We appear to be in the midst of a trend where companies are claiming to be “tech companies” when they’re anything but. The guy selling peaches on the side of the road is claiming to be a tech company because he uses his phone to accept credit cards. Who cares, right? Let’s find out why it matters.
Read MoreWhy should the Startup Program matter to you as an entrepreneur exploring a new technology idea? Why would you even need it if you feel like you are very clear on what you need to build?
Read MoreIn this episode, we explore our views and experiences as and with women in tech in an effort to understand our own views and offer advice to those who might be struggling to find their place in the field.
Read MoreThis week on Incubate This!, in podcast partnership with The Raika Show, Raika Technologies and GotAnAppIdea.com talk about the benefits of advanced education and postulates how much a formal degree matters to be a successful Software Developer.
Read MoreHow many different types of reality are there? What do they all mean? How do you know which one you’re in?
Okay, so that’s a silly question, we’ll grant you… This week Raika is looking at Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality and talking about the state of the technologies and positing whether we’re trying too hard to escape our lives.
Read MoreThis week on The Raika Show, we are exploring AR and VR… And how they impact our actual “R”. Technology has the potential to open up our lives and our experience in amazing ways. But only if we use it correctly. Is our addiction to social media, smart phones and “being connected” ultimately what separates us from each other?
Read MoreThis week on The Raika Show, we are exploring the wonder of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality… And discussing the impact of both on our actual Reality. Could this technology be the key to bringing humanity back to actual connectedness? Or does it further fuel our addition to social media, smart phones and the illusion of being connected?
Read MoreAhh, the Internet of Things… Smart thermostats, smart lights, smart door locks. The world is now just plain SMARTER because of these tiny little robots we’ve entrusted to care for the mundane logistics in our lives.
Are they really trustworthy? What is IoT, how was the spec invented, and what were the creators thinking anyway?
Read MoreThere’s no easy way to tell someone that spending tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars on an app and putting it in the store is not going to default you to making millions of dollars. It’s even harder when that someone has already spent that money and has no downloads.
Do your customer research, market validation and user testing BEFORE you spend money. And you need, need, need MARKETING.
Carry on.
Read MoreI know you think you need it... But you don't. If you're the 0.01% of all people developing something that really REALLY is going to revolutionize these bleeding-edge technologies, then my hat is off to you and you don't need me anyway.
But that's probably NOT you. Cheers!
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