Jason Jacobs

@jjacobs22

Exploring the future of commercial construction.

Boston, MA

Joined May 2008

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Jason Jacobs
@jjacobs22
Aug 29
It's amazing how much is in flux right now when it comes to how we'll work in the future. What skills will be valuable? What business models will prove viable or unviable? What will be defensible, and what will get commoditized? I grew up in tech during a time that felt a lot
Jason Jacobs
@jjacobs22
Aug 28
It is clear that contractors are eager to better leverage technology to cut costs, improve margins, and reduce risk. What seems much less clear is how to resource it. And how to decide what to build, what to buy, and how to make it all play nice together as one well-oiled
Jason Jacobs
@jjacobs22
Aug 27
I grew up in tech at a time when certain founders were hailed as "visionaries" and presumed to have an outsized impact on their companies' success. Some of them absolutely did. But it was hard to grow up in that era and not internalize the idea that this was the only way to
Jason Jacobs
@jjacobs22
Aug 25
Article
Inside a 35-Person Elevator Contractor with Matt Pincus from Pincus Elevator
Matt Pincus is the second-generation owner of Pincus Elevator Company, a 73-year-old independent elevator business outside Philadelphia. Matt bought the company from his father in 1985, when it was...
Jason Jacobs
@jjacobs22
Aug 21
FMI and CFMA's 2024 Ownership Transfer and Management Succession study found that 38% of construction owners plan to exit within three to five years. About half of them have no formal transition strategy. From what I can gather, getting ready to transition is a many-year affair.