{"id":19056,"date":"2020-12-21T13:08:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T21:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/?page_id=19056"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:21:12","slug":"real-estate-proptech-startups","status":"publish","type":"mentoring-programs","link":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/mentoring-programs\/real-estate-proptech-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Estate &#038; PropTech Sector Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"hero\" class=\"x-section cs-ta-center blackfounders bg-image\" style=\"margin: 0 0px;padding: 4% 0px 6%; background-image: url(https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Housing-property-cycle-process.jpg); background-color: transparent;\" data-x-element=\"section\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;parallax&quot;:false}\"><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container cs-ta-center max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" 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Read More<\/p><span class=\"duration venue\"><em> at <\/em>Blend Station<\/span><\/li><li class=\"ecs-event\"><h4 class=\"entry-title summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/function\/from-dot-com-lessons-to-100m-in-revenue-the-founder-journey-of-jeff-ready\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">From Dot Com Lessons to $100M in Revenue: The Founder Journey of Jeff Ready<\/a><\/h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_15-Jeff-Ready-Eventbrite-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-800x600 size-800x600 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_15-Jeff-Ready-Eventbrite-scaled.png 2048w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_15-Jeff-Ready-Eventbrite-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_15-Jeff-Ready-Eventbrite-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_15-Jeff-Ready-Eventbrite-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_15-Jeff-Ready-Eventbrite-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_15-Jeff-Ready-Eventbrite-560x280.png 560w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_15-Jeff-Ready-Eventbrite-100x50.png 100w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_15-Jeff-Ready-Eventbrite-1280x640.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span class=\"duration time\"><span class=\"tribe-event-date-start\">January 15 @ 9:30 am<\/span> - <span class=\"tribe-event-time\">11:00 am<\/span> <span class='timezone'> PST <\/span><\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/function\/from-dot-com-lessons-to-100m-in-revenue-the-founder-journey-of-jeff-ready\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">From Dot Com Lessons to $100M in Revenue: The Founder Journey of Jeff Ready<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"ecs-excerpt\">\u00a0 Across three decades and multiple companies, the founder\u2019s journey is rarely linear, and Jeff Ready\u2019s career proves it. 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