Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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Introduction
Hey everyone, my name is Brandon Donnelly.
I work in real estate development, building buildings.
The Problem
My startup is called Dirt.
It’s based on the idea that there’s tons of real estate activity happening all around us and we’re missing out on it.
Why can’t I follow properties?
Why don’t get I get push updates when stuff sells/rents?
Why don’t I get construction updates sent to my phone for the building I bought into?
Why can’t I see if any of my friends are moving into the same building?
The two pain points I most commonly hear from real estate consumers are:
There’s a lack of accessible information; and,
They’re frustrated always going through agents because they don’t feel they really add value.
The Solution
What I want to do is shift the industry focus from the suppliers of real estate to the consumers of real estate (you and me).
Dirt is a network for crowdsourcing real estate activity.
To share, users simply:
Find the address
Upload activity
Categorize it
Think of it as Path (the social network) for real estate.
The goals are to empower consumers and promote transparency.
The business model is to own the real estate analytics space.
I hope you’ll join me in trying to disrupt real estate.
Introduction
Hey everyone, my name is Brandon Donnelly.
I work in real estate development, building buildings.
The Problem
My startup is called Dirt.
It’s based on the idea that there’s tons of real estate activity happening all around us and we’re missing out on it.
Why can’t I follow properties?
Why don’t get I get push updates when stuff sells/rents?
Why don’t I get construction updates sent to my phone for the building I bought into?
Why can’t I see if any of my friends are moving into the same building?
The two pain points I most commonly hear from real estate consumers are:
There’s a lack of accessible information; and,
They’re frustrated always going through agents because they don’t feel they really add value.
The Solution
What I want to do is shift the industry focus from the suppliers of real estate to the consumers of real estate (you and me).
Dirt is a network for crowdsourcing real estate activity.
To share, users simply:
Find the address
Upload activity
Categorize it
Think of it as Path (the social network) for real estate.
The goals are to empower consumers and promote transparency.
The business model is to own the real estate analytics space.
I hope you’ll join me in trying to disrupt real estate.
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