#94: Will This Tiny Home be the Future of Housing? Elon Musk Thinks So...

The Founder Podcast

Chris Lee

Business, Entrepreneurship

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to a new episode of the Founder Podcast. In this episode, we go into the innovative world of modular housing with Paolo Tiramani, CEO of Boxful. Paolo shares his journey from ideation to the current successes and challenges of creating foldable, modular homes that will surely transform the housing industry. With insights into the entrepreneurial spirit that drives Boxful and discussions on overcoming regulatory hurdles and enhancing manufacturing efficiency, this episode is a must-listen for anyone intrigued by the intersection of technology, design, and real estate.

Highlights:

"If you really want to be an entrepreneur, you can't give up. To a pathological degree, you can't give up. You have to get up and go every day."

"I just want to be the best. Driven to be the best doesn't mean I always succeed, but it's a core driver for me."

"Our philosophy in product development was always to say, 'What product category can we invent that doesn't exist?"

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introducing Paolo Tiramani and Boxful
04:20 - Early Prototype and Interaction with Elon Musk
09:06 - First Public Presentation at the International Builder's Show
13:49 - Paolo's Background and Entrepreneurial Drive
17:58 - The Philosophy Behind Never Giving Up
22:19 - Crowdfunding Success and Production Challenges
27:48 - Vision for a Massive Logistics Company in Housing
31:02 - Addressing Regulatory Challenges in Housing
37:45 - Tour of a Modular Home Setup
45:00 - Potential for Multi-story Modular Buildings

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0:00.0	There's lots of fine companies out there in that space, but they're still regional business.
0:04.8	They're not national and they're not global, let alone global. They're not national.
0:09.3	There's no national brand. And I would argue, I think without any hubris that in a few short years
0:15.4	Boxable is the Premier Housing brand that's out there I haven't done anything yet we haven't done anything yet. We haven't done anything. So today we are here with Palo, Tiramani, founder with his son, Boxable, these guys are changing the world,
0:46.0	one of the largest crowd funding ever.
0:50.0	These guys are literally producing foldable homes that come in in 19 by 19 square foot.
0:56.1	We're going to be doing tours of their facilities here.
0:59.0	We're going to be sitting down talking a little bit about the story.
1:01.8	Super excited to join you here.
1:03.4	Yeah, we're gonna have a great time.
1:05.3	It's gonna be a great time.
1:06.0	Come on in.
1:07.0	Let's go.
1:07.6	Hey, Paolo, thanks for having me here at Boxville today.
1:09.9	Super excited to be with you.
1:11.6	Chris, welcome.
1:12.4	Man, you have a really cool product.
1:15.8	Thank you.
1:16.8	You know, and I'm very intrigued.
1:18.6	I'm a marketer and salesman at heart.
1:21.1	And so I love, you know, I guess you would call it kind of like the
1:25.0	Tesla-esque approach from a standpoint of building a lot of hype and and putting
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