Everybody's in Procurement Now
Whether you asked for the job or not, you're evaluating software. Here's how someone who has been doing it for 15 years thinks about it.
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The Quiet Edge of the Pragmatic Owner
On running lean, building deliberately, and the operating layer that holds up at any size.
Why We Spent Months on Something We Could’ve Built in Ten Minutes
We just launched the new symmetre.com. Here's the thinking behind it — on design, trust, and why bespoke still beats a template when the people you're trying to reach have seen everything.
Everyone Has AI Now. That's the Point.
If you use Claude or ChatGPT, you have probably used MCP already without thinking about it. Here is what it is, why we shipped one for symmetRE, and why the edge in real estate AI is starting to live somewhere other than the model.
The Quiet Rise of the Accidental Tech Company
A conversation with Pathfinder Partners' Managing Director, Matt Quinn, on tech, restraint, and the choice not to become an accidental tech company.
You’re Probably Playing the Wrong Game
A conversation with Magma Equities’ Head of Portfolio Management, Mike Wagar, on tech, trust, and building a future-proof investment firm
Can AI Fix Real Estate Data If We Haven’t Defined It Yet?
At RETCON this week, a panel on the future of multifamily data kept circling one issue. The industry's biggest challenge isn't access to data—it's the lack of shared structure around how it's defined. The same metric, three different answers, depending on where it came from.