In 2025, we meaningfully expanded both the scale and scope of our education offerings. Across courses, workshops, and events, thousands of operators, investors, founders, and professionals engaged with Thesis Driven to sharpen their understanding of how real estate actually works — from capital raising and underwriting to AI, operations, and emerging asset classes.
Here’s a look back at what we built in 2025 — and what’s coming in 2026.
2025 by the Numbers
We welcomed 370 students across 28 course cohorts, spanning real estate sales, capital raising, underwriting, development, and commercial real estate
We hosted 50+ workshops and events, with 3,050+ total attendees, covering topics like OpCo / PropCo structures, AI in real estate, and raising capital from family offices
We launched one brand new underwriting course, plus four new workshops focused on retail capital, new housing products, data centers, and real estate finance
We created partnerships with Bisnow and Juniper Square, bringing hundreds of new participants into Thesis Driven programming via partners
We introduced two live pitch nights, featuring 24 GP concepts sourced directly from our Fundamentals of Capital Raising course, and attended by 400+ investors
As we head into 2026, we’re excited to double down on what worked — while expanding into new audiences, additional geographies, and a wider range of asset classes.
Q1 2026 Courses
Our core courses continue to run in cohort-based formats combining at-your-own pace materials with live virtual discussion groups and exercises.
Selling into Real Estate Owners - Online 💻 January 12 to February 13 Discussion groups meet Fridays, 11:00–12:00pm ET A bootcamp for people selling technology, services, and products into the real estate industry.
Fundamentals of Capital Raising - Online 💻 January 26 t0 February 27 Discussion groups meet Fridays, 1:00–2:00pm ET A practical guide to raising capital for real estate projects from individuals, family offices, and institutional investors.
Fundamentals of Real Estate Development - Online 💻 February 2 t0 March 6 Discussion groups meet Fridays, 12:00–1:00pm ET A first-person POV simulation of sourcing, underwriting, financing, and fundraising for a real estate development deal.
Fundamentals of Commercial Real Estate - Online 💻 February 9 to March 13 Discussion groups meet Fridays, 2:00–3:00pm ET An insider’s view into how key stakeholders across commercial real estate actually think and operate.
Fundamentals of Underwriting - Online 💻 March 2 to April 3 Discussion groups meet Fridays, 10:00–11:00am ET A focused course on analyzing deals, evaluating risk, and understanding what truly drives returns.
Q1 2026 Workshops & Events
Alongside our core courses, we’ll continue running shorter, highly targeted workshops designed to explore emerging topics and new operating models.
These workshops allow us to test new ideas, respond quickly to industry shifts, and give participants a focused entry point into complex and challenging topics.
Working With Companies & Partners
Partnership-driven education was a major highlight of 2025, and we plan to grow this meaningfully in 2026.
If your organization is interested in:
Team upskilling
Custom workshops
Partner-hosted events
Or bringing Thesis Driven education to your audience
We’d love to explore it with you. Please reach out to our Chief of Staff, Kam, at kam@thesisdriven.com.
We’re incredibly grateful for everyone who’s taken a course, joined a workshop, partnered with us, and shared feedback along the way.
We can’t wait to continue building with you in 2026.
Brad is the founder and editor of Thesis Driven (www.thesisdriven.com), a publication covering innovation in the built world. Over the past decade he has co-founded General Assembly and Common which generated a combined $500M+ in enterprise value.
