#030 - Stephen Poppe - ConTech Advising & Implementation At General/Main Contractors from Bricks And Bytes

#030 - Stephen Poppe - ConTech Advising & Implementation At General/Main Contractors

37 minutes Posted Mar 17, 2023 at 9:00 am.

-00:01:57) Intro and Sponsor

-00:04:13) Why did Stephen choose Contech? 

-00:06:02) What are people not getting right with technology?

-00:07:55) Should construction companies focus on the management process?

-00:10:34) Why does a company fail in Contech?

-00:12:43) What is the lean startup methodology?

-00:14:08) What is important when investing in a company as a capital allocator?

-00:16:55) What are the initial problems that a startup face? 

-00:18:23) What is HITT? 

-00:21:28) Labor shortage

-00:22:42) Is there something else that we should focus on except technology? 

-00:24:23) Future of tech

-00:27:38) How can we get the basics right?

-00:31:17) Trends in construction tech

-00:33:49) VC doesn’t like 100-million-dollar ideas?

-00:35:48) Book recommendations

-00:36:37) Hobbies

-00:36:51) More about Stephen

-00:37:09) Outro

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Why do construction (tech) companies fail?

On today's podcast, we have Stephen Poppe, ConTech Advisor and Customer Success Leader.

Stephen is currently the Manager for Research & Development at HITT Contracting and Executive Partner at Blue Collar Capital

In this episode, we discuss:

Where people go wrong with construction tech & why companies fail

Considerations when investing in construction tech companies

Implementation and strategies for Main Contractors

Stephen's terrible taste in football (soccer) team

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Stephen Poppe

R&D | Contech Advisor | Customer Success Leader | Construction Professional | Lean Practitioner(ish)

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Today's Sponsor: Beta Construction and technology network platform - connecting the tech industry with traditional partners.

Check www.the-beta.com

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