On the Move: inHere Brings Real Estate Process to the Digital World

In our recent conversation with InspiringApps CEO Brad Weber, we explored the upcoming tech trends shaping the enterprise landscape in 2024, how they’ll impact our clients, and our approach to app development. Let’s dive in!   Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy & Cloud Solutions “I anticipate several trends will impact app design and development in the near future. InspiringApps is at the forefront of helping our clients adapt to the changes that technology inevitably brings.” —BRAD WEBER, INSPIRINGAPPS CEO | BOULDER, COLORADO Artificial Intelligence Trends Artificial intelligence will continue to dominate 2024. We’re excited to help our clients employ thoughtful AI solutions—not just generative AI—to leverage corporate data better and improve user experiences. We can help companies harness the power of AI to effectively analyze vast amounts of data, which allows us to predict potential issues that customers may encounter based on their unique usage patterns. With this knowledge, we can take proactive measures to reach out and provide tailored solutions or offer extra support. That extra step can enhance the overall customer experience and strengthen their connection with a brand. Another example of how AI can help companies create exceptional customer experiences is by automating CRM systems. Artificial intelligence streamlines processes and saves valuable time by simplifying tasks such as data entry, lead scoring, and follow-up reminders. AI will use that data to provide intelligent insights so businesses can better predict which leads are most likely to convert and enable sales teams to focus their efforts more effectively. Embracing AI in customer experience leads to improved efficiency, heightened productivity, and, ultimately, better company outcomes. Data Privacy Trends Data privacy will also be important. Because AI can analyze data quickly and efficiently, it offers smaller or mid-sized companies security and privacy features previously only found in enterprise-level budgets. Added access is a win for startups in the app market, who can build trust more quickly and remain competitive. From a development standpoint, companies can build more privacy safeguards on the server side instead of relying on client-side data to find bugs, breaches, and threats. For instance, rather than relying on client-side reporting, a banking app could leverage the collected data to assess the risk of fraud on a user account or temporarily limit access until the fraud department reaches out. This approach offers greater flexibility for correlating data and dynamically controlling actions, which lets companies provide a more personalized and secure user experience while harnessing the power of AI. Cloud Computing Trends For our cloud solutions, we’re excited about microservices and event-driven architecture. Microservices can make apps more agile and easier to scale by dividing up data handling into smaller, independent parts, each with its own responsibility. If one fails, it won’t take the whole application down with it. Less downtime means happier customers.  Event-driven architecture also has the potential to offer a much smoother user experience because it prioritizes immediate data handling in response to an event rather than prioritizing data loss. When a user makes a request, the event-driven architecture allows the response in real-time or very close to real-time, whereas in the past, the request would return a complete dataset—and that often took some time. The event-driven architecture allows for an on-demand response that scales. These are not brand-new concepts, but they provide companies with the super-power of agility, allowing them to adapt quickly to rapidly changing market conditions and user demands. Advice to Digital Product Owners: Take Action When things are changing so quickly, and generative AI is a good example from 2023, sometimes there is a tendency to wait until the dust settles to take action. “The dust may not settle for a long time, and you can find yourself way behind. Take action, even if it is small. Get into the mix so you can learn and iterate. That will put you in a position to take advantage of new innovations more quickly as they arise.” —BRAD WEBER, INSPIRINGAPPS CEO | BOULDER, COLORADO Being an early adopter means staying ahead of the curve and being at the forefront of innovation. In today’s fast-paced world, technology is constantly evolving and changing. Early adopters stay ahead of their competitors and are better prepared for any future changes or advancements. Also, embracing new technologies and ideas early on helps you gain a competitive advantage in your industry. Early adopters are often seen as leaders and trendsetters, which can attract new customers and clients who want to work with innovative companies. Early adoption also presents an opportunity for learning and growth. By taking action before others, you have the chance to learn from any mistakes or challenges that may arise. This can help you refine your strategies and processes, making you more efficient and effective in the long run. Additionally, being an early adopter allows you to become familiar with new technologies or concepts before they become mainstream, giving you a head start in mastering them. Innovation Beyond the Finish Line “Innovation is key to the future of InspiringApps. We will continue to be curious and help our clients create better products by asking, ‘Why?’ Our team enjoys the variety, and our clients benefit from the work we do and the lessons we learn from that work.” —BRAD WEBER, INSPIRINGAPPS CEO | BOULDER, COLORADO In many ways, designing and building an awesome web and mobile app only gets our clients to the starting line, not the finish line. There is so much more required for a product to be successful. We’re fortunate to have clients of all sizes spanning various industries. It creates a plethora of opportunities for us to employ new techniques and technologies in innovative ways. In 2024 and beyond, we will focus more on long-term product success. We’re bundling marketing services with design and development. We’re supplementing our clients’ own product management capabilities to interpret user feedback and product usage to shape a product roadmap that includes continuous improvement and long-term success.

Boulder, CO—inHere has been listed in Fast Company’s 2023 Innovation by Design Awards, one of the most sought-after awards in the design industry, as an honorable mention in the Security category. Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards honor the designers and businesses solving today’s most crucial problems and anticipating tomorrow’s most pressing issues. This year’s honorees include projects, products, and services from Fidelity National Financial and InspiringApps, as well as Adobe, PepsiCo, Canva, and others.  Now in its 12th year, the competition features a range of blue-chip companies, emerging startups, and hungry young talents. It is one of the most sought-after design awards in the industry. Let’s Meet inHere Fidelity National Financial (FNF) partnered with InspiringApps to design inHere, a transformative app that redefines how consumers, real estate professionals, and title companies connect to complete real estate transactions. In response to the increasing threat of homebuyer hacking, which has become a multibillion-dollar fraud problem, inHere is more secure, seamless, transparent, and effective. inHere provides realtors, escrow officers, and consumers with a closed and secure ecosystem that ensures all communication related to a real estate transaction flows within one app. Innovation by Partnership Brian Maughan, Chief Innovation Officer at FNF, praised our partnership in this effort. “Thank you for all your help to make inHere a reality,” he said regarding InspiringApps. “We could not have selected a better partner. Your team is core to executing our vision.”  The partnership builds on InspiringApps’ real estate and national financial services expertise. Brad Weber, CEO of InspiringApps, added, “The inHere vision matched InspiringApps’ ability to deliver a unique, streamlined experience—a secure and transformative financial app that delights users.” Innovation by Design “So much innovation news these days is focused on AI,” said Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “This year’s Innovation by Design honorees are a reminder that it’s human ingenuity that drives invention.” The judges include renowned designers from various disciplines, business leaders from some of the most innovative companies in the world, and Fast Company’s own writers and editors. Entries are judged on the key ingredients of innovation: functionality, originality, beauty, sustainability, user insight, cultural impact, and business impact. Winners, finalists, and honorable mentions are featured online, and winners and finalists have been featured in the issue of Fast Company magazine on newsstands on August 29, 2023. Sought-After Credentials To see the complete list, go to https://www.fastcompany.com/innovation-by-design/list. To see the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2023 Innovation by Design Awards in the Security category, visit https://www.fastcompany.com/90934010/security-innovation-by-design-2023. To read more about our project, see https://www.inspiringapps.com/Development/7/inhere. About Fast Company Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with our sister publication Inc., and can be found online at fastcompany.com. About Fidelity National Financial Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF) is a leading provider of title insurance and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries. FNF is the nation’s largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters—Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, Alamo Title, and National Title of New York— that collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States. More information about FNF can be found at fnf.com. About InspiringApps App development that makes an impact. InspiringApps builds digital products that help companies impact their employees, customers, and communities. Yes, we build web, mobile, and custom apps, but what we offer is something above and beyond that. What we offer is inspiration. Our award-winning work has included 200+ apps since the dawn of the iPhone. Our core values: integrity, respect, commitment, inclusivity, and empathy. Our guarantee: finish line, every time, for every project. Get in touch at hello@InspiringApps.com.