Eric Hurst

It should come as no surprise that someone obsessed with data, analytics, and food would figure out how to put them all together and create something truly extraordinary. After achieving tremendous success with Exact Target – acquired by Salesforce – and Compendium Software – acquired by Oracle – Chris Baggott (@chrisbaggott, TW) started Tyner Pond Farm and that’s when a new idea was born. What if someone could create amazing, fresh food from scratch and deliver it to customers in minutes without a storefront?

That’s how ClusterTruck came about, a freshly prepared food delivery service currently operating in Indianapolis, IN, Columbus, OH, Kansas City, MO, and Denver, CO. Unlike their competitors that deliver food from any restaurant, ClusterTruck is a collection of restaurant concepts and every meal is created from scratch and delivered hot and fresh. A true end-to-end experience.

In this conversation, Blake and Chris discuss:

• How Real Estate Professionals should be preparing and accommodating services like ClusterTruck.
• Why services like delivery must be part of the business plan, not an add-on service.
• How data can be leveraged to create an exceptional meal and overall experience.

Find Chris on Twitter, @chrisbaggott, and on his LinkedIn page. Also, check out the TEDx talk Blake references in this conversation, The Simplest Way to Feed the World, given by Chris at TEDx Indianapolis.

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We’ve covered a lot of ground in our first season. We’ve spoken with experts in real estate tech, autonomous mobility, smart city technology, and more. In this episode, we wanted to revisit a few segments from some standout guests.

It includes conversations about:

• The changes cities and real estate developers must consider in order to support the booming gig economy.
• The future of flooring technology and how it will tell us if we are at risk for various health problems. No, really!
• Why it’s imperative that affordable housing have access to smart home technology.

Featured in this episode are segments from:

• Luke Norris – https://futureoflivingpodcast.com/2018/09/06/luke-norris-designing-user-centered-city-services
• Diane Mulcahy – https://futureoflivingpodcast.com/2018/10/04/diane-mulcahy-accessing-the-american-dream-through-the-gig-economy
• Joe Colistra – https://futureoflivingpodcast.com/2018/08/23/joe-colistra-on-community-senior-living-and-sustainability
• Rob Martens – https://futureoflivingpodcast.com/2018/08/30/rob-martens-unlocking-whats-next-with-allegion-ventures-futurist-president
• Vignesh Ganapathy – https://futureoflivingpodcast.com/2018/10/18/vignesh-ganapathy-delivering-community

Find Luke Norris on Twitter, @norrisluke, and also on LinkedIn. Learn more about his company, OpenCities, at https://www.opencities.com.

Diane Mulcahy can be found online at http://www.dianemulcahy.com. She is also active on Twitter, @dianemulcahy and LinkedIn.

The best place to find Rob Martens online is on Twitter, @schlagefuturist, and also LinkedIn. Find out more about Allegion at http://allegionventures.com.

Learn more about Joe Colistra at https://www.isdarchitecture.com and on LinkedIn.

Vignesh “Viggy” Ganapathy is on Twitter, @vigneshr4m and LinkedIn.

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Tim Smith (@timsmith) refers to himself as a “human-to-whatever” designer. It’s a description stems from his belief that human-centered design principles can be applied to every situation. He even once designed a machine for more efficiently milking cows. In his current role as Global Auto & Mobility Director at ustwo, he is focused on the in-car autonomous car experience.

Specifically, Smith and his colleagues are researching how to make autonomous travel accessible for both able and disabled passengers. He co-authored Humanising Autonomy: Where are we going?, in which he argues the auto industry’s approach to autonomy is imbalanced. In addition to focusing on the technical challenges, he and his co-authors argue the human-factors involved in autonomy must be considered.

In this conversation, Blake and Tim discuss:

• The challenges facing the auto industry when designing for accessibility.
• The unintended consequences to retrofitting properties for accessibility.
• The importance of voice centered human experiences both in and out of the car.

Find Tim on Twitter, @mypoorbrain, on Instagram, @timsmith and on LinkedIn.

Find The Future of Living Podcast online at https://futureoflivingpodcast.com. Or on Twitter and Instagram: @FutureLivingPod.

Matt Wilson (@mattwilsontv, IG) takes working remotely to the next level. Wilson works nomadically. Most recently, he set up shop in a Costa Rican jungle, surrounded by monkeys, a laptop and a 100mb Internet connection. Wilson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Under30Experiences, a travel company focused on people aged 21 to 35. You might think, “Ah, no wonder! Working nomadically is his job,” and you’d only be partly right.

When you listen to Matt speak, either on Future of Living or his own podcast, Live Different, you quickly realize Wilson would be living his life this way whether it was his job or not. In 2012, Wilson took his first trip abroad and while standing on a glacier in Iceland he knew he needed to see the world and connect with others that had come to the same realization. Thus Under30Experiences was born.

In this conversation, Blake and Matt discuss:

• How to create a business flexible enough to accommodate remote and nomadic workers.
• The changes families are making in order to live nomadically.
• What property owners, investors, and managers can do to accommodate nomadic residents.

Look up Matt Wilson on Instagram, @mattwilsontv, to see some of his latest travels and what he’s up to with Under30Experiences. Also, find Under30Experiences online at https://www.under30experiences.com.

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Scott Harkins (@scharks5) is one of those people you just expect to have all the really cool gadgets you could imagine and the capability to make them all work together. This comes in handy in his role as VP & GM of Resideo Connected Home where he oversees the future of Resideo products and their interoperability within the home. Resideo spun out of Honeywell and recently went public (NYSE: REZI).

One thing that sets Resideo apart from its competitors, like Nest or Ring, is its ability to not only compete on the wall but also in the wall. This is a huge advantage when setting out to connect an entire home through the Internet of Things. It’s one thing to control your HVAC remotely, it’s another thing when your HVAC  communicates with your automatic blinds in order to work together to conserve energy. This is where Resideo lives and in the middle of it all is Scott Harkins.

In this conversation, Blake and Scott discuss:

• What Real Estate Developers can do to ensure new buildings are ready for the future.
• Monetizing IoT devices and services beyond the initial consumer transaction.
• The role of the connected car in the connected home.

Find Scott on Twitter, @scharks5 and on LinkedIn. Also, check out what Resideo is up to on their website, https://www.resideo.com.

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Rhonda Dirvin (@RADirvin, TW) is passionate about the Internet of Things and it’s potential for improving all aspects of our lives. More than little boxes that talk to us and spout the time and temperature, Dirvin sees a future where IoT aids with conservation, building maintenance, and actually making our lives more secure, rather than being a security risk.

Dirvin is a veteran in the electronics industry with more than two decades of experience. She started her career at Motorola Semiconductor where she spent 17 years. In 2011 she joined Arm where she now drives Arm’s marketing and ecosystems strategy for embedded, IoT and automotive. Arm is one of those companies you interact with daily and don’t even know it.

In this episode Blake and Rhonda discuss:

• The role of the Internet of Things in Building maintenance and energy conservation.
• What Fog Computing is and its advantages over Cloud Computing.
• Privacy and security for everyone using the Internet of Things.

Find Rhonda Dirvin on Twitter, @RADirvin and on LinkedIn. Check out the incredible things Arm is doing at https://community.arm.com.

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Before Postmates, before GrubHub, before Door Dash, before food delivery from any restaurant around you was ubiquitous there was Fastbite. Aman Manik (@amanik, TW) was at the center of Fastbite as Co-Founder and Head of Product and Operations all the way up until Square acquired the company in February of 2015. 

Aman is a product management professional focusing on mobile productivity solutions for enterprise and business users. Prior to his experience with Fastbite and time at Square, Manik spent time as Principal Product Manager at NortonCloud and Business Development with Box. These days he’s watching and advising on world tech trends as it pertains to mobile, payments and productivity.

In this conversation, Blake and Aman discuss:

• The slow adoption and superiority of tap-to-pay payments.
• How restaurants can scale with “cloud kitchens.”
• How property owners and developers might plan for changes in the way households plan, prepare, and consume meals.

Find Aman Manik on Twitter, @amanik, on LinkedIn and at his website, https://www.amanmanik.com.

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Katy Lynch (@thekatylynch) dreams of teaching 1 billion kids to code. Yeah, 1 BILLION! Big dreams call for big plans and as the Co-Founder and CMO of Codeverse, she might just get it done. Codeverse is the world’s first fully interactive coding school and educational technology platform for kids. They created a programming language specifically for kids! Additionally, Codeverse is transforming ordinary spaces into irresistible centers of learning for kids.

Before co-founding Codeverse, Lynch was the CEO of Techweek; America’s largest traveling technology festival. Prior to Techweek, Katy started and later sold SocialKaty, Inc., the largest social media marketing agency in Chicago. To say that Katy has biz chops is an understatement. It’s almost unfair her level of talent and acumen.

In this conversation, Blake and Katy discuss:

• Why it’s imperative that children learn to code.
• The merits and untapped potential value of Project Based Learning.
• What investors and developers should be thinking about when accommodating families.

Find Katy Lynch on Twitter and Instagram: @thekatylynch. Check out the amazing work being done through Codeverse at https://www.codeverse.com.

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