This episode features a conversation with entrepreneur and urban technologist Colin O'Donnell, whose van-living mobile community, Kibbo, offers up a new way to live and work. For less than the cost of a big-city studio apartment—1,000 dollars—Kibbo members are given access to community hubs in Ojai, Big Sur, Zion, and Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, as well as urban centers across the West Coast. We’ll talk to Colin about his company’s origins, why a background in technology lends itself to real estate, and how the Coronavirus might continue to impact how we live in the future, perhaps for the better.
0:01:39 Kibbo’s origins and the “Responsive City” concept
00:09:19 Branding Kibbo, and building a #vanlife brand.
00:10:15 The difference between a smart and a responsive city
00:12:40 Making cities anywhere: new and old models
00:16:04 Marian Goodell’s lessons for Kibbo: pop-up cities
00:19:08 How kids and families fit into the Kibbo model
00:23:23 COVID-19’s impact on Kibbo
00:25:58 Real estate functionality of Kibbo membership platforms
00:29:14 O’Donnell’s tech background as an influence on Kibbo
00:34:13 Kibbo in 5 years