Episode 2 | Conor Sen

The Atlanta Story

The Atlanta Story podcast features meaningful stories of Atlanta’s builders, creators, and entrepreneurs. In this episode Jon Birdsong sits down with Conor Sen, Columnist for Bloomberg. Conor moved to Atlanta from California in 2010 and has documented several trends and market shifts through his popular Twitter account @conorsen. Conor parlayed his popularity into a weekly Column for Bloomberg where his thoughts on housing, economics, and technology can be read each week.

In today’s interview, we get to escape the pay wall and hear Conor’s take on the current housing market, economy, trends in Atlanta, what he does when he’s not writing and much more!

The Atlanta Story is put together by the folks at Atlanta Ventures -- and we can’t wait to share some of the personalities behind the brand. Atlanta Ventures invests in entrepreneurs through community, content, and capital -- most notably through our Studio with companies like Greenzie and Intown Golf Club. We believe the best entrepreneurs learn from other great artists in different fields.

In this episode, we discuss…

1. According to Twitter, you’re a fan of the Sun Belt.

2. Why Housing? What attracts you to the topic.

3. How did you start writing for Bloomberg?

4. Can we dissect some of the most interesting pieces over the past 6 months?

5. Why Millennials are following Boomers to the South.

6. A Recession Looks like it suddenly can be avoided.

7. Housing market doesn’t need much for buyers to return

8. Got a granny, build her a house in your backyard.

9. What frameworks do you use to put out a hearty post every week?

10. Your writing includes macro economics, micro economics, trends, surpluses, deficits, how does your process help you keep track of it all.

11. Besides writing, tell us about your day job?

12. Let’s get even more hyper local. You’ve been an Atlanta champion for quite some time. How has the city changed in your eyes?

13. Why Atlanta and what has Atlanta done for you?

Resources discussed in this episode:

Bloomberg

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