Necessity is the mother of invention, and also — for network architect Brett Lykins — of network automation. Over the past 11 years of his career, as he’s graduated to working in bigger and bigger networks, Lykins said he’s needed to learn programming skills to work faster with fewer resources. “My job has evolved from…
Photograph Sixteen years ago, I stood in a parking lot near a freeway in San Diego and experienced one of the more amazing technology demos of my professional life. About 100 yards away, the sandy-haired, eclectic inventor Woody Norris pointed a metal plate about the size and shape of a cereal box at my head….
You could call it hibernation, but that’s too kind. You could call it neglect, yet some are working on it pushing the proverbial boulder up the corporate mountain. To be kind, let’s simply call it The Long Sleep. This condition happens inside organizations when an innovation concept bounces along internally for a long time without…
Huge online conversion numbers drive great sales, and although it’s not a simple task, it’s possible with the right push. For your company’s website to achieve great ROI, you need more than just traffic; you need visitors who are ready to take action. One of the proven ways to effect that is If that is indeed the case,…
From his days of playing collegiate volleyball to scaling and selling businesses, Adam Quinn has been no stranger to ridiculously hard work. As the manager of Jake Paul’s Team 10 franchise, Quinn oversees some of the biggest influencers of the game and has his hands in an incredibly valuable piece of social media real estate….
When a team member begins neglecting his or her work responsibilities, it’s important to move quickly. Here’s a look at the telltale warning signs. It’s not a task that any experienced manager enjoys: confronting a staff member who suddenly begins exhibiting signs of disinterest or incompetence in his or her job or, worse yet, fails…
Both the CIO and enterprise architect roles continue to change significantly as companies learn to articulate their digital business strategies. Not long ago, CIOs were charged with keeping their organizations’ software up and running. Today, they are expected to own and orchestrate a comprehensive digital business strategy. Mike Rosen, analyst at IDC, discusses this notable…
Illustration Call it a tale of two industries. For the vast global television sector, this is the best of times and the worst of times. This is a golden age of television. Cinema-quality programs such as Game of Thrones draw massive audiences. Events such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup, broadcast in real time to…
Imagine yourself as the CEO of a Dow component company in 1919. You are fully aware of the technological forces that would shape much of the 20th century, electricity and internal combustion. You may have even be an early adopter of these technologies. Still, everything seems like business as usual. What you don’t see, however,…
In this video, Brittney Whitney and Entrepreneur Network partner Business Rockstars talk with the co-founders of JAJA Tequila, Maurice Tebele and Martin Hoffstein. Tebele and Hoffstein wanted to find a fun outlet apart from their jobs and felt there were not many fun, taste-testable options in the realm of tequila. They talk about marketing their product on social media to leverage their unique voice….
A variety of innovations have come to the fore in recent years that could potentially revolutionize the world’s energy technology. Along with that, there has been an upsurge in consumer and investor interest in the renewable industry, factors that make it a ripe environment for entrepreneurial success, assuming one has a worthy idea and plan for strategic implementation….
Every day, it seems a new direct-to-consumer mattress brand pops up. In fact, the number of online mattress-in-a-box companies is currently upwards of 150 and climbing. Most offer low prices — following the cheap-to-produce blueprint made popular Related: Here’s What Bob Saget Has Learned After Decades of Making People Laugh (Podcast) On this episode of How Success Happens,…
