Category Archives: Invention

5,000,000 Youtube Views for ‘Filtration’ – Tough Concepts the #1 Video Gets Right

Posted on June 24, 2019 by flybrand1976

5 million views is a lot for an industrial product – here are the concepts the top Youtube hit for ‘filtration’ got right. Continue reading →

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Apple’s Watch – Offense or Defense?

Posted on March 30, 2018 by flybrand1976

Apple’s watch is the future of the company.  The watch will shrink in size, radio quality will improve, capabilities will grow and eventually watch revenues will pass the iPhone. No, no, no. Apple’s watch is a defensive play. Look for … Continue reading →

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“What does it take to be (a good) CEO?” Answer: People

Posted on January 1, 2018 by flybrand1976

All of the successes were from bringing in good people, helping them frame problems and getting them the tools they needed to be successful. The failures? They were mine – mostly due to not properly resourcing a problem with the … Continue reading →

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Under Bidding a Bridge to Nowhere

Posted on September 8, 2016 by flybrand1976

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 →

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The World Economic Forum’s ‘Top 10 Emerging Technologies’

Posted on September 2, 2016 by flybrand1976

Nanosensors!  Autonomous vehicles! [Yawn.]  We’ve seen these before. Organs-on-chips? Optogenetics?!?  Now this is interesting. The Davos-based World Economic forum released a list of 10 emerging technologies that made a tour of the press a few weeks ago.  There is no … Continue reading →

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Technology Forecasting and Predictions: 2016 (7 of 7)

Posted on January 25, 2016 by flybrand1976

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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Tech Forecasting: Comments on 6 Years of Forecasts (3 of 7)

Posted on December 23, 2015 by flybrand1976

Over six years of prediction shows, when the hosts were right, they were very right.  When they were wrong, it was usually because they were too early or because of a surprise event in the area they were forecasting.  Most … Continue reading →

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DTNS 2397: Tech Forecasting for 2015 (1 of 7)

Posted on December 20, 2015 by flybrand1976

In the value-for-value world of DTNS, Patreon and Tom Merrit – I might not be the best contributor.  Trying to think of ways to give back, I listened to the 2015 forecast show, DTNS 2397, that was published on December … 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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Seven Red Lines (aka “The Expert”): The Transcript

Posted on May 3, 2014 by flybrand1976

[If dealing with absurd situations like those outlined in this hysterical sketch is part of your work life – learn about how to deal with them better following Goldratt’s Major Concepts or by reading this Chapter by Chapter summary of … Continue reading →

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