So what keeps you up at night? If you’re a tech startup CEO or founder, the list of possibilities is long. I often say starting a software or hardware company is barely a rational act. The deck is stacked against tech startups. And the odds of success are almost invariably quite long. But some aspects […]
Extending ROI With Spin Off Technology Products
If a basic technology has a horizontal appeal, it can be quite profitable to spend a modest amount of additional effort to spin off technology of this type to other adjacent markets that the company is currently not serving. However, many software and hardware businesses, particularly smaller ones, are religiously focused on a specific vertical […]
Navigating IoT Technology Market Opportunities
The Internet-of-Things (IoT) as a market is at once both a simple and complex concept. In some respects this market has been around for a long time. But like many hyped market trends it has been renamed as time went on, with IoT being the most recent moniker and the one that has stuck. I […]
Strategies for a Technology Market Upturn
We’ve been plodding along economically for quite a while now. This middling US and Worldwide economy has really frozen a lot of normal business activity. Senior managements at software and hardware companies generally view minimal risk for a significant downturn at this point, but also have long been waiting for clear signs of a robust […]
Shadow IT in the Enterprise
If you’ve ever worked in a large corporation or been in the enterprise software or hardware business for any length of time, you’re familiar with the frustrations expressed by AND about the IT department. The IT department is typically the scorn of many folks who rely on them for the systems and support which allow […]
