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A Good Bed, Sensible Shoes and the Art of the IoT Pivot

Jane A — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:01:56 +0000

Episode 102

Over the years now, I’ve been involved in the development of tens of IoT initiatives with my clients and there is only one thing they all have in common… Every one of them pivoted. And I don’t mean little pivots, I mean 180-degree pivots. The lesson here is to pivot fast and pivot early otherwise there’s a good chance you’re not going to make it out of Pilot Purgatory.

Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript), where I speak with Phil Regenie about his early pivot and the lessons learn in taking his Senior care product to the pilot stage

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Why are Wearables Being Disbanded? Hint: Value

Jane A — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:00:05 +0000

By Bruce Sinclair
Read this article by Bruce Sinclair to learn why he thinks quantified self wearables still have a way to go if they are to be kept on the wrist

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IoT Design – Nerding out with a Good View

Jane A — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:00:29 +0000

Episode 35

It’s one thing to be in a kickstarter–fueled start up developing your IoT product and quite another to be doing it within a structured corporate environment. Things get in the way. Priorities, personalities, politics and executive management. The same work needs to be done but other considerations need to be taken into account.

Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) with Jake Fields about his experience in working with IoT teams within the enterprise environment and the development steps to take to successfully make it through to the other side

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On Developing Wearables and Corporate Core Competencies

Jane A — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:00:19 +0000

There’s a lot to developing wearables that doesn’t meet the eye. To build a wearable and the business that supports it you must recreate its creator. As with any IoT product, the skill sets needed, namely software development and data science, are more often than not, not part of the organization’s gene pool or culture. To become an IoT company each company must go through a deep tech metamorphosis to get there.

Watch this video (or read the transcript with Scott Amyx about wearables and the corporate transformation required to build, sell and support them

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From Connecting Products to Transforming Entire Businesses

Bruce Sinclair — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:00:59 +0000

Electric Imp sells product connectivity as a service to OEMs who want to connect, operate and manage their devices from the cloud. While starting in consumer IoT, particularly home automation, they have found their current sweet spot to be in industrial IoT.

Watch this video (or read the transcript) to see Bryan Kennedy explain that the true value of connected products isn’t from the connectivity but from transformation changes it can have on your entire business

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