Category Archives: Industry

Seven Red Lines (3): Anderson the Expert’s Failings

Posted on May 6, 2014 by flybrand1976

Anderson the Expert is in a tough spot, his value as an expert wasn’t well defended, but he doesn’t do very much to help himself out.  Stuck in a meeting with a customer who is uncertain of their goals, a … Continue reading →

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Seven Red Lines (2): Technical Sales Meeting Mistakes

Posted on May 5, 2014 by flybrand1976

The biggest mistake made by the vendor involved in the Seven Red Lines / “The Expert” video is that from a strategic standpoint, they are failing to defend their technical resources.  However, there are a series of other mistakes that … Continue reading →

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Fraud in Industrial Technologies

Posted on May 4, 2014 by flybrand1976

GigaOm’s article on green energy snake oil highlights the challenges faced by investors in any industrial technology.  We’re not investors, but over the past six years of applying our process and equipment in this industrial technology space, we have certainly seen many unusual … Continue reading →

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Personnel Strategies & Revolutionary War

Posted on April 29, 2014 by flybrand1976

O’Shaughnessy’s The Men Who Lost America (21 hours) follows the Revolutionary War theme and contains two great personnel stories; the value of concentrating a team and managing a team’s utilization. The book is a series of biographies beginning with King George III … Continue reading →

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Doing the Math: Munitions & Nonwovens Production

Posted on April 17, 2014 by flybrand1976

Running numbers is crucial to understanding where you are with a new technology, especially if it is a physical product or tied to heavy industry.  Even if you’ve only got three numbers in that initial .xls sheet, your ability to … Continue reading →

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Policy and Innovation History (Radar, Manhattan Project and Apollo)

Posted on April 16, 2014 by flybrand1976

Innovation is a newborn baby that politicians love to kiss – regions and municipalities want more of it, but are uncertain of how to proceed.  Metrics are challenging – for the politician and bureaucrat it isn’t clear whether they should … Continue reading →

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Wearable Technology and the State of the Art in Fabrics

Posted on April 15, 2014 by flybrand1976

Wearable technology, as defined by Wikipedia to the right, integrates electronics into a wearable item, often into conventional apparel. There is often an electronic device, housed in hard plastic shell, that is then combined with conventional fabrics to achieve its … Continue reading →

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Nanofibers: Textiles Fourth Great Gift to Medicine

Posted on April 15, 2014 by flybrand1976

Sprayable bandages with super-wound healing capabilities.  Dialysis components small enough to be worn by the patient.  These are just two of the life science product concepts using nanofibers (“NF”) which have captured the attention of the popular scientific press – and … Continue reading →

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NanoH2O Acquisition: The Product

Posted on April 14, 2014 by flybrand1976

On Friday, March 14, Korean industrial concern LG Chem announced they were purchasing NanoH2O, an RO membrane maker that took its first external funding at the peak of the CleanTech bubble in 2005 for $200 MM.  Industrial technology has proven … Continue reading →

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Nonwovens in Tech News: Feminine Care & Apparel

Posted on March 17, 2014 by flybrand1976

Working with industrial technology often feels like being behind stage at a play – you’re able to see all of the behind the scenes action that enables modern life.  Often times articles in the popular press, and particularly tech news, … Continue reading →

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