The short term rental market has been completely transformed over the last decade. AirBnB and VRBO streamlined property discovery and booking for consumers. In mature markets like the US, short term rentals (STRs) have experienced incredible growth. Even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, last year was the best year in history…

While the US’s housing market is starting to normalize after historic appreciation, many purchase-intent consumers still can’t afford homes. Prices remain at record highs, and rising interest rates put affordable lending assistance out of reach. Consequently, more and more people are forced into prolonged renting. Unfortunately, the US’s rental market…

While modular — or “prefab” — construction has gained popularity in recent years, it is by no means new. I won’t go as far back as the Roman Empire — although I could. More recently, prefab construction took off in the US after WWII. Soldiers returning from the war wanted…

The US Housing Accessibility Crisis: Quick Intro America’s housing accessibility crisis isn’t new. Mounting prices and insufficient supply are known issues (heck, even my former WeWork CEO Adam Neuman is focused on it!). But what is new is an innovative legislative-inspired approach to solving it — starting in California. In…

August marks the anniversary of my first * official * year at Flybridge. I sometimes find professional reflection posts slightly self indulgent. But, the one year milestone is a nice moment to pause and take stock, so here we go. My journey to Flybridge started in 2016, when I crossed…

As more creators become “brands”, consumer demand for physical touch points from the creators they follow has reached an inflection point. To support this movement, new platforms have emerged to help creators design, productize, and distribute physical product offerings to their followers. Pietra, as an example, has become the go-to…

Over the last few months I’ve met with everyone from crypto natives to traditional, “real world” art investors in an attempt to wrap my head around where the NFT market is headed. …

The NFT market is growing exponentially and creating massive market opportunities for both virtual consumer products and enterprise infrastructure. I recently wrote about fintech use cases for NFTs, specifically exploring how NFTs can be used to generate passive, supplemental income for their owners. …

The pace of innovation around NFTs is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. In Q3 2021 NFT sales exceeded $10 billion in trade volume, a 704% increase from Q2 2021. (source) Last week an NFT project sold for the highest price in history for a living artist — $91.8M. While…