5 Things to know about Ben Bear and Paul Steidl

1 Ben and Paul grew up in Pittsburgh.

2 The pair have been friends for over 20 years.

3 Ben previously served as CEO of Spin, a scooter company.

4 Before Spin, Ben was the co-founder of WorkGenius, a recruitment technology company.

5 Paul has been thinking about how to increase housing supply through backyard partnerships for years; he wrote his graduate school dissertation on the subject.