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THE IDEA
from April 2023 Community Connections Leader - Ray Hespen, Co-Founder & CEO of Property Meld
by rapidcityypg
How do we improve a problem?
Ray says that many people make the mistake of coming up with a solution in search of a problem. His now co-founder was in Albuquerque, NM at the time and he had a really bad rental experience. Knowing Ray had moved around and rented a lot, he called him up to ask if he had ever had a good experience, to which Ray simply said, “no”. This jumpstarted Ray’s phone calls and research in property management operations and realized that this was a bigger industry problem that was costing people a lot of money.
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