Bricks +Agent and Little Real Estate take big strides with software integration

Melbourne, Australia, April 6, 2019 - Bricks +

With more than 2 million entrepreneurs apart of their global community, Startup Grind takes entrepreneurs and innovators to the next level. In February this year, the Startup Grind Global Conference in partnership with Google for Startups brought together startups, partners, investors, thought leaders, and worldwide directors come together for 2+ days of invaluable education, connection, and inspiration.

We spoke to co-founder, Rafael Niesten about his experiences at the conference and where leaders need to focus in order to drive the success of their business.

1. What attracted you to the Startup Grind Global Conference?

Startup Grind has a global network of innovators, leaders and experience makers that’s hard to ignore. We were part of the Australian chapter of Startup Grind and were selected to participate at the conference by invitation.

The opportunity was too good to turn down. It gave Jon and myself real insight and first-hand exposure to how startups are driving innovation in overseas markets like the US. Secondly, there were great networking opportunities with leaders from global companies, investors and people seeking partnerships from all over the world.

After we received our initial invitation, we were then selected as a top 50 startup globally which was a big honour.

2. How does the Bricks + Agent platform stack up against some of the tech and innovations exhibiting at the conference?

The property maintenance app we have developed for property + facility managers, tenants, tradies and homeowners is already proven it's worth in the Australian market.

3. What are some of the activities and sessions you took part in?

During the first few days we attended networking functions including a VIP event that ran the day before the conference started with Chris Yah, the co-author of Blitzscaling. I got to most sessions each day. These ranged from motivational speeches on how to fuel entrepreneurship, building companies for intelligent growth, up skilling breakout sessions, right through to attendees pitching companies or ideas on stage in front of a live audience.

4. What have you taken away from this experience?

One thing that stuck with me the most from this experience is that the world is a big place. We need to design and build a solution that has a global focus from day one… and software is eating the world.

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