In this episode, the Upturn squad was joined by Qian Wang, a serial entrepreneur in the real estate and property technology industry to explore his upturn journey:

0:00 Intro 00:24 What led to the downfall of WeWork? 05:03 How I became an entrepreneur: it's a lifestyle 12:26 How to Qian started his first business 23:38 Prep before your first startup: business process, discipline, focus 30:18 Challenging is normal. When it's easy, you are going downhill 38:54 Entrepreneurship is a lonely journey. How to build resilience? 43:18 Restart: Collab Home - disrupt the traditional value chain 47:12 Why focus on student housing? 48:58 How Collab disrupt traditional value chain? 56:03 Product Demo: transparent property info for investors 01:02:30 Follow first principle of real estate industry to build a proptech startup

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