Product Development

Fractional Executives Create More Than the Sum of the Parts

In today’s unpredictable economic climate, tech companies can often be seen scaling back their workforce. Naturally that makes it challenging to achieve existing business goals, much…

Make Profit an Outcome, Not an Objective

While all commercial companies are in business to make a profit, companies that make profit their primary objective are barking up the wrong tree and not…

Unlocking the Power of IoT: Building Your Own Ecosystem on AWS—-Part One

Over the coming weeks I will be sending out articles discussing the current IoT landscape and discussing all of the considerations a company must make when…

Apple Gets It Right Again

Imagine a tech company that hands you a deck with the following business plan: “We’re going straight for the top end of the mass market. We’re…

Crafting a Comprehensive PRD: 5 Must-Have Elements

In the ever-evolving landscape of IoT products, a well-defined Product Requirements Document (PRD) is crucial to the development process. Whether you’re a product manager, engineer or…

Is Matter Stifling Smart Home Innovation?

With all due respect to the parties that are working hard to develop it, the Matter standard is struggling. Sure, it’s a new protocol and it…

Breaking Through Stigma in Senior Tech

Ended soon For all its diversity, the huge Boomer generation usually has one experience in common: the challenge of helping aging parents and loved ones stay…

Year Zero: Moving Forward With Matter

Ended soon This month’s launch event for the Matter interoperability standard was an undeniable high point in the nearly 50-year history of the smart home. Through…

Getting a Handle on OTC Hearing Aids

Ended soon If you haven’t  heard that over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids finally hit the market last month, you might be one of the 37 million Americans…

What Are Your Plans For Proptech?

Ended soon Lately we at bluesalve have been paying close attention to the red-hot market for proptech. Most of the buzz has focused on how these…