Edward Cohen & Zach Aarons

Tangent: Conversations with Real Estate & Tech Innovators

A podcast community for real estate and tech leaders, investors, operators and innovators. A new era is upon us. Tangent💚Proptech unites Proptech founders💡, Real Estate investors and operators🏢, Venture Capital investors, urban leaders🏙 and passionate creators🌎 who are improving our communities and cities. Join us to learn how we can solve present day challenges with innovative technology and greater collaboration. Join VC investor Zach Aarons and Proptech entrepreneur Edward Cohen, to learn about housing innovation, the future of work and climate tech. We examine these themes through inte...

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Edward Cohen & Zach Aarons

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Technology

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tangent.transistor.fm

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

How Commercial Real Estate Can Unlock the Clean Energy Revolution, with Peak Power CSO Imran Noorani 11.11.2022

Learn More: 💚Peak Power's website 💚Peak Power on Twitter (@peakpower_inc) 💚Peak Power on LinkedIn Imran Noorani is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder at Peak Power, a Canadian company that is putting commercial and industrial buildings at the center of the clean energy revolution. Featured : 💚 Virtuance ( website ): Real Estate Photography & 3D Tours at Scale 💚 Tangent on LinkedIn...

MetaProp's Co-Founder Zach Aarons on How to Raise VC in a Recession, Public & Private Proptech Valuations, Adam Neumann + a16z new Flow & Most Proptech Friendly Cities 30.08.2022

Zach Aarons has been working at the intersection of real estate and venture capital for the past decade. Zach is the most active early-stage PropTech investor in the United States, having funded over 60 startups in the space as an individual and 150 startups through MetaProp NYC’s venture capital funds. Zach also teaches Real Estate at Columbia Grad School and is a published author with his book P...

How Proptech Improves Cities & Quality of Life, the Great Tech Correction, Housing Crisis & Remote Work Impact on Real Estate 08.07.2022

Tangent is back with a new limited series hosted by Edward Cohen & Jeffrey Berman (Partner at Camber Creek). In this episode, we introduce the series' main themes, including how Proptech leaders are improving our cities and quality of life, how will the remote work revolution reshape our cities and impact Real Estate valuations, the Great Tech Correction (don't call it Dotcom 2.0) and how we c...

How Proptech Venture Capital Helps Commercial Real Estate and Startups Prioritize, Pilot & Deploy Tech, with MetaProp Partner Maureen Waters 13.04.2022

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: 💚MetaProp ( site ) Maureen Waters on LinkedIn Featured: 💚Urban Impact Agency ( site ) - Making cities smarter and more sustainable. 💚ility ( site ) - SaaS platform enabling commercial real estate owners to increase NOI by creating awesome workplaces. To learn more: hello@ility.com Maureen Waters, Partner at MetaProp, the largest Proptech Ven...

How Construction Tech is Revolutionizing Commercial Real Estate Development, with Rabbet CEO Will Mitchell 27.03.2022

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: Rabbet (website) Will Mitchell on social: LinkedIn Also featured: Knock - Residential leasing proptech with self-touring technology Supportive Housing Network of NY - Collective effort to end homelessness among the most vulnerable New Yorkers

Digital Real Estate in the Metaverse, Proptech VC Strategy, and Solving the Housing Crisis, with Tech Entrepreneur Zain Jaffer 02.03.2022

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: ProptechVC Zain Jaffer on Twitter Boxabl   - Modular homes construction Also featured: Jelly - The new following experience (NFT's) Zain Jaffer, Partner at Bluefield Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm investing in Commercial Real Estate & Proptech. Zain stepped into the real estate world after he sold his start up called Vungle...

How a 100-year-old Real Estate Family Business Stays at the Forefront of Proptech Innovation, with Rudin Management EVP Michael Rudin 08.11.2021

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: Rudin Management Nantum OS - Prescriptive Data Also featured: RealEstateXTechnology - Newsletter about modern real estate and the technologies that impact it Boom - The most flexible and rewarding way to pay rent Michael Rudin, SVP of Rudin Management and a key member of his family's proptech investing business Rudin Ventures, shares on Tangent...

How Can Modular Buildings Transform Housing, Construction and City Life, with FullStack Modular CEO & Real Estate Development Pioneer Roger Krulak 14.10.2021

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: FullStack Modular Roger Krulak on Linkedin Also featured: Neighbor - Peer to peer self storage and vehicle storage marketplace Knock - Residential leasing proptech with self-touring technology On this Tangent episode, we dissect the state of modular construction with FullStack Modular's CEO Roger Krulak, a pioneering development and constructio...

Fastest Start Up to Become a Unicorn in History is a 2nd Home Ownership Proptech, Zillow Lessons, with Pacaso Co-founder Austin Allison 03.09.2021

Austin Allison is the Co-founder and CEO of Pacaso, a service that creates a more accessible category of second-home ownership and that is currently valued at $1BN. As a 2nd time founder after the successful exit of his first proptech company Dootlop to Zillow, Austin shares with us the lessons learnt throughout his entrepreneurial journey - such as what it takes to be a founder, which resources t...

How CRE Investors & Urban Planners Use Data Analytics to Improve Our Buildings & Cities, with CBRE's Real Estate Data Expert Manu Pathak 14.08.2021

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: Manu Pathak on LinkedIn Featured: Rabbet - Construction finance software for real estate borrowers and lenders Swapp - Architectural and MEP planning company Data sources: NYC Open Source Database Location Data - iPhone On today's episode, we explore the intersection of data science and real estate with Manu Pathak, an urban planner and real es...

The State of Proptech Investing and Adoption in Post-Covid Cities, with seasoned VC investor Jeffrey Berman from Camber Creek 09.07.2021

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter To learn more: Camber Creek - Proptech Venture Capital Jeffrey E. Berman on LinkedIn Also featured: The Finance Savior - Use discount code 'Tangent' for 20% off your first session The Subversive Gardener Jeffrey Berman has been at the forefront of the Proptech movement since 2008, and as General Partner of Camber Creek (investor in Latch, VTS, and Compstak am...

Digitizing Single-Family Home Investing with the Ultimate Real Estate Tech Stack, with Plotify CEO and ex Bloomberg Fintech Pioneer Anish Malhotra 19.03.2021

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Relevant links: Plotify website Anish Malhotra, Plotify Co-Founder & CEO Stimulus: One Rental at a Time, by Michael Zuber One Rental at a Time on Youtube The Product: Plotify The Industry: Single Family Homes The Vision: Democratizing Real Estate Investing for Global Investors 1:24 - Anish's Journey: From digitizing financial markets with Bloomberg Tradeb...

How Can We Collect User Data Ethically, Homeowner & Consumer Data Analysis Modeling, with Knoq CEO Kendall Tucker 12.01.2021

Learn more: Knoq Featured Stimulus: Association For Neighborhood & Housing Development Kendall Tucker is the Founder & CEO of Knoq, a technology company that recruits, trains and guides neighborhood sales representatives at scale. Knoq creates stronger, more personalized conversations between reps and their neighbors by using customer modeling to predict the appropriate home product fit fo...

'The Big Short' Investor Steve Eisman on the Housing Market, Becoming a Zillow Bull and Big Short Predictions 22.12.2020

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: Michael Lewis' 'The Big Short' The Big Short (movie) Steve's Zillow Short Prediction on CNBC Featured Stimulus: Project Parachute (https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/) Project Parachute on the Real Deal 1:21 - 2008 Financial Crisis vs. Pandemic: How is it impacting real estate values differently? 4:16 - Cyclical or Permanent: Transfer of wealth f...

How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health & Happiness, with Award-Winning Science Journalist Emily Anthes 01.12.2020

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: 'The Great Indoors' on Amazon Emily Anthes Official Site WELL Building Certification Featured stimulus: Project Parachute (https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/) Project Parachute on the Real Deal 1:48 - We are an indoor species after all 4:03 - Rethinking how to use our buildings 5:38 - Remote Work: Lessons & predictions for the Real Estate In...

Navigating Landlord-Tenant Relationships Successfully and How to Network in the Remote Work Era, with NYU Real Estate Law Professor Matthew Kasindorf 14.11.2020

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: Meister Seelig & Fein LLP Matthew Kasindorf on LinkedIn Featured Stimulus: RevelAndAwe.com/Tangent 01:40 - Atomic Networking: How networking is changing in the remote work era 3:58 - The Democratization of Networking: Context is queen 13:01 - Real Estate Tech adoption during COVID-19 19:58 - How will Commercial leases change temporarily and pe...

Rebuilding NYC's Economy to be Stronger and More Inclusive, Future of Commercial Real Estate & Rise of Remote Work, with NYC EDC's VP Jonathan Lane 06.11.2020

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: - The Neighborhood Challenge, An Open Innovation Platform for Small Businesses - Jonathan Lane on LinkedIn - NYC Economic Development Corporation Featured Stimulus: - Fusion100 (Discount code: Tangent) Relevant Links: - The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein - The 13th, on Netflix 2:37 - Jon's journey: From Non-profit to Venture Capital to the pub...

Antifragile Cities: Embracing Disorder and How The Pandemic Will Shape the Way We Live, Work & Learn, with Real Estate Professor Dr. Joshua Harris 28.10.2020

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: Dr. Josh Harris' LinkedIn Featured Stimulus: Rock the Vote Other Links: The Great Indoors by Emily Anthes 1:50 - Antifragile Survivors and the Role of Extreme Events 8:50 - Future of Student Housing & Economies of College Towns 16:27 - Why Our Physical and Digital Worlds Won't Converge Just Yet 22:07 - Stimulus : Rock the Vote - Digital Volunt...

Tech-enabled Mental Health Care in Cities & Stigma Around Substance Use Disorder, with Strive Health VP Benjamin Knafo 09.10.2020

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: StriveCares Featured Stimulus: RevelAndAwe.com/Tangent Other Links: Atomic Habits by James Clear How to Build Your Emotional PPE? 1:28 - A Mission to Increase Access to Addiction and Mental Health Treatment 4:08 - Residential vs. Real World Habits 8:48 - How Tech is Helping with our Self Care: Silver Lining Post COVID-19 15:23 - Stimulus: Arielle...

Proptech CEO Devin Wirt on How Tech-Enabled Residential & Commercial Amenities Bring Communities Together 01.10.2020

Tangent on LinkedIn Tangent on Twitter Learn more: TFliving.com Devin's contact: devin@tfliving.com Featured Stimulus: Fusion100co.com (discount code 'Tangent') 1:47 - Devin's entrepreneurial journey into the Real Estate amenities space and TFLiving's mission to enhance resident experience. 4:16 - What measures are property owners & managers taking to ensure residents are safe during COVID-19?...

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