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Episode 54

IoT consumer products are more expensive than their traditional counterparts, often by order of magnitude. Not good but makes sense - the tech needs to be financed. But however innovative the products are, higher pricing will cause a headwind. Part of the problem is consumer IoT products are still being sold with traditional product business models.
Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) where I speak with Nate Williams about the opportunity to innovate consumer IoT business models ...




Episode 53


With pundit projections in the billions of devices and trillions of dollars, these are heady times for IoT. But there are challenges – big challenges in our way. This keynote presents how we get from where we are today to an outcome-based economy, realizing the business promise of IoT.
Listen (or read the transcript) to Bruce Sinclair’s opening keynote address at Internet of Things World 2016 on IoT business and technology and the outcome-based economy ...




Episode 52

It’s a symbiotic relationship – the big corporation, in search for that innovative edge, and the small startup, in search for support to get their ideas off the ground. Both have what the other needs – desperately. Coming together they form one type of ecosystem. To be players, all IoT companies – big and small – must be part of one or more ecosystems.
Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) where I speak with the folks at TechrIot about their approach of bringing IoT companies together ...




Episode 50

As the technology of IoT evolves the concept of a distributed computing environment is becoming increasingly relevant. A key component of this architecture is fog computing, blending the cloud to the edge. Being able to access computing, networking and storage resources locally makes sense for many classes of IoT deployments.
Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) where I speak with the bigwigs of the newly formed, OpenFog Consortium ...


A solid route to take when developing a consumer Internet of Things product is concept -> ideation -> proof of concept -> prototype -> video -> crowdfunding -> MVP -> beta with early investors -> product. Harvesting your vested customers to become true fans is an incredibly powerful way to take a product to market and doesn’t necessary sidestep traditional funding sources. One of the reasons I like it most however is because it follows my launch philosophy of Design -> Sell -> Build - especially important in IoT.
Watch this video (or read the transcript) to see John Mein discuss the details of how to start with crowdfunding to launch a successful consumer IoT product and company ...




Episode 49

In this episode Bruce recounts recent meetings with clients and discussions with IoT design houses to discuss the current state of the art in data analytics in IoT deployments.
Listen to this analysis episode (or read the transcript) with Bruce Sinclair for the reasons why data analytics isn’t usually considered by clients and why that’s OK ...




Episode 48

Building an IoT product line isn’t just for the big guys. Small and medium size manufacturers can transform their business into Internet of Things powerhouses by following the same IoT playbook – albeit on a smaller scale.
Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) where I speak with Christian Shaffer about the steps his 20-person company took to unlock $2 million in recurring revenue ...




Episode 47


Listen to this analysis episode (or read the transcript) with Bruce Sinclair where he analyses the latest IoT news from a business perspective. In this episode Bruce tees off from the Apple CareKit announcement to discuss why ecosystems are so important and how they differ from IoT platforms ...




Episode 46

Schneider has seen the IoT light and they are following it at scale. Step 1, make all products connected. Step 2, develop a platform, in this case, for the energy management and automation vertical. Step 3, create more customer value by moving from products to products and services to ultimately driving customer results.
Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) where I speak with Prith Banerjee about the IoT playbook to be followed by all leading edge enterprises, big and small ...




Episode 45


Listen to this analysis episode (or read the transcript) with Bruce Sinclair where he analyses the latest IoT news from a business perspective. In this episode Bruce talks about Ericsson quietly slashing IoT device forecasts, the proposed DIGIT bill and the New MQTT ISO Standard ...