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Planning and Dealing With Change

Ended soon I woke up today and the world was different. My industry had changed. The habits and likes of people had changed. Technology keeps moving along. This is because change is a constant. Yes, while each day’s change may seem small, just look at our world from only a few years ago to see…

Jobs, Hiring and Retention in Today’s Tech Market

Ended soon I recently returned from Washington D.C. where my colleagues and fellow member of CTA met with legislators and the White House staff to discuss many issues for the consumer technology industry and its small businesses and entrepreneurs. We discussed 5G technologies and the spectrum needed. A healthy discussion on tariffs and their effects…

7 Lessons I Learned From My Last Start-Up

Ended soon Having been the founder, CEO, or COO of five start-ups, I thought I’d seen it all. But growth is ongoing, you can bring all of your lessons learned to each new venture and continue to make mistakes and learn new things. In my case, some were quite painful and others less so, but…

Voice Assistants for Better or Worse?

Ended soon We are all busy giving all sorts of information to these platforms seemingly willingly in exchange for ease of purpose, or the answer to some question. That certainly is the position of these platforms, but as we see in the press (as I alluded to in my ISC West Re-Cap) and the minds…

Survival of the Fittest: Eat or Be Eaten

Ended soon by Robert Heiblim Consumer technologies and related industries have had a heady run for the past thirty years. Today, the maturation of our industry is itself presenting new challenges that all segments of the industry have to deal with as a matter of survival. Looking back in time, emerging technologies and inventive…

Five Critical Attributes of a Successful Partnership

…That very few people execute well There are lots of different types of #partnerships, #alliances, and cooperative relationships in the business world. And like with most relationships, some work better than others. From my many years of learning through successes and failures – which is where we tend to learn our most valuable lessons…the hard…