For a Disruptor, the job is inconspicuous. Titled “Real Estate Lead” this new opportunity for our industry becomes clear only when you get to the Job Summary: “ConsenSys, the leading technology firm in blockchain globally, formed Merido, to create, manage, and trade fractional ownership shares in real estate. Meridio is seeking a senior real estate professional who is excited about the intersection of real estate and blockchain.”...

When I was a little kid, I vividly remember being elated at the arrival of the Sears Holiday Catalog, that five-pound, five-inch thick book of everything. I spent hours studying the Lionel trains, baseball gloves and hundreds of other kids’ stuff. Alas, yesterday Sears announced that it filed for bankruptcy, marking the beginning of the end of a storied company that once upon a time had the world’s tallest building named in its honor. Yet...