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Author Archives: flybrand1976
Biology, populations and VC
The meadow voles we found each morning in our traps were tiny, hardy animals who endured the weighing and tagging before being re-released. There were thousands of them in the fields of Blandy Farm or Mountain Lake, the field research … Continue reading
6 Ways to Get the Most out of Day 2 – #ISUM16
It’s Day 2 of the Internet Summit in Raleigh, NC. Here are six ways to get the most out of it, based on what was shared on Day 1. Enjoy. You’re out of the office. Like Al Madrigal said – … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Disruption, Marketing, Uncategorized
Tagged Advertising, Content Marketing, Social media
The Best SaaS Product I Ever Saw was built by a Towtruck Company in 2006
In 2002, after joining a former customer in the electronics industry which had raised $30 million, we went through a CRM evaluation. The VP of Sales and VP of Engineering were at odds over the rate at which we were … Continue reading
Posted in Illiquid Alternative, Industry, Innovation
Tagged Buyouts, Disruption, Dogfood, Dogfooding, Fast User, SaaS, Service, Software, VC, Win-in-the-market
IoT Review: Yale Z-Wave Home Lock
We recently purchased a Yale Z-Wave touchpad home lock that integrates with our home security system. The online features through our security provider are fantastic. We can add specific passwords for individuals, have them expire over time, set access hours … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Methods
Tagged Home Security, Internet of things, Yale locks, Z-wave
Nice Pants: Tactical Office Wear
Comfort is difficult to quantify. We tend to use air perm as our primary metric when working with water barrier materials. There are many high-end pants now on the market from non-traditional vendors with unique angles on comfort. 1a& 1b: … Continue reading
Posted in Industry, Innovation, Uncategorized
Tagged Banana Republic, Casual Wear, Golf, Lululemon, Office Wear, Performance Fabrics, Slacks, Under Armour
Under Bidding a Bridge to Nowhere
If a customer isn’t 100% certain about the value of a product, then they’ll want to minimize their committed costs. From an ROI standpoint, their R (the return) is uncertain and has risk. To maximize their ROI, they will want … Continue reading
Posted in Disruption, Industry, Innovation, Invention, Marketing
Tagged Bidding, Definitions, Innovation, Materials, Neologism, Selling, Terminology, Terms
Scaling in Europe: An easy (8 year) plan
Disclaimer: We sell industrial equipment, not software. Also, we were spun out of a Czech university, so it wasn’t a ‘start-from-nothing’ type startup. We scaled a startup out of Europe, specifically – out of the Czech Republic. Our market is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Disruption, History
Tagged Business, Business Model, Czech Republic, Europe, International, Lean startup, Startup
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