experience" - Expected to be launched within the year05:21 | SpaceX Q1 $55m profit- In Q1 2023, SpaceX generated a profit of $55 million on revenue of $1.5 billion- SpaceX continues to invest heavily in ambitious projects, including the Starship rocket and the Starlink satellite internet service.- $2 billion in proceeds from issuing stock last year- $150b valuation as of last round in Jun 202305:52 | Big capital raises- Capital Rx (www.cap-rx.com) | $72m Series D, $1.0b valuation- Resilience (www.cyberresilience.com) | $100m Series D, $950m valuation- ADARx Pharma (www.adarx.com) | $200m Series C, $840m valuation- Modula (www.modular.com) | Series A, $600m valuation- Tome (www.tome.app) | $60m Series C, $600m valuation07:03 | Pre-IPO +1.25% for week- Week's winners: Discord +22.3%, Airtable +5.3%, Reddit +4.9%, Ramp +4.5%- Week's losers: Snyk -3.0%, Revolut -1.6%, Databricks -1.4%- Top 5 largest companies by valuation: ByteDance $209b, SpaceX $147b, Stripe $49b, Databricks $33b, OpenAI $32b

In this week's episode of the Modern Retail Rundown, our staff dissects all various changes and announcements coming out of the retail industry. First we start with the news that Nike is walking back the decision to sever ties with previous wholesale partners like DSW and Macy's. Next, an announcement of GameStop CEO's firing — and replacement with board member Ryan Cohen as executive chairman — has rattled up the company's passionate shareholders. Lastly is a look at fresh M&A news in the DTC space, with the acquisition of cookware brand Great Jones. The Modern Retail Rundown is released every Saturday morning.

BOH executive editor Fred Nicolaus joins host Dennis Scully to discuss the biggest news in the design industry, including home insurers pulling out of California, the acquisition of cookware brand Great Jones, and RH's British invasion. Later, the managing director of Chelsea Harbor, Claire German, discusses the new showhouse in London's design center.This episode is sponsored by Crypton.  LINKSDennis ScullyBusiness of Home 

Sherród Faulks creates beautiful things that help you cultivate moments of joy, connection, and love. DEEP BLACK is a modern minimal home décor brand where functionality and intention are at the heart of every handmade piece. Here, beauty reigns supreme. Catch Sherród in The NY Times, Great Jones, Business of Home, and more. http://ThePottersCast.com/921

35:46 – Welcome to Tape Land! On each episode, I’ll present the audio of a cassette tape or historic material from my personal archives. On the one year anniversary of their first show, Fuzzy Daupner (Carrie Engdahl–vocals & guitar, Rob DiCaterino–drums, Phil Mould–bass) performs their second to last show at Acme Underground (9 Great Jones […]

Links and details mentioned in this episode Proptech is finally turning a corner where the best of ideas are catching—the next few years we'll see many more ideas, but consolidation of companies impacting real estate will continue Check out housingwireannual.com to register for the Oct 3-5 event New interviews coming up with Reasonai, Morgan Properties, and Landlord Studio Search Tech Nest episodes to find and listen to interviews with Lydia Winkler, Fatima Dicko, and Michael Lucarelli Look up Poplar Homes, PURE Property Management, and Great Jones to dig in more about how venture-backed property management is a trend to watch Nate Smoyer is the host of Tech Nest. When not podcasting, he's head of marketing at Obie, an insurtech that partners with proptech and fintech companies to provide real estate investors insurance. Obie differentiates by way of its propriety instantly-bindable quote engine—the only insurtech capable of doing so as embedded insurance for real estate investors. Nate was previously head of marketing at Avail, where he helped see the company through its Series A, and then exit to Realtor.com in just 18 months. Connect with Nate Smoyer Follow Nate on Twitter Connect with Nate on LinkedIn Follow Tech Nest on Twitter Follow Tech Nest on LinkedIn

John and Wes get a little heated whilst drinking a Great Jones bourbon and a refreshing Quintopia IPA. I hope you like drunk arguing! Cheers!

“Some parts of the design process and user research, depending on how it's done, just aren't necessary, and you can skip them or move more quickly and still achieve a great outcome.” – Mike Clare  Mike Clare is Founder and CEO of Mood Health, an online platform providing psychiatry, talk therapy, and medication management for depression and anxiety. Mike was previously Director at Juxtapose, the design firm responsible for the branding of trendy companies like Care/of, Orchard, and Great Jones. His background in experiential design helped him create an inclusive customer experience at Mood Health. Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/mood-health-mike-clare-20mp-show-notes Topics discussed with Mike Clare 00:02:04 – Mike's experience designing at Juxtapose 00:08:33 – Moving from design to entrepreneurship 00:19:57 – Advice for new founders 00:22:53 – Superpowers and struggles 00:27:02 – Daily habits, exercise, and plant care 00:29:01 – Recommended books 00:32:40 – Psychedelics in mental health car Sign up here for Outlier Debrief, our weekly newsletter that highlights the latest episode, expands on important business and investing concepts, and contains the best of what we read each week. Follow Outlier Academy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outlieracademy. If you loved this episode, please share a quick review on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“In some ways, one of the things that's really frustrating is that mental health is kind of become this luxury, where if you have the money, you can get great psychiatric care. If you can't afford that, then the system kind of breaks down and it becomes much more challenging.” – Mike Clare Mike Clare is Founder and CEO of Mood Health, an online platform providing psychiatry, talk therapy, and medication management for depression and anxiety. Mike was previously Director at Juxtapose, the design firm responsible for the branding of trendy companies like Care/of, Orchard, and Great Jones. His background in experiential design helped him create an inclusive customer experience at Mood Health. Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/rethinking-mental-health-care-mood-health-mike-clare-ig-show-notes   Topics discussed with Mike Clare 00:02:04 – Mike's experience designing at Juxtapose 00:08:33 – Moving from design to entrepreneurship 00:19:57 – Advice for new founders 00:22:53 – Superpowers and struggles 00:27:02 – Daily habits, exercise, and plant care 00:29:01 – Recommended books 00:32:40 – Psychedelics in mental health care Sign up here for Outlier Debrief, our weekly newsletter that highlights the latest episode, expands on important business and investing concepts, and contains the best of what we read each week. Follow Outlier Academy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outlieracademy. If you loved this episode, please share a quick review on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Over the past year, Roofstock has acquired Stessa, an asset management platform made for real estate investors by real estate investors, and Great Jones a Property management company specifically suited to serve remote real estate investors. This helps make Roofstock a one-stop-shop for remote investors. In this episode we have the cofounders of all three of these companies on to explain the companies, why they joined forces with Roofstock, and their pearls of wisdom for investing and entrepreneurship. --- Transcript   Before we jump into the episode, here's a quick disclaimer about our content. The Remote Real Estate Investor podcast is for informational purposes only, and is not intended as investment advice. The views, opinions and strategies of both the hosts and the guests are their own and should not be considered as guidance from Roofstock. Make sure to always run your own numbers, make your own independent decisions and seek investment advice from licensed professionals.   Tom: Greetings, and welcome to The Remote Real Estate Investor. We have a really fun episode today Michael and I are going to be interviewing the co founders of all the different companies that make up the Rootstock ecosystem. So if you're not aware, over the past six to 12 months, rootstock has acquired an asset management platform called Stessa. A really cool software to manage all of your properties that an asset management layer, as well as a property management company called Great Jones. And altogether it's a it's a really powerful stack of real estate technology tools and operations for investors to have and we brought on the founders from all of these different companies.   So we have Gary Beasley from Roofstock, who was a co founder. We have the two co founders from Stessa in Heath Silverman and Jonah Schwartz. And we have two co founders from great Jones and Jay Goldklang, as well as Abigail Besdin. And we ask them about their company, the fit within the roofstock ecosystem, some pearls of wisdom on investing on starting companies, all of that good stuff. So really excited about the episode we have today. And let's get into it.   Michael: All right, everyone. Well, thank you for taking the time out of your very, very, very busy schedule. We've got a lot of heavy hitters on the line here. So I would love if you could all introduce yourselves to our listeners. One by one. Gary, you want to kick things off? We'll start with you.   Gary: Sure. Great to be here. I'm Gary Beasley. I'm the co founder and CEO of Roofstock.   Michael: Fantastic. And Abigail.   Abigail: Hi, I'm Abigail Besdin. And I am a co founder of Great Jones.   Michael: Perfect Jay.   Jay: Hi, I'm Jay Goldklang, founder and CEO of Great Jones now a Roofstock company.   Michael: And Heath.   Heath: Hey, I'm Heath Silverman, co-founder of Stessa.   Michael: And last but certainly not least, Jonah.   Jonah: Yeah, I'm Jonah Schwartz, co-founder of Stessa,   Michael: And we've got Tom Schneider on the line as well.   So I would love if you all could share, why Roofstock, Stessa, Great Jones decided to join forces. What was the impetus behind that?   Gary: When we first started Roofstock we knew not only did we want to have a marketplace for transactions, but we wanted to build deeper relationships with owners and build a community. And to do that, we knew that we needed to be relevant to all property owners who own single family rentals, not just those who are looking to trade at any given time. And so from the very early days, we were trying to figure out how to do that. And I met Heath and Jonah was 2017. Yeah, 2017. And we just hit it off right away. And I said, Wow, these guys are building something really cool that it could provide software for every single family rental owner out there. And like a Credit Karma app for real estate owners, it'd be a great way to stitch together community get a lot of data and and invite people into the marketplace at the right time.   So we had a marketplace and no community they had this great community they were building through the software. And so when I knew that it would be quite interesting to try to bring the companies together. Unfortunately, they decided to sell their company to JLL and not to us, JLL at the time was a little bit larger than Roofstock still is. But we'll talk about later life comes full circle very recently we were able to buy the business from gll and bring them into the Rootstock family and so that's worked out really well.   And then with with Jay and Abigail we also knew that we needed to have a relevant connectivity to retail owners and offer property management because that's the biggest pain point for owners is to be able to outsource a lot of those challenging tasks to professionals and and so we've been tracking Jay Abigail and Great Jones for a long time. There was an opportunity this year to get together get to know each other more recently and that was sort of the one missing piece of our fully integrated platform was retail property management. We have institutional grade property management through Streetlane, which was the first company that we purchased a couple of years ago and now with Great Jones and with Stessa we've all kind of come into the the ecosystem together one big happy family under the Rootstock umbrella.   And now we're in the process of integrating the businesses and, and, and growing. So. So why don't we turn it over to maybe Heath or Jonah, maybe you go first and then Jay, Abigail, you could you could chat about how, how this all has worked for you guys.   Heath: Yeah, I mean, I don't know if I have anything additional to add other than I still remember those drinks we had back in 2017, where we got introduced and started sort of as a more casual conversation about what we were doing and turned into a couple hours of just diving deep into both of our businesses. And I think it was just very refreshing and super exciting to meet somebody who had, you know, the same big vision, you know, of how do we bring transparency and accessibility to this asset class, that traditionally was just one that, you know, was hard for a lot of people to get into, and just didn't have great technology to help power investors out there. So, yeah, fantastic, it came full circle, we're super excited to be part of rootstock. And yeah, excited to see what we're gonna do together.   Jay: I think Heath and I, and also Gary and I have talked about how similar some of the visions are, that we've articulated, maybe the starting points have been a little bit different, because there's a lot to do. But sort of, I think each of us are organically as heard from, you know, the owners we work with, and to some extent, the residents that we work with, how many different moments they they'd like to, you know, have our partnership or, or, you know, partnership with like minded folks to think about using technology or operations to sort of remove friction and let them focus on on what they enjoy doing best. And I would say, you know, really, for the last 12 to 18 months, we've felt even more pull to help our customers, you know, buy more assets, dispose of assets, make good decisions. And so, you know, when, when there came an opportunity to come together, you know, not just in a partnership, but but but more than that with Roofstock. And also with the Stessa. Folks, it's been really exciting to get to work together, you know, to take take on the world, but with a with a shared vision.   Jonah: Yeah, we hear that from a lot of our customers as well, that they're, you know, what, what they get from stessa is great, but they'd love for us to do more, they want sort of that one stop shop, full stack solution to a lot of these problems, including transaction, including property management. So, you know, fitting together and putting out one solution for our customer base, or shared customer base makes a lot of sense.   Tom: I think what's so neat about these three companies is just solving, you know, three very different problems, from transactions to ownership to asset management. I think a lot of times as a startup, you know, you can have really big eyes and be like, Oh, you know, we want to do all of this, and it works really wonderfully. When it's able to come together. All together, I'd love to hear kind of the evolution that you guys had kind of originally, you know, was it always kind of to build out this full stack on your own? Or was it you know, more niche, I'd love to hear just kind of the evolution of your thought of the strategy of the business. And you know how that unfolded into where we're at today, which I think is a really nice platform, I'll say.   Abigail: I could take the great John's piece there. But it sounds like we're all describing a different starting point that very quickly led to this broader vision. Because ultimately, that's what we all learned pretty quickly, the customer wanted a no friction, one stop shop for the full puzzle. And on the great john side, you know, we started, we exclusively were serving what we call the retail customer, the mom and pop investor. And we had started to describe ourselves as institutional grade PM, institutional grade property management, which meant a whole host of things around the type of service that you deliver, and what you actually do as the property manager.   But it became clear that to really be institutional grade, you had to give the retail investor access to all the things that institutions have access to, which is really a full stack solution to investing. And so we I mean, I think Jay can correct me, but I think within a matter of months of the business existing had articulated that it's actually a platform vision that property management is this wedge into this much larger space. And it It took us quickly to realize that and then that's a drum that we beat throughout the duration of the business, and continue to hear and in talking to both Gary and Heath and Jonah, it feels like everybody had the same path. It was just a different what is the wedge, but the thesis is the same.   Heath: Yeah, 100% are our wedge, we always believe that financials were sort of the foundation of every real estate investors business. So by starting with the financials, we could become the system of record, we have all this data around the performance of their properties of their portfolio. And with that information, we can start providing you know, insights to help them maximize the value of the portfolio. You know, automate a lot of the you know, by automating the financials, we can save them a lot of time, help them make more money and doing so It would basically get us into a place where we could then long term become that platform. But of course, now that we have Roofstock and Great Jones, we've we've definitely accelerated that vision and are able to move a lot faster.   Jonah: Another thing that we hear from Stessa users is that by using Stessa, it gives them the confidence to expand their portfolio and obviously Roofstock and the Roofstock marketplace is there when our customers are ready to expand.   Gary: Yeah, I think bringing these companies together was a really natural thing. And we could talk about why I think it's working. It's still early, but it's working quite well, relative to I think a lot of business combinations. And I think what you're hearing is a lot of commonality of vision. And as Abigail, I think, probably like aptly, we put, we all just started from a different place, but we're kind of going in the same direction.   And so So for us, I think it just says accelerated kind of the growth and the amount of time it would take, rather than having to build all these things ourselves. By bringing them all together, we could just do it much more quickly. And and that's I think what we're seeing and then by getting the businesses together, then in addition to it's not just a one plus one plus one equals three, there are synergies, and we should each be able to grow our businesses faster and more efficiently. Because we're sharing data, we're sharing talent across the organization.   And there's a reason most mergers fail. And a lot of that is cultural. We have been very, you know, careful as we evaluate any of the transactions that we've done, it's got to be the right cultural fit. And this these clearly have been an honor. And I think one of the reasons that we've we actually ended up doing both of these deals was the people probably the primary reason they both had good tech and good businesses, but being able to attract all the the talent, the energy and the knowledge of the founding teams and their their core leaders around them really, really powerful. It's it's just hard to find that out in the market. So. So there's lots of reasons I think we're seeing early returns being very promising for this.   Abigail: I think that we all started a different entry points, and not randomly, but because those entry points were our strengths. So I see Stessa has like having firsthand financial issues with their portfolios, like really understanding that space very well, coming at it from like a real software sophistication, Jay and I and the team that we've built both come from really heavy hitter operators, you know, operationalizing messy businesses with technology. And then you had Roofstock with really deep real estate expertise, having done more at scale in the transaction space than probably any any other team combined. So it's not that we all just had the shared vision and happen to be coming at it differently, you have these really deep strengths that we're all playing to. And when those come together, I think that's part of the one plus one equals three that Gary's referring to.   Tom: Perfect segue into the next question, Abigail. So we've been talking about this kind of platform of the different layers of asset management, property management transactions, I'd love to hear the different founders talk about what is the special sauce within their layer of the transaction? Maybe technology, technology wise, you can explore the face the space of the question, but what would you say is some of the competitive advantages within that vertical of the company that you've started that has come together to form this this platform? I'd love to hear your guys's thoughts on, you know, what makes your segment that much better than other options out there.   Jay: On the Great Jones side, I think what we saw was, you know, a number of different areas of inspiration, I think, as Abigail mentioned, a lot of our sort of founding team. And I think at the core of what a lot of what we do is, you know, how do you take hard kind of online offline problems, maybe where there hasn't been a tremendous focus on sometimes efficiency or the Cust customer experience and build something better? That's sort of enabled by by technology and maybe enables, you know, higher growth and higher levels of quality?   So, you know, what does that mean, with respect to property management, I think the experience that investors have often had is that it can be run as a local service business. And as with many of those cases, there will be a really wide distribution where some people will be excellent, some some teams won't be. There's not a tremendous amount of consistency, facilitated facilitated by technology. It's heavily reliant on the people.   And I think what we found, you know, both them in prior experiences and that Great Jones is by I think the core, the core of what we're doing is thinking about What are the outcomes we want to deliver at the end of the day that creates, you know, a great customer experience and really solid returns? How do we think about instrumenting processes that haven't been instrumented previously? And what that allows? And how do we build great, you know, really nice interfaces for, you know, our own team members, owners, residents, vendors, anyone who needs to engage to create that great outcome.   And what we find that that then leads to, is a much more consistent and controllable level of performance, where we, where our team has much more transparency into how can we drive those returns? How can we drive that quality. And because we've instrumented things beyond captured, that data that maybe historically wasn't structured or captured, we can create much more visibility for an owner or a resident on the status of something.   And so an example would be, you know, doing a property turnover, where it sort of, if you if you know, from move out to kind of rent ready, that there are, there's a bunch that needs to happen in terms of doing a full inspection, considering the different paths to remediate or improve anything, coordinating the work of many different vendors, managing timelines, managing costs, you know, giving an owner the appropriate level of choice. And so we've built things like workflow tools for our own team, external interfaces, owner approvals flows, to really make that more of ultimately, almost like an e commerce and messaging experience for the owner. And that's what we think people have been accustomed to, you know, in other experiences, and enables the owner maybe to to Jonah's point to feel more comfortable growing their portfolio doing so across a number of markets, because they know, you know, the quality outcomes that can come with that.   And so, when we've done that being one example, but I think we consider a lot of the core of what we've done to think about, you know, how do we infuse maybe more consumer tech into a space that that hasn't necessarily had that to create a more, a higher performing, maybe more digital, more consistent experience?   Tom: That's awesome. transparency, control, all of that good stuff. I love it, Jay. Gary, do you want to want to speak next?   Gary: Sure. You know, one thing that I neglected to talk about at the beginning, and I know you wanted us to talk a little bit about our real estate investing experience. And I guess what, what it brought to mind that I was sort of thinking about this, which I think is sort of relevant to what we're all doing is, I started really, at very large scale on the institutional side buying 1000s and 1000s of homes during the last financial crisis, and really, kind of cut my teeth figuring out how to build institutional grade tools that would be used by institutions. And I think what we're doing here together now is taking a lot of those learnings that that I and my co founders, Gregor and Rich, kind of, were deeply embedded in institutional scale. And I don't want to say dumbing them down at all, because that's that it sounds derogatory. Simplifying them, and, and having a lot of that same power that we developed, you know, for institutions, and putting in the hands of, of retail investors. And, and, which is, by the way, where 98% of the home set.   So when we think about the addressable opportunity, as a platform catering to real estate investors, it just gets me so excited that we can take all those learnings and apply them now through these different business models at real scale to to retail investors, which as well as institutional investors. And I think one of the other I think, I guess, learnings or I would say, observations that might be counterintuitive, as people are out there thinking about building their own businesses, and how it might relate, you know, to what they're doing in their own lives.   But we took a little bit of a different path to building Roofstock, where oftentimes people will say, you got to pick the retail segment, or you got to pick the institutional segment, and then focus ruthlessly on that single customer, and don't try to boil the ocean. Well, we did try to boil the ocean in that we, we took a contrarian view and said, there's, you know, 90 million homes out there about, you know, 17 million of them or so are rentals. But that rental home doesn't know whether it's an institutional home or a retail home, it's a home. So we need to understand the whole market.   And by catering to both types of customers. We get data from all of them. And the market is the market. It could be an institutional buyer, retail buyer could be any of that. So So I guess I would just encourage people as they're thinking about that. Their own entrepreneurial journeys don't necessarily always listen to conventional wisdom. Because we didn't, we came at it differently, perhaps more ambitious than we then might have been wise coming out of the gate, but we felt like it was the right strategy has turned out to be, it's a work. And so you know, a lot of it comes down to execution. And being able to prioritize and ruthlessly prioritize when you're trying to do a lot of ambitious things, you have to figure out which is the most important which are the most important and focus on them.   And then also know when to pivot and when to stick to your strategy. That's just kind of another thing is for entrepreneurs out there. And that would be one of the things maybe that's interesting for everyone else on the call is that we've all had times where we've had to pivot our strategy. And that's one of the hardest things as an entrepreneur, you have to have conviction around what you're doing, until you decide you need to do something differently. And I'd be curious if there if any of you, my or my colleagues here had any, any observations around that, but that is something that as entrepreneurs and as real estate investors, you You are always trying to figure out well shoot, do I need to change my strategy here? Or do I need to stick to my stated goals?   Abigail: We had something similar where a great John's we I mean, almost identical, we were serving the retail customer exclusively. And we had the opportunity to serve an institutional customer, which was so different and clearly frightening because you have your your heart envision set around a certain customer experience but but took the leap and did it and we too ended up finding not just that it works, but that it it benefited both customer segments. So the the wisdom of have a single customer segment we too maybe walked away from, and both customer segments benefited in a way that I think, paid off the courage of that paid off. I had definitely received the advice early in my career, less about Greg Jones and more in previous contests to get great at murdering my darlings, which I believe is a literary phrase around being willing to like, you know, move away from a plotline, if it's, you know, not serving the momentum of the book or whatever piece that you're writing and definitely sticks with me. It's it sounds ruthless, but I think it ultimately pays off ends up being the bolder decision.   Gary: And you thought all that stuff that you learned when you were a writer was not going to be beneficial in your entrepreneurial career.   Abigail: Exactly. Here I am.   Heath: I'll add, you know, with Stessa we actually pivoted pretty early on. So the first customers that we targeted were really mid market investors. So people with, I don't know, 50 to 100 million in assets under management who we go after and provide full service bookkeeping to. And that's kind of how we got started offering and create financial solution. But we quickly learned that the really massive market, as Gary was saying, is really this, you know, retail investor out there. So shortly, I don't know, what was it Jonah, was like a year and a half after, after we started signing up customers paying customers, we basically made a big decision, hey, we're gonna go off to this much bigger market much harder to reach. You know, these are investors who are very hard to identify, often not willing to pay upfront. So with a free self service product, and we had to go back and fire all of our existing paid customers, which was, which was a very painful experience, but put us on really the right track to get to where we are today.   And when we went after those retail investors, one of the things that we learned that was really interesting is that, while technology and data is really you know, there's quite a bit out there, it's very pervasive out there today, many of these investors were just not using anything, we found that most of them, they actually had no clue if they were making or losing money on any of their investments. They kept most of their financial data in a out of date static spreadsheet, and the only time that they knew if they'd made or lost that money, or how their properties were performing was once a year when they got the returns from their accountant.   So that was a pretty big insight, we realized that when we built Stessa, and when we targeted these guys, we really needed to make this an incredibly intuitive, very much a consumer grade offering for these guys. So we built this self service to all, you know, purpose built for investors, built by investors, you know, really based on our own pain points that Jonah and I have had after being investors. For a number of years together.   And one of the one of the wonderful things about that is again, this was very, very painful decision to to make this change. But nowadays, our you know, our biggest, one of our biggest areas of customer acquisition is just investors referring other investors. And when you go into our net promoter score comments and see what people are writing, I actually did this. The other week, I took all the words created a word cloud, and the two biggest, most common words that people use when they describe it that our users use when they describe Stessa is easy and love.   Gary: Great, great question prompt Gary, Michael, go ahead. And yet, you know, feel free guys in move in the conversation in a certain direction you think they'll be more engaged in as we're as we're going through, but this is really great. So far, I love the inflection point question of these businesses, I think people are going to love it. Go ahead, Michael.   Michael: So you all individually have mentioned technology and how your companies have leveraged that. So I'm curious if you can give listeners at a high level, what technology you're giving them access to. So they can compete with some of the big players at the institutional level.   Gary: Fundamentally, when we think about what's different about Roofstock it's it's the data and technology that's foundational to what we're doing. So you're you're you've got really the same data and information analytics at your disposal that the major institutional investors have through our platform. And so the whole idea is to make it simple and intuitive, not not overly complex, to have a nice UI, but very powerful data around valuation underwriting how to evaluate investments on a risk adjusted basis with our neighborhood scores.   So the idea would be if you were an experienced investor, or even a novice investor, you can come and use our tools. And, and, you know, we provide, you know, I don't want to say it's training wheels, but but it kind of is your because it's all sort of teed up there with starting assumptions that you could then play with, you could look at other properties, you can, you can participate in the rootstock Academy and learn, you can join that community and share ideas and notes. So we try to provide this as a platform for investors to learn, we have plenty of people who engage with us who never buy anything, but they're just learning about investing and how to how to get on their own journey. And that's fine. It's, it's totally cool, we love it.   But eventually, we were there in case they, they want to do it. So I think in terms of if you if you're not in this in this, professionally, oftentimes just hard to understand how to value something, or how to think about the trade offs of buying a property in a four star neighborhood versus a two star neighborhood and you're playing with a lot of that stuff in. And that's what we're trying to do is continually make make the site in our, our business, intuitive, not overly complex, but have enough power that people can unlock, when they want to get in and do further and further research.   I know, when we were first raising money, we got some feedback from venture capitalists, it turned out to be very good advice. The first version of our site was way too complicated. We sort of nerded out on a bunch of different calculators and all these kinds of things that as kind of professional investors were like, oh, wouldn't it be cool if we could do this and that and that, and we did. And his feedback was, guys, this is a Frankenstein product, I get why everything is there. And it seems like it was kind of you just kept adding things because they were cool. And that's exactly what we did. We we did not, we didn't edit properly. And so that was a really good forcing function for us.   He said, If you could ever clean this up, you'll have a monster company, but it just, you know, it's gonna, everyone's gonna get lost in this. So we did and we, we simplified it greatly. And we took a lot of that functionality, we buried it a little bit deeper into the sites, you can unlock some of the sales analytics and things like that. But there's a real balance between having a powerful set of tools and a simple set of tools. And while people want choice, complexity can be it could tie you up in knots.   And so it's got to be this balance between, you know, editing and providing curated data and choices for people versus you know, maybe say that, like if you walked into a store and none of the products were organized into sections, it'd be so overwhelming, right? But if you if you could get guided to the right part of the store, and then you have three things to choose from, it's a heck of a lot easier. So that was I think another kind of interesting lesson as we were building just because you can do stuff doesn't mean you should In many cases, simpler is better.   Tom: Gary one thing I've been meaning to hear you articulate a response. This question is, for some investors, there's a perception that Roofstock is more for like an intro investor, they buy a house on roof stock, and then they bought it, the training wheels are off and they go buy somewhere else. What would you say to that comment of thinking of Roofstock as kind of like, exclusively as like, on the retail side, just for the training wheels, like the initial investor, and then you, you know, go somewhere else, I'd love to hear your your kind of thoughts on that stigma?   Gary: Sure. Well, I would say it depends on what you're trying to accomplish, right, we have some of the most sophisticated investors in the world buying homes off Roofstock. So it's not just for novice investors, it but we do have a unique positioning, and that there are very few on ramps for investors to to learn how to do it, and we provide that that guide. And if someone buys a home in a particular market, and they want to buy more homes, I think, you know, there's no obligation to do it through Roofstock, you certainly can can use those those skills that you have developed.   But it's it's certainly a heck of a lot easier. Because we've you've got all those tools already. And so there's no reason not to, it doesn't really cost you much to use our system. It's it's a, we charge a small marketplace fee to buyers, but you get all the data and analytics and all that to go there. So I would say if you want to buy remotely, it's very hard to do it on your own. So Roofstock has that infrastructure where we compare you with property management, financing, all the comps and analytics, that you certainly could go do it. But if you're looking at homes in four or five, six different markets on your own, it's very challenging, you have to travel, you have to find real estate brokers to work with.   And so, you know, I don't think, you know, I guess I really don't think about our platform is catering, certainly exclusively to first time investors, although a lot of people do start with us, I think on average, now we're just under two homes per investor. You know, people were using the site, I think a lot of people are trying to buy a home a year. For our platform, there's certainly no obligation to continue to use this. But I think for the most part, what we're seeing is people kind of continuing to use us and maybe using more and more of the tools over time, as they do get more sophisticated, maybe you do start to think about portfolio construction and think about where you want to own homes and set up little alerts, put yourself on a program to get build a diversified approach.   So I think it's it's a testament to the platform that we're building and the veracity of it, that it can be something that someone could start with, and then stay with throughout the lifecycle. And you can get as as geeked out is as you know, intense as you want about some of the tools and analytics, but you don't have to.   Gary: And plus all the other additional layers within stessa. Great Jones and Michael, do you want to just reiterate that question that Gary answered first related to technology we can have. Jay, Jonah and Heath take a stab at it as well.   Michael: Yeah, absolutely. So curious to know, because you all come from a technology background, what technologies and tools the individual investor has, Abigail, I think you said a nice that the mom and pop investor has at their disposal because of the companies that you all have founded?   Jonah: So I think he then I, you know came to this not because we were full time real estate investors, right? Real estate was sort of like our side side hustle while we were working in in the tech industry. And you know, that our day jobs in the tech industry, you have access to workflow automation, KPI, dashboards, like, you know, sophisticated modeling tools. And when we were working on our side hustle, owning a moderately sized real estate portfolio, we were doing spreadsheets and sending a lot of emails back and forth and had a stack of stack of paper documents on our desk. And so that was that was really the core problem that we were looking to solve is is give people that those sort of, you know, professional tools, but make it simple and make it purpose built for real estate.   Jay: Yeah, I think, you know, taking on a bit more of the operational side of property management but with a similar lens. A lot of our product strategy has been about, you know, how do we build the internal tool set and structured data that helps us create the outcomes in a scalable way. across, you know, an increasing number of markets, so enabling, you know, investors to work with us across a bunch of markets, that then leads to that transparency for the owner. And I think, you know, I talked a bit about how we've thought about turns in that context, I think that sort of measurement also allows us to then, you know, really lean in and maybe build some more custom tooling where we see there's going to be a benefit.   So for example, when we were very focused on once we had built a lot of the measurement of turn times, we saw there was an opportunity to get, you know, our staff out to homes to inspect them faster, that led to us building a set of sort of prioritization and routing tools, focused on that problem, that sort of prioritization of field work and, and completing that. And so I think part of where that thing goes, in addition to the outcomes for our investors, is a new layer of intelligence into that operational layer. So because we're measuring things like processes, or costs, maybe ROI around things like maintenance or turns or, you know, how did those decisions work out that we made around renewals or leasing, it's been our, you know, our goal, to think about how to structure those data sets, maybe into the owner, you know, web application, or, or help owners make their next decisions based on a sort of a layer of ownership that they haven't had that transparency into historically.   Michael: So I've got just one last question for everybody and very curious to see where it takes us. But I would love if you all can share a little pearls of wisdom or a nugget that you've picked up, because you are founders and co founders of tech companies that you find really applicable to real estate investors, what's the kind of an actionable takeaway or something that an investor can walk away from listening the episode today, from you all that have that have founded companies?   Abigail: I already shared, that you need to murder your darlings. So let that ne a minimum pearl.   Tom: We should we should name the episode.   Abigail: The website, you know, the original Roofstock website was so complex that he had to murder maybe just bury some darlings. So I think we saw that that the same lesson play out there, the the main piece of advice I have is to not overreact to things that are on fire. So just sort of set that your baseline is that all things will be on fire, there'll be multiple fires, and that you shouldn't over pivot or over course, correct, based on anyone, you know, imminent moment of pain, which I think takes a degree of articulation and commitment to where you're going and what the longer term path is. Less that be taken too literally, for real estate investor, I don't mean to use fire, like if something's on fire. Surely, that's not the lesson to be learned there.   Michael: I was just gonna say, do you know about the two fires that I've had in my building, I don't, I don't, where were you two years ago to calm me down.   Abigail: But whatever, whatever the appropriate corollary is, you know, to be confident in whatever strategy you set and be committed to it and not over pivot based on, you know, near term troubles.   Jonah: I would second that, that in real estate, it can be tempting to try to optimize one particular transaction or renovation at the expense of like the long term. You know, thinking about your, your network, your you know, the your business relationship, so the team that you're using to build your real estate portfolio up. And, you know, obviously, you know, building a startup is similar, you can't get, you know, there's the day to day aspect of it. But you also have to make sure you're always building for the long term.   Heath: Everything takes so much longer than you ever expected.   Gary: I would agree with that. I agree with all those those pearls of wisdom. I think having the right long term orientation, making decisions that are right for the long term, very critical, whether you're an entrepreneur starting a company or you're a real estate investor, you know, how much do you want to invest in your renovation, it's going to cost you more, but then it's going to cost you less on an ongoing basis that when you're starting a company, how much do you want to invest upfront in your core technology and in your team, you could do things more on the cheap, but it might not be as enduring. So I would think about investing, you know, in capital and people that are really, really critical.   And then I would say, just on the entrepreneurial side, what has worked for me is real optimism is I think there's different ways and but it's you're intellectually honest, but you're optimistic and you're in solution oriented. You can fall into despair very easily as an entrepreneur or if you have a real estate investment that's going sideways, but if you really sort of say okay, we are where we are, you know, what are our options, how do we fix it and I know we're going to get through this. It You find very few entrepreneurs who won't don't have a glass half full kind of orientation.   A good friend of mine found in Workday. His name's Aneel Bhusri. And he also founded, you know, another company with Dave Duffield earlier in his career. And so Dave co founded Workday with him as well. And, Aneel said one time, he said, Yeah, you know, I'm, I'm, uh, you know, I'm a glass half full kind of kind of person. And I'm a good complement to today, my co founder, you know, by contrast, he's a glasses, entirely full type person. So, you know, it's not as a glass half empty glass half full. And Aneel thought he was, yeah, I'm pretty optimistic. Dave was like, oh, off the charts, this is going to work. And this is how it's worked. He's created multiple billion dollar, you know, multi billion dollar companies. But so I would say attitude is important, and perseverance.   And I think by keeping that positive attitude, not everything is going to go right, you need to try lots of stuff, and celebrate failures, keep going. So we like to say at Roofstock, you know, fail forward fast, try new things, celebrate those things. And it's not easy to celebrate failure. It sounds kind of silly, and it's kind of a West Coast thing. But we do try to do it and you know, talk about things that don't work. And eventually, you're going to find some magic in there. And if people aren't comfortable failing, they don't take those chances. So I think, you know, those are a few things that I would just I would share.   Heath: You know, and I'm gonna add one more, which is luck surface area. And as you're talking about optimism, it kind of reminded me of this. So at my wedding, Jonah actually gave the best man speech. And he spoke a bit about luck surface area and how it applies. And I would say, both in real estate, and in starting a startup, you know, you really got to just put yourself out there, make it known where you want to be, you know, go and scream from the rooftops, hey, this is what I want to accomplish. This is what I want to do make sure everyone is you know, knowing what you're trying to do. And hopefully the right people will kind of step up and, and help you get to that end goal.   Gary: I love that luck surface area. You know, if you think it was Ben Hogan, who also said, the more I practice, the luckier I get. So there's no substitute for that hard work element, as well.   Tom: Jay, do you want to close this out? I haven't heard your pearl yet. Do you want to get to the final pearl?   Jay: Sure. I mean, I think I think it goes back to something Gary said about investing in the team where I think the quality of the team. And I think relationships among the team are just such a huge lever in it, whether it's startups or really trying to be successful at anything. And so I think, being patient around building the right team, having a high high bar for the right team, and sort of, you know, who's your network that you rely on, as you build a portfolio as you build a company, I think has, you know, led to some of our greatest successes and, and some of our missteps occasionally. And so I think, as has always been, you know, something, something I've tried to keep in mind.   Gary: And I would say, you know, one thing that I've also learned over time, and I firmly believe is, is the right strategy, whether you're building a company or a real estate portfolio, even though buying property is transactional, there is a way to live your life and build your career in a way that's more relationship oriented. And I think some of the most successful entrepreneurs, whether it's in tech or real estate, take the long view, and don't view everything as transactional. And while you want to get a good deal on a property, you might be dealing with a serial seller, you deal with that person well, you're going to develop in the long run, you're going to do much better by trying to find Win Win outcomes.   And so that I would put that out there because I think oftentimes in real estate, people view things very much as a one shot deal. very transactional, trying to maximize everything. And I think if you sort of take a step back a little bit, sometimes and optimize for the long run, take more relationship view can be smart.   Tom: We love to hear your feedback. So if you have any questions you want to ask some of these co founders about real estate entrepreneurship. Please, if you're watching this on YouTube, just write it into the comments. We watch that stuff all the time. And if you're listening to this on a podcast, if you could write this in the either Apple podcast comments, or you can just email us you can email us at help at roof stock.com with questions, comments, anything you Want related to this content that we're creating and as always, happy investing

Honest communication with your business partner while things are going well can prevent disaster down the road.   On today's episode of Business Lunch, co-hosts and business partners, Roland Frasier and Ryan Deiss, talk about something they hope their listeners will never experience in their business: mutiny in the ranks.    They discuss the three biggest challenges co-founders face and how to proactively avoid them and ensure the success of your company.   They also share two big things businesses can do RIGHT NOW if they want to grow:    Implement an operating system that will give you more free time as you scale. Find out more about the Scalable OS Accelerator here.  Take your business partner (or your whole team) to Traffic & Conversion Summit LIVE in San Diego, CA on September 13th-15th.    When a Business Partnership Goes Sour   Great Jones is a direct-to-consumer cookware company that has become really popular the past few years, especially among the Instagram crowd. Two women, who were great friends in college, went off to start their own careers. One was a designer and understood branding and social; the other was more of an operations person.    Then they decided to combine their talents and started a company together. They were great at PR, and everything looked perfect, but behind the scenes, it was a mess. One cofounder pushed the other out, but the one who got pushed out had a better relationship with the team, so the whole team walked.    Roland and Ryan know it's not always as cut and dry as good person/bad person. Ryan and his former partner, Perry, had ideological differences. Ryan thought Perry was a jerk, but now realizes he had to own his part.    Generally, Roland and Ryan agree, but sometimes they don't. So, how do they ensure disagreements don't lead to infighting?   What to Know Before You Go Into Business Together   First, be careful who you go into business with. Don't go into business with someone with ideological differences just because you're friends. If one of you wants to do good, and one of you just wants to make money, it will be hard to work together.   Make sure your values align. Take an honest look at your work ethic, finances, family values. Are you workaholics or do you take vacations? Do you want to take money out of the company or leave it in?   They recommend grabbing a long-form partnership agreement from LegalZoom and taking a look at questions like these:     What happens if one of us wants to leave?  What happens if we need more money in the company? What happens if we get deadlocked?      Ideally, you want partners with complementary skills so there can be clear divisions of labor. You each play different roles in the company. But you'll still have to communicate.   Roland is a huge believer in consensus. If he wants to do something and Ryan doesn't, but Ryan decides to disagree and commit, as far as the rest of the team is concerned, Ryan is all in. Just like there have been times when Roland doesn't agree, but he goes along with it anyway.   Bottom line: they put on a united front for the team. “We don't fight in front of the kids,” they say.   The Three Biggest Challenges Co-Founders Face   The Business Insider article about the Great Jones mutiny addressed three big challenges these business partners didn't handle well.    #1: Hiring too many junior team members at high levels    When one of the team members wasn't doing their job, one of the cofounders had to pick up the slack, and they started getting resentful about it.    #2: Misalignment of vision    One of the partners wanted to pursue profitability, and the other wanted to shoot the moon. Unicorn or die.   #3: One cofounder was the face of the brand with the other behind the scenes    This is a recipe for bitterness and resentment, not to mention that having multiple faces of your business makes it stronger.   Have Those Hard, Healthy Conversations From the Beginning   What relief valves can you put in place for potential resentment? “Let's have a conversation now about all the ways we might piss each other off,” Roland and Ryan say.   They suggest sitting down with your partner and your favorite adult beverage, setting aside a couple hours. “It's therapeutic and oddly fun.”   What do you talk about? Money and time are biggies. Maybe it takes you 20 hours a week to get your job done, and it takes your partner 80. You need to have a conversation about that. Are you focused on equal time commitment or getting things done?   One huge question to ask is: “What does it look like for us to get divorced?”    It feels counterintuitive to ask this when things are going well, but it's actually the best time. Address those tough things now while you have good emotional capital with each other, before something gets out of control.   Have these conversations regularly—on good days. Don't wait to have them when your money is almost gone or resentment is already festering. It's like this: “Because things are so awesome, I think we need to have a conversation about what it will look like if things get less awesome.”    It's an imperfect world, and we're all imperfect people. But honest communication means two imperfect people can run an awesome company together for a long time.

There are many important facets to the lifecycle of a resident, but few are as essential as the lease renewal stage. Deciding to move is costly for residents as well as the property owner, so it's crucial to create a process that helps keep tenants satisfied and renting from your business. This can be challenging when there is an increase in rent prices. In this episode of Beyond Rent, we're joined by John Rapisarda of Great Jones. John has gained a lot of experience creating a successful lease renewal processes, and he's here to share what works and what doesn't.Learn more about Rent Manager's industry-leading accounting, reporting, maintenance, and communication features at RentManager.com, or connect with us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.You can learn more about John Rapisarda on LinkedIn and Great Jones on their website.Visit RentManager.com/Podcast to submit an idea for an upcoming episode of Beyond Rent and discover more about the program. 

psychic powers descend again as the gals have another shared BOTW: this time it's falafel-themed. Hear about our garbanzo victories, popsicle season, and a WOTW that will haunt Marie forever on this week's ep. show notes:Are we a lifestyle podcast? Let's debate The latest is that the hellfire inferno temps have descended upon the District of Columbia and we are not pleased We went on a fun friendship date We question if not liking tomatoes is a deal breaker in a relationship? We go off on why brunch is so bad!!! You should only be eating brunch at homeMarie's BOTW: DIY white bean fritter wrap inspired by a falafel in Paris. Deets in the easy-ish newsAlissa BOTW: DIY falafel pitas with a friend as well!!!! The love and lemons baked falafel recipe stole the show. Marie's WOTW: bugs to the back of the throat Alissa's WOTW: chocolate brioche pretzel thing from Elle Marie's white bean fritter: wanted to make falafel (from delish recipe) - subbed white beans instead, tzatziki (NYT recipe), sun dried tomato romesco sauce, feta, julienned mini bell peppers, pickled red onion, lettuce on a burrito tortilla Alissa's recipe of the week is all about those overripe strawbs - strawberry lime and black pepper popsicles  Hot take of the week came from Marie this week: Spam is delicious! Spam onigiri that changed her life AA is chewing on: this Great Jones article READS FOR THE WEEK:Juliet Takes a Breath Know My Name The Silent PatientThat SummerThe Road TripWriters & LoversReal LifeYou Exist Too MuchMidnight Library 

Juliet and Amanda start by talking about their biggest takeaways from Britney Spears's testimony (1:57). Then they move on to discuss the recent New York Times piece on restaurant and celebrity hot spot Nobu Malibu (12:33). They also discuss Kim Kardashian's company, Skims, collaborating with Team USA for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo (18:58). They end the show by talking about the problems going on at Great Jones (24:45). Hosts: Amanda Dobbins and Juliet Litman Production Assistant: Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Verizon changes course again by selling off AOL and Yahoo to Apollo. Joe and Robert think they'll purchase both back for more at a later date. Rumors are swirling that Netflix may buy Discovery. Smart move considering how much Netflix is paying for original content these days. And we've seen the future and it is Food52 with their purchase of Dansk. Twitter Spaces moves aggressively into Clubhouse's turf, but Joe thinks the online event business should be shaking right now. Robert still can't get a Spaces invite though. And of course, the boys argue about NFTs, including Kevin Smith's NFT sale of his upcoming movie and Gary Vee's NFT launch that includes a super conference. You know what they say about the first through the wall? They get bloody! Raves include content's role moving to the CMO, and how SMS/texting might actually be a solid content distribution choice with examples from Taika and Great Jones. ------ Catch past episodes show notes at ThisOldMarketing.site. Get your .site domain today.

Today we're going to discuss how to make the most out of your product launches. Joining us is Sierra Tishgart, the Co-Founder at Great Jones, which is a modern kitchen company that marries substance with style by equipping, encouraging, and inspiring people to cook more frequently. In part 2 of our conversation, we're going to talk about how you can keep your post-launch momentum going. Show NotesConnect With:Sierra Tishgart: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we're going to discuss how to make the most out of your product launches. Joining us is Sierra Tishgart, the Co-Founder at Great Jones, which is a modern kitchen company that marries substance with style by equipping, encouraging, and inspiring people to cook more frequently. In part 2 of our conversation, we're going to talk about how you can keep your post-launch momentum going. Show NotesConnect With:Sierra Tishgart: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter

Today we're going to discuss how to make the most out of your product launches. Joining us is Sierra Tishgart, the Co-Founder at Great Jones, which is a modern kitchen company that marries substance with style by equipping, encouraging, and inspiring people to cook more frequently. In part 1 of our conversation, Sierra is going to talk to us about how e-commerce brands should prepare for their product launches. Show NotesConnect With:Sierra Tishgart: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we're going to discuss how to make the most out of your product launches. Joining us is Sierra Tishgart, the Co-Founder at Great Jones, which is a modern kitchen company that marries substance with style by equipping, encouraging, and inspiring people to cook more frequently. In part 1 of our conversation, Sierra is going to talk to us about how e-commerce brands should prepare for their product launches. Show NotesConnect With:Sierra Tishgart: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter

Great Jones co-founder Sierra Tishgart dishes on her tofu press, fake fireplace and what she cooks in her cookware while Caroline makes the case for a power washer. Plus: Cheap rugs vs. expensive rugs, mac and cheese, and the many ways in which to cook rice.(Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod! I wanna see you there! And on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks)GIFT GUIDE ALERT: They are coming (and FAST). Want them earlier than everyone else? Sign up here: www.geethanksjustboughtit.com so you don’t miss the next one!Mentioned On This Episode!Great Jones: https://fave.co/2JiOCzIThe Dutchess: https://fave.co/3e6emdYHoly Sheet: https://fave.co/37SCXBHDuraflame Realistic Log Heater: https://fave.co/37QhsScAnother option if you don’t have a fireplace: https://fave.co/2TOKhGBTofu Press: https://amzn.to/3kJK8zRZojirushi Rice Cooker: https://amzn.to/2HJKdF6Ikea Artist Collection Rugs: https://about.ikea.com/en/life-at-home/how-we-work/collaborations Great Jones on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatjones/?hl=en Visit www.geethanksjustboughtit.com for even more recs and shop the Gee Thanks! Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/geethanksjustboughtitAs always, reach me at Caroline@geethanksjustboughtit.com, @geethanksjustboughtitpod on Instagram, or leave me a message at 424-245-0736. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Emily Singer is the creator of the newsletter Chips + Dips. A couple times a month, she shares news about consumer brands and marketing trends, but her insights get deeper than data. She draws perceptive connections amidst brands, but she also gets personal, making the newsletter feel like a DTC diary.In the newsletter's 26th issue, Emily is four months into the COVID-19 pandemic and reflecting on a shift in perspective and an overall lack of excitement for new brands — How could I get excited about a skincare company’s content strategy when thousands of people were dying and when I, myself, was doing the bare minimum to care for my skin?Emily wasn't the only one in a brand rut. If you're immersed in the world of DTC ecommerce brands, you may have noticed that many of them fall within certain archetypes. These archetypes are well documented in a Bloomberg article titled Welcome to Your Bland New World. From fonts and photography to mission and story, the opinion piece chronicles similarities that make some of these brands seem downright interchangeable — but maybe similarity is not always a bad thing.In this episode, Emily reflects on this article, contemplating the comfort of sameness, our human inclination toward trends, why brands have to have soul, and why sometimes, toothpaste should just be toothpaste.For images and links, go to the Lumi blog.

This time we conclude the call from last time talking about Property Management. When we left off we were sharing some crazy stories about tenants and just about to start talking about crazy owners. We are visiting with Matthew Whitaker from GK Houses and Christopher Ladd from Great Jones, two large property management companies. They are answering my questions and some from the audience on the call and laying the wisdom on us.  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page! Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437)   ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind.  Sponsors American IRA: www.americanIRA.com Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com Announcements: The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.   Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It’s a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think. FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .  “Real Estate Investing Quick Start” Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart. News:  We saw this coming, but it’s coming back. https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/home-sales-prices/home-prices-show-first-signs-of-stalling-amid-pandemic-in-some-areas-of-the-nation/ Another large credible research firm says home prices will drop this year. I am predicting otherwise. Great data here for all you stats junkies. I conclude differently based on additional data.  https://www.noradarealestate.com/blog/housing-market-predictions/  Topic: Property Management, Matthew and Christopher  Some questions to get us started:  Most of us buy our first rental house and attempt to manage it ourselves. What are some of the most important things we need to know if we plan to self-manage? What are some of the biggest pitfalls for landlords self-managing? If we only have a few rentals and self-manage, do we really need to know all the regulations about fair housing rules and so forth or are we exempt? Where can we go to learn the housing rules to make sure we are in compliance? What are some ways I can find good tenants for my properties? How do I appropriately and legally vet tenant applicants?  How can I learn whether a prospective tenant has been evicted? You can’t fully control people - what is the craziest thing you’ve seen a tenant do (that you are allowed to talk about) Where can the average person get a good lease to use? What some typical problems tenants have and some ways to prevent them? How do you draw the line between normal wear and tear and reason to retain security deposit? At what point does it make sense to hire a management company? Just in case I have a property in a city where you are not located :) what criteria should i use in selecting a property management company? When vetting a management company, what are some red flags? What does the rest of this year look like for rental property demand? How has managing rentals impacted your view of humanity in general? What are your top 3 pointers for landlords or potential landlords? Questions: Alison, Fort Worth, TX “I’m a married mom, work part-time. My husband is a cop. We are comfortable, but don’t have a lot of extra money. We have saved about $30,000 to invest in real estate. We are thinking about those inexpensive houses you talk about. But we wonder it that’s the best course of action for us right now.” Henry, Knoxville, TN “Flip houses or own rentals. Which is best?” Sandra, Louisville, KY “What is the best way to determine if a property is a deal? Is there some sort of calculator or program for that?” Louisa, Pittsburgh, PA “I’m interested in starting a local Flipping America Chapter. What do I do?”  Motivational Thoughts for the day “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” William Arthur Ward  

From Vogue to Forbes 30 under 30, Great Jones is the modern day cookware brand that everyone’s hot for. Lifelong friends Sierra Tishgart and Maddy Moelis, had the idea over dinner a few years ago and set out to create a luxury cookware company that’s more accessible and affordable for young folk. And these are the kind of pots you want in your kitchen. They’re pastel themed and designed with small New York apartments in mind - they’re so beautiful they can literally live on top of your stove. And the branding is something you need to see for yourself. I urge you to check out their website and their Instagram, these women know a thing or two about good looking stuff. It’s one of the best. We’re talking about the benefits of co-founders seeing a CEO coach early on in the journey to maintain a healthy friendship and working relationship, how manufacturing out of Hong Kong primarily through robots can reduce your production costs, how to ask a mentor to be your mentor and raising capital through like minded high profile female founders. LINKS WE MENTION Great Jones website Great Jones Instagram Sierra's Instagram

Who’s hungry?! On today’s food-filled episode, we talk with Sierra Tishgart, co-founder of Great Jones, about the origins of the company, the importance of creating content fueled by community, and how the brand is leveraging partnerships with leaders in the food space—including some of our all-time fav chefs and creators.

In this episode, Tej Singh and Adele Li interview Jay Goldklang, the Founder and CEO of Great Jones, a modern, full-service operating platform that allows property investors to find quality renters, receive reliable income, and access local vendors for unit upkeep. Great Jones has raised over $20M from Crosslink Capital, Zigg Capital, Juxtapose, Seamless founder Jason Finger, and serial entrepreneurs Kevin Ryan and David Rosenblatt. Interview topics include Jay's path from Yale and Stanford GSB to 1stdibs and Great Jones, his love of sports fueling his youngest entrepreneurial pursuits, and the value-add that Great Jones provides property owners, from leasing to maintenance.

Sometimes you go to a spa to get a facial and a few days later it looks like a pizza took a shit on your face. When you go back to that spa in tears and the manager gives you an attitude, you get today's episode of The Voices In Our Heads. #PettyPetty2020 For tour dates and resources mentioned in this episode, visit: www.KrystynaHutchinson.com Follow me on social media @KrystynaHutch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Part II of II. In this episode we get to interview Justin Hoffman, and Barbie Alea, who are key employees in a very unique Property Management firm, called Great Jones. In Part I, we dove into the concept. In this episode, we dive deep into the daily processes and practices that are completely disrupting an entire industry. These processes make a huge difference in helping you make better returns, and protect your properties in a way that other companies can't. These two episodes are a "must listen" to ANY investor that owns rental properties.   Like us on Facebook to stay up to date with new episodes and exclusive content from Jack, Shecky and our guests!-https://www.facebook.com/High-Return-Real-Estate-Show-2218195228498526 Learn more about Great Jones at www.greatjones.co Visit Our Website To Learn More About How We Handle True Turnkey Properties: https://highreturnrealestate.com/ Follow us on Social: https://www.facebook.com/High-Return-Real-Estate-Show-2218195228498526 https://www.facebook.com/HighReturnRealEstate/

What's better - the personalized hand holding of a local mom and pop company, or some fancy software that can give you some deep analysis? In this episode, you're going to learn about a company that is completely DISRUPTING the Property Management industry. We have the pleasure of interviewing Nicola Cowan and Christopher Ladd, who are both involved in a very interesting tech startup called Great Jones. This will give you an excellent overview of how thinking outside the box can create some HUGE wins for investors. It will also help you understand why we couldn't say not to a strategic partnership with this firm. Like us on Facebook to stay up to date with new episodes and exclusive content from Jack, Shecky and our guests!-https://www.facebook.com/High-Return-Real-Estate-Show-2218195228498526 Learn more about Great Jones and their property management systems at greatjones.co Visit Our Website To Learn More About How We Handle True Turnkey Properties: https://highreturnrealestate.com/ Follow us on Social: https://www.facebook.com/High-Return-Real-Estate-Show-2218195228498526 https://www.facebook.com/HighReturnRealEstate/

Einat Admony s a chef, restauranteur, and cookbook author who is based in New York City. She’s the force behind beloved places like Taim Falafel and Balaboosta and the author of two cookbooks, Balaboosta, and the newly published SHUK: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking. Lia Ronnen is the publisher of Artisan Books, who has published both of Einat’s books.Einat, Lia, and Julia sat down to talk about what exactly is Israeli food, who gets to define any particular cuisine, cultural appropriation versus appropriation, home cooking, and more.Follow-up links:Shuk (Cookbook)Einat's InstagramMisono 440 KnifeMisen KnifeGod's Love We Deliver Brownies!Great Jones (use the code 'CALM' for 15% off!!)

Lezli Harvell is a board-certified pediatric dentist, who has spent her career providing oral healthcare to healthy and special needs children. She and her husband run a center called Dental Kidz, with a Z, in Newark, New Jersey. She’s also a mother of 5 daughters. Along with a passion for good health and family, Lezli is passionate about food and about breaking the antiquated industry traditions that go along with it. A dual citizen of the United States and Jamaica, Lezli is the creator and curator of The Iconoclast Dinner Experience (also known as IDE). IDE is an event series that has been celebrating diversity and culture through food since 2015. IDE now runs annual events in New York, Chicago and Martha’s Vineyard. IDE strives to broaden the food conversation by honoring chefs, sommeliers, and spirit trailblazers of color. All event proceeds benefit Lezli’s alma matter Spelman College students from Jamaican and sub-Saharan African countries.Julia met with Dr. Lezli on her lunch break and they spoke about why she started IDE, how she runs it, and what it means to her. Follow-up links:For more about the Iconoclast Dinner Experience, head here.Follow Dr. Lezli on Instagram!Check out the goods at Great Jones! (remember to use the code 'CALM' for 15% off!!) 

Lagusta Yearwood founded Lagusta’s Luscious, an artisinal vegan chocolate company in 2003. Over the last 16 years, she has grown the chocolate business into 3 brick-and-mortars— a chocolate shop and a café in New Paltz, New York, and a sweets shop in Manhattan’s East Village. She also just came out with a brand new cookbook titled SWEET + SALTY: The Art of Vegan Chocolates, Truffles, Caramels and More.Lagusta and Julia talk about Lagusta's businesses, her book, the complication of operating a business while also questioning capitalism, the power of listening to your employees and developing systems, knowing how and when and why to grow, and how to navigate working with friends.Follow-up links:Lagusta's podcast 'Thanks in Advance'Lagusta's LusciousLagusta's book Sweet + Saltythe Smoky Corn-on-the-Cob Chocolate Bar Lagusta mentionedHow to Not Always Be Working, the book Lagusta mentionedWoodstock Animal SanctuaryNow & Again, Julia's latest cookbook which includes her recipes for matzo ball soup and turkey meatloaf!Great Jones (remember to use the code 'CALM' for 15% off!!)

Alexander Smalls is a modern Renaissance man. A world-renowned opera singer with both a Grammy and a Tony under his belt, Alexander is also a visionary restaurateur who has brought 5 important New York restaurants into the world— The Cecil, Minton’s, Café Beulah, Sweet Ophelia’s, and Shoebox Cafe. He’s also a James Beard Award-winning cookbook author. Most of all, he’s a warm and welcoming host. He and Julia speak about home, collecting, grief, legacy, storytelling, and, of course, food.  Follow-up links:For more about Alexander Smalls, head here.For a tour of Alexander's apartment, head here.For more about the Harlem Schools of the Arts, head here.To donate to Angel Food East, head here.For more about Julia, head here.For more about Great Jones, head here (and don't forget to enter the code 'CALM' for 15% off of any order!!) 

Today we're going to discuss how to make the most out of your product launches. Joining us is Sierra Tishgart, the Co-Founder at Great Jones, which is a modern kitchen company that marries substance with style by equipping, encouraging, and inspiring people to cook more frequently. In part 2 of our conversation, we're going to talk about how you can keep your post-launch momentum going. Show NotesSierra Tishgart: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter The MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we're going to discuss how to make the most out of your product launches. Joining us is Sierra Tishgart, the Co-Founder at Great Jones, which is a modern kitchen company that marries substance with style by equipping, encouraging, and inspiring people to cook more frequently. In part 2 of our conversation, we're going to talk about how you can keep your post-launch momentum going. Show NotesSierra Tishgart: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter The MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter

Today we're going to discuss how to make the most out of your product launches. Joining us is Sierra Tishgart, the Co-Founder at Great Jones, which is a modern kitchen company that marries substance with style by equipping, encouraging, and inspiring people to cook more frequently. In part 1 of our conversation, Sierra is going to talk to us about how e-commerce brands should prepare for their product launches. Show NotesConnect With: Sierra Tishgart: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter The MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we're going to discuss how to make the most out of your product launches. Joining us is Sierra Tishgart, the Co-Founder at Great Jones, which is a modern kitchen company that marries substance with style by equipping, encouraging, and inspiring people to cook more frequently. In part 1 of our conversation, Sierra is going to talk to us about how e-commerce brands should prepare for their product launches. Show NotesConnect With: Sierra Tishgart: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter The MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // Twitter

Alison Roman is a cookbook author, columnist for The New York Times, and all around busy person. She and Julia sat down to talk about the work they do as cookbook authors and what some of their challenges are and also what motivates them. Follow-up links:For more about Alison Roman and her new book Nothing Fancy, head here.For more about Great Jones, head here.For more about Oko Farms, head here.For more about Julia Turshen, head here.

This week, we're excited to welcome LAZARUS LYNCH to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.Lazarus is a two-time winner of Chopped and host of Snapchat's first-ever cooking show. His first cookbook is Son of a Southern Chef. In today's show, we'll talk with Lazarus about how he got his start (and his foot in the door at Food Network), where he finds inspiration, and how he approached his first cookbook. Plus: We'll play Salt + Spine game with Lazarus.ALSO IN TODAY'S SHOW:> IN THE KITCHEN: Salt + Spine Kitchen Correspondent Sarah Varney cooks up two side dishes from Lazarus' book for a pig roast in Sonoma County, CA.> FROM THE LIBRARY: Great Jones' Sierra Tishgart joins us to discuss a vintage cookbook from the Great Jones library. Tune in as we explore the 1981 Celebrity Cookbook by Johna Blinn – and get a look inside on the Great Jones Instagram.> COMMENTARY: We check in with Celia Sack at Omnivore Books in San Francisco to discuss soul food and Southern food. --Get the Book: Amazon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we're excited to welcome ADEENA SUSSMAN to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.Adeena is the author of Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen and has co-authored or collaborated on a dozen other cookbooks, including Chrissy Teigen's books and The Spinkles Baking Book with Candace Nelson—all New York Times best sellers.In today's show, we're talking with Adeena about how moving to Tel Aviv and living steps from the historic and bustling Carmel Market influenced her cooking, about the trendiness of Israeli cooking in the U.S., and about how she approaches her work as a cookbook author.ALSO IN TODAY'S SHOW:> IN THE KITCHEN: Salt + Spine Kitchen Correspondent Sarah Varney cooks from Sababa with her son Fountain and friends. Tune in to hear them make Cinnamony Smokey Eggplant P'titim.> FROM THE LIBRARY: Great Jones' Sierra Tishgart joins us to discuss a vintage cookbook from the Great Jones library. Tune in as we explore the 1958 LIFE Picture Cook Book – and get a look inside on the Great Jones Instagram.Plus: Recipes for Za’atar Roasted Chicken over Sumac Potatoes, Pomegroni, and Chewy Tahini Blondies.GET THE BOOK: Omnivore Books (signed!) | Amazon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

My guests this episode are Great Jones co-founders Sierra Tishgart and Maddy Moelis.  Great Jones is a modern cookware company designed to make home cooking simple with beautiful high-performing cookware at an accessible price.  Sierra and Maddy started Great Jones because they believe in the power and pleasure of making food with your own hands. Not only business partners, they’re also childhood friends of 20 years who first met at summer camp, where they bonded over a love of Chipwich ice-cream sandwiches and pizza pockets.  Prior to starting Great Jones, Sierra worked as a Food Editor at New York Magazine and won a James Beard Award for her writing. She also hosted a show for CBS This Morning interviewing chefs. Maddy comes from the start-up world, where she managed consumer insights for Warby Parker and was a Product Manager at Zola. They embarked on the Great Jones adventure together as first-time entrepreneurs.  I visited their beautiful New York office to hear all about: How they met at camp over 20 years ago and how their lives have intertwined since The evening when Great Jones began and how the business grew from a single idea Leaving established careers to become entrepreneurs  What life is like as a business owner and the challenges that come with it It was so inspiring hearing how Sierra and Maddy got their business off the ground, and I really hope their story inspires anyone else who has an idea but doesn’t know what to do to take it to the next level. They’re also amazing examples of people taking leaps of faith into the unknown. Find out more about Great Jones: https://greatjonesgoods.com (https://greatjonesgoods.com/) .

Great Jones founder Sierra Tishgart reveals the dark side of building her colorful cookware startup: the business of having a personal life, the part of launch that almost broke her, and what we can learn from Instagram jealousy. | Follow Sierra: @sierratishgart | Follow The Lowlight Reel: @lowlightreelpod | Music by Epidemic Sound.

The mashup of online and offline selling creates confusion sometimes. Here are the basic business models you can use for selling a product and how to COMBINE them into a stronger sales machine. Products mentioned include Warby Parker, Purple Matress, Brooke Linen, Away Luggage, Great Jones.  "Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people." - Steve Jobs LIMITED TIME OFFER —>>> Click here to get your FREE copy of our new book “Turn Products Into Profits”  https://www.turnproductsintoprofits.com/    

This week, we’re excited to welcome ED LEVINE and the STARS OF SERIOUS EATS—J. Kenji López-Alt, Maggie Hoffman, and Carey Jones—to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories on cookbooks.This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at The Civic Kitchen in San Francisco.Ed Levine is the founder of Serious Eats, the James Beard-winning food website, and author of Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption.J. Kenji López-Alt is the chief culinary consultant for Serious Eats and author of James Beard-winning The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science.Carey Jones is a former managing editor and New York editor for Serious Eats. She’s the author of Brooklyn Bartender: A Modern Guide to Cocktails and Spirits and Be Your Own Bartender: A Surefire Guide to Finding (and Making) Your Perfect Cocktail.Maggie Hoffman is the founding editor of Serious Eats: Drinks and a former managing editor of the site. She’s the author of The One-Bottle Cocktail: More than 80 Recipes with Fresh Ingredients and a Single Spirit and Batch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every Occasion. She previously appeared on Salt + Spine here.Also in today’s show:We’re chatting with Sierra Tishgart, co-founder of Great Jones, about The Book of Bread by Judith and Evan Jones. See more on the Great Jones Instagram.Bonus Salt + Spine Features:Recipe: Classic Cherry Pie by Stella Parks See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jia Tolentino is a staff writer for The New Yorker and her new book of essays, Trick Mirror, is about to come out in August. Before writing for The New Yorker, Jia worked as a deputy editor at Jezebel and a contributing editor at the Hairpin. Jia and Julia talked about writing, real life versus online and print versus digital, how she learned to cook when she was in the Peace Corps., the role of cooking in her life now, a bit about her new book and her anticipation of it being out in the word. There are also answers to listeners' questions and a shoutout to Make the Road NY. Follow-up links: To learn more about Jia's and her work and her new book (and to order it!), head here. For Shauna Ahern's gluten-free pizza dough recipe that Julia mentioned, head here. For more about Make the Road New York, head here. For more about Julia and her work, head here. For more about the entire Great Jones set, head here. And be sure to enter the code 'COOKON' at checkout for $25 off!!!

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Great Jones, a startup selling pots, pans and even an oven directly to consumers, is introducing a new way to get help in the kitchen. Potline is a free text message service where anyone can ask for recipe ideas, or get advice when things are going wrong in the middle of the cooking process, or get tips on how to clean up afterwards.

As someone who loves to cook, I know the struggles of having to buy pans on pans on pans to serve different purposes in the kitchen. Cue Great Jones, which came in with a nostalgic aesthetic, a homey feel and multipurpose pots and pans to save consumers some space and money.Maddy Moelis, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, founded the company with her childhood friend Sierra Tishgart after realizing that quality cookware was difficult to find. Her experience at Wharton spearheaded a love for startups - her first job was at Warby Parker during its early days before she went on to do a long stint at Zola. It was there that she actually saw the price tags of registry cookware and thought there had to be an alternative for people who didn't want to skimp at Ikea or spend a fortune on a KitchenAid tool. Thus, Great Jones was born. Listen to the episode for the full story.

In the studio with Camilla Marcus, founder of west~bourne, NYC’s all-day cafe we #pinefor and investor extraordinaire, chatting about launching social enterprises that last and funding other women-owned businesses, such as The Wing, Ramona and Great Jones

EVOLUTION est un podcast qui vous explique l’histoire d’un courant ou d’un genre musical. Pendant une heure, je vous explique la genèse et le développement de chaque genre, en vous faisant écouter les morceaux importants qui ont contribué à faire évoluer la musique populaire. Ce cinquième épisode s'intéresse à l'électronisation du disco dans les années 80, quand, dans la communauté noire et gay de Chicago naît un dérivé du disco, artisanal et synthétique, qui deviendra la forme de dance music la plus populaire dans les années 90 : la house music.  Tracklist : Frankie Knuckles – The Whistle Song (E.K. 12’’ mix) [Virgin Records, 1991] Patrick Cowley – Menergy [Polydor, 1981] D Train – You’re The One For Me (special dub – vocal edit) [Prelude Records, 1981] Jesse Saunders – On and On [Jes Say Records, 1984] Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley – Jack Your Body (dub your body) [London Records, 1985] Phuture – Acid Tracks [Trax Records, 1987] Bam Bam – Where’s Your Child? [Westbrook, 1988] Paul Johnson – Feel My M.F. Bass [Dance Mania, 1994] DJ Funk – Booty Clap [Funk Records, 2003] Mr. Fingers – Can You Feel It? [Trax Records, 1986] Metro – Brownstone Express [Nu Groove Records, 1990] KB – Feelin U (Osunlade remix) [Yoruba Records, 2005] Moodymann – Tribute! (To The Soul We Lost) [KDJ, 1994] Nightcrawlers – Push the Feeling On (the dub of doom) [Great Jones, 1992] Masters At Work – I Can’t Get No Sleep feat. India (Ken/Lou 12’’ version) [Cutting Records, 1993] The Reese Project – The Colour of Love (Underground Resistance 12’’ mix) [Giant, 1992] Daft Punk – Around the World [Virgin Records, 1997] 

Elazar Sontag, a cookbook author, freelance writer, and editor at Serious Eats, talks to Julia about cooking, writing, anxiety, Guy Fieri, and more. There are also answers to listeners' questions and a shoutout to The Trevor Project. Some follow-up links! For more about Elazar, head here. For more about Elazar's book* Flavors of Oakland*, head here. For Julia's recipe for Charoset Quinoa from Now & Again, featured by Great Jones, head here. Don't forget to use your discount code for your Great Jones order! For more about The Trevor Project, head here. For the interview between The Trevor Project's CEO Amit Paley and comic Cameron Esposito on her podcast Queery, head here. For more about Julia and her work, head here.

Everyone has interests outside of work, but not everyone knows how to turn their side hustle into a successful business. But it's safe to say that Sierra Tishgart, co-founder of cookware brand Great Jones, knows a thing or two about the transition. In the newest episode of Second Life, Tishgart tells Hillary Kerr how she went from being a Teen Vogue intern to becoming an entrepreneur in home cookware.

Deloitte shares the trends on why Direct to Consumer startups are rapidly growing, Big Box Retailers saw disappointing Q4 results, and Chris Walton's analysis of the Store of the Future are in this episode. We're joined by Maddy Moelis and Sierra Tishgart, co-founders of Great Jones after a huge holiday kick off season... as seen in the New York Times and Forbes. Forbes: Every Retailer Should Have a Store of the Future Plan of Attack

Sierra Tishgart and Maddy Moelis met at summer camp 20 years ago and are now the Co-Founders of Great Jones, a kitchen company that launched a line of cookware two weeks ago. In this episode of In the Sauce, Ali, Maddy and Sierra talk about how to start a business with a friend: What to look for in a partner, how to organize the workload, and most importantly, how to preserve the friendship. In The Sauce is powered by Simplecast.

Dave has co-founded a property management company and has managed over 10,000 homes. His company is not a typical property management company, they strive to be better in all areas than other companies. They are even working on the technology side that is severely lacking in the property management space. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!   Best Ever Tweet: “Our mission is to democratize wall street level performance for main street investors” - Dave Diaz   Dave Diaz Real Estate Background: Co-Founder, Head of Operations for Great Jones - a property management startup Expert in property management: bought, renovated, leased, and managed over 10,000 homes Based in Fort Myers, FL Say hi to him at Best Ever Book: Blue Ocean Strategy   Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at   Best Ever Listeners: Do you need debt, equity, or a loan guarantor for your deals? Eastern Union Funding and Arbor Realty Trust are the companies to talk to, specifically Marc Belsky. I have used him for both agency debt, help with the equity raise, and my consulting clients have successfully closed deals with Marc’s help. See how Marc can help you by calling him at 212-897-9875 or emailing him

Your property managers are your asset managers. They take care of your property, fill vacancies, maintain the property, take care of the tenants who are your customers, and deal with the law and liability. They need to be understanding of the environment, speaking of the law and liability. Dave is the co-founder of Great Jones, a venture-backed business on a mission to make property management efficient, effective, and delightful for owners regardless of their portfolio size. He has a lot of industry exposure and experience. He was the director of construction for FirstKey Homes, a massive company that has purchased an untold number of homes. He oversaw operations across ten markets. Before that, he was the regional director of another massive company called Waypoint Homes. Dave talks about building his own company and gives his perspective on real estate investing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ian McNeice joins us again from sunny London Town to talk about some of his future roles, the great Ripley/Jones controversy, and an alternate timeline where Lambert has the flamethrower.Permalink

Sierra & Maddy started Great Jones, a line of approachable and beautifully designed kitchenware, because they believe in the power and pleasure of making food with your own hands, even if you’re just frying an egg.