{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffikapouroverpod.com%2Fepisodes%2Fdeferred-VE3KR2RT","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Deferred's Judd Schoenholtz on Scaling, Velocity as a Moat, and more Startup Truths for Today’s Founders","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4c9ff539-d70e-4d26-94d8-f6575bdb4466/2fd9da53-33e2-4f07-817e-7f7468d9fef8/po-ep10-20-20judd-20schoenhotlz-20-20sq-20cover.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Recorded live at Andreessen Horowitz’s Summer Speaker Series, Arteen Arabshahi, General Partner at Fika Ventures, sits down with longtime friend and portfolio founder Judd Schoenholtz, CEO of Deferred.com, to unpack how a “paper-era” corner of real estate became fertile ground for a modern fintech.\n\nA seasoned Los Angeles entrepreneur with multiple successful exits (Open Listings and Balance Homes), Judd is now modernizing a century-old tax strategy, making 1031 exchanges simpler and more accessible for all real estate investors. In this conversation, he shares how he stumbled into the world of qualified intermediaries, why he believes “velocity is the new moat,” and how Deferred is flipping a fee-based industry on its head.\n\nThe discussion dives into co-founder dynamics, building and scaling growth channels, and navigating today’s capital markets in the AI era, while offering candid lessons on acquisitions and exits. The session wraps with a lively audience Q&A covering corporate VC, design partners, defensibility, and the operating principles that keep founders moving forward."}