What If Your Home Could Save You Money?

The Jeff Bullas Show

Joseph Noor is the CTO of Ownwell, a company that uses technology to revolutionize property tax appeals. Inspired by his father's entrepreneurial spirit, who fled the Lebanese Civil War and built multiple businesses in the U.S., Joseph embodies the essence of entrepreneurial innovation and resilience.

He is passionate about disrupting traditional industries with technology and creating equitable systems. Joseph and his team have raised $25 million from investors like First Round Capital, Long Journey Ventures, and Founder Collective. They currently have over 150,000 customers and are projecting $50 million in revenue this year.

Joseph always approached life as an entrepreneur: flipping golf balls, building sneaker bots, creating private MMORPGs, saving money on property taxes.

He was raised with the mentality of relentlessly chasing the hardest problems, pushing past what was initially thought possible, and leveling up in the process. In the unrelenting demand for academic excellence, he was enrolled in elementary two years early and was still pushed to skip grades.

Enamored with the iPhone, he chose to study Computer Science to build software that can scale to the whole world. It wasn’t until the PhD where he met his first real academic challenge – developing AI to self-optimize computer systems.

What you will learn

• The role of AI in optimizing distributed systems and how it was applied in Joseph Noor's research.
• How technology, including AI, is revolutionizing property tax appeals through Joseph's company, Ownwell.
• The challenges of scaling a tech-driven business and how to overcome them.
• The importance of explainable AI models in industries like real estate, where transparency is crucial.
• Insights into the entrepreneurial mindset, including the value of persistence, adapting to challenges, and leveraging technology to solve traditional problems.