Category Archives: Business

6 Ways to Get the Most out of Day 2 – #ISUM16

Posted on November 17, 2016 by

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 →

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IoT Review: Yale Z-Wave Home Lock

Posted on October 2, 2016 by

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 →

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Scaling in Europe: An easy (8 year) plan

Posted on September 7, 2016 by

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 →

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Recruiting and HR: Facets of a Job

Posted on September 6, 2016 by

We’ve had good success in recruiting and building a talented team.  As part of that our job descriptions became much clearer in some ways, and less clear in others.  We’ve also observed that our best candidates and most successful hires … Continue reading →

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Labor Day: Technology, Trade and Labor

Posted on September 5, 2016 by

Yet the campaign had completely failed to do what a political campaign is supposed to do – bring the nation to full awareness and earnest discussion of its most crucial issues and lead to a verdict that would put those issues … Continue reading →

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“I hate your plan. (But I won’t suggest alternatives.)”

Posted on August 22, 2016 by

Names can create power.  Finding an existing accepted name is even more helpful.  I encountered a management challenge that has been hard to name. After circling the problem for a few weeks, I opened up Pirie’s, How to Win Every … Continue reading →

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Technology Forecasting and Predictions: 2016 (7 of 7)

Posted on January 25, 2016 by

DTNS’s 2016 prediction show, #2657, was published on December 31, 2015 and along with the diverse group of hosts, there was a broad range of predictions in many areas. Virtual reality dominated from an air time standpoint.  With multiple big … Continue reading →

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