She Almost Lost Her Home In California’s Wildfires. Instead She Built A $200 Million Business.

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Seeing opportunity in the ashes, Homebound CEO Nikki Pechet set out to reinvent home building with software designed to cut the delays and cost overruns that plague the industry

The Santa Rosa-based company was founded by tech executive Nikki Pechet and venture capital investor Jack Abraham, both of whom were impacted by the fires. Seeing opportunity in the ashes, they set out to reinvent home building with software designed to cut the delays and cost overruns that plague the industry.

Her software tracks 379 unique tasks that are common when building a home, allowing customers to track the progress as they would a Seamless food delivery or a ride with Uber. It was essential for Hicks, a former Hewlett-Packard IT manager. He could, for instance, Since fire victims already have land and nothing to live in, they have strong incentive to do things quickly. Most also have insurance, and good plans pay up to four times the lost home’s value, providing people with dedicated money to spend and even more reason to move fast, since most policies cover just two years of alternative living arrangements.

 

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Beautiful woman in boots 👍

Best of luck 🤞🏼

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This isn't really a software. It's a builder that uses a software. Every builder uses their own software. I don't really get how this 'transforms an industry'. It uses different software...

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