How can your real estate firm use SaaS solutions in 2021?

Key quotes:

• "Time will tell what these big players do, however, Black start-up founders are no longer relying on institutions to fund their companies and have been turning to non-traditional ways to raise capital including equity crowdfunding, and smaller, private angel rounds."
• "Over the past few years the underwhelming statistics about the success of Black technology founders (men and women) raising money from venture capital investors has made headlines and the community has demanded change."
• "Founded by Dawn Dickson in 2013 as a hardware company, the company is seeking investment to help solidify its strong position in the industry as well as grow its operations, build its sales team, reach more customers, and meet the demand for more automated retail machines in the wake of COVID-19, with their proprietary vending machine, the PopShop Kiosk."
• "Co-Founded by 2nd generation real estate developer John Delia Jr., Housing Joint Venture is currently raising a $1M seed round to allow their platform to provide value-add real estate investments at scale."

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• "E-commerce platforms have changed the way people around the world buy and sell goods and services."
• "There are a number of other companies, both small startups and large corporations, that are currently reshaping the future of e-commerce."
• "The goal of the platform is to help local businesses in Cambodia, especially small and medium-sized businesses, sell their products online to a global market."
• "Although the government’s funding of the company is fairly small in this venture, it could set a precedent for how e-commerce platforms of the future raise capital in some nations."
• "One interesting example is Atoms, which recently raised $8.1 million to sell its shoes direct-to-consumer on via its e-commerce platform."
• "The increasing popularity in fresh food e-commerce platforms could lead to the rise of additional startups or market expansion of existing players that bring these dining options to markets that aren’t currently covered."

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• "Beyond Common, there are dozens of coliving developers and operators worldwide creating a massive new market of spaces that differ in their property models, density, leasing terms, amenities, and other categories."

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• "Then he updated his website tagline to read, “Specialty design for social distancing.” Underneath this, he laid out his new services: distancing consulting, rebranding, and physical modifications, to enable restaurants to “thrive under today’s new reality.” As shelter-in-place laws start to relax across the U.S., and businesses begin to reopen—or at least to start thinking about it—everyone from retailers, restaurants, hairdressers, fashion boutiques, and building managers are desperate to overhaul their spaces with new safety protocols so they can protect employees and customers —and start making money again."
• "In Boston, the architecture collective MASS Design Group is branding itself as a thought leader in this space, creating and deploying a Covid-19 Design Response team for their hospital clients — which includes adding plywood or laminate covers to workspaces to make them easier to clean as well as installing ultraviolet germicidal lights — and publishing their research."
• "Haldeman—the restaurant designer turned social distancing consultant—his new Covid remodels cover the basics: contactless payment, installing foot pulls on doors, sanitizers at every table, and gloves and masks on the servers."

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• "To automate and facilitate these processes, provide better business data visibility and workforce management, companies need smart process apps (HRM and ERP solutions) with comprehensive business functionality."
• "The main aim of the app is to automate and administer workforce in companies that provide B2B clients with services, starting from contracts creation, staff time management and completing with reports on working hours and implemented tasks."
• "The app has a mobile version and allows employees to view and manage their tasks and time from anywhere on the go."
• "The solution allows your staff to organize and self-monitor their work more effectively, automate and easily complete the day-to-day assigned tasks, and create reports on the go by using the app’s mobile version."
• "The workforce automation solution allows team leads to manage and control time spent by employees, track reporting and work process in one click."
• "For instance, the workforce management app can collect and store historical data about tasks, and interactions between employees and clients."