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…

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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…

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ISC West Recap

Ended soon Upon returning  from ISC West, it is clear that modern IP-based security is a robust business and the hall was busy with attendees and lots of cameras, door locks and controls, and cloud and remote based control and monitoring. This was the first show under our new bluesalve partners partnership.  We met with…

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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…

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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…

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