January 29, 2015
Off and Running 2015 is off to a great start for Volano and there was no better way to kick off the year than to be recognized by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce for small business of the month. We are actively looking for software developers, client support people and marketing help. Despite the pace, […]
January 15, 2015
Analyzing Franchise Opportunities Volano Solution’s most recent Saas application, Action Card, has a growing client base in the franchise market. Thought we provide the best consultation around software as a competitive advantage, our work with franchise companies and our experience in that industry naturally puts us into that thought-sphere. I worked with a lot of […]
January 6, 2015
This month Volano Solutions was recognized by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce for Small Business of the Month. Check out the write-up! The Chamber recognized Volano as an Omaha based custom software developer dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses by creating transparency, accountability and clarity in their workflow processes. The award validates our approach […]
January 2, 2015
The Omaha World Herald did a great piece on the relevance of local code schools Interface and Omaha Code School using Volano as an example.
January 2, 2015
“It is very vulgar to talk about one’s business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.” – Oscar Wilde As Volano closes out 2014 and looks ahead to the new year, we wanted to look back on some of the year’s highlights. 2014 was a big year for us on […]
December 5, 2014
Today Volano finishes our first week in the Mastercraft building. The space is starting to look like home but needs a few finishing touches yet. We should have running water next week but made sure that the kegerator was in full working order with a fresh 5 gallons of Alestorm from Nebraska Brewing Company. To […]
November 26, 2014
I used to teach 6th grade and learned very quickly that the only way to be effective in the classroom was to have control of the class. The way to maintain control was by having clear standards and the discipline to enforce them consistently and equitably. Kids will test your boundaries, like adults, and tend […]
August 15, 2014
On Wednesday August 20, Volano Solutions’ Action Card will host a conference call with Sprint Wireless dealers, discussing how to maximize store visits and field management. The group will consist of owners, c-level operational executives and regional field managers. The response to the discussion was overwhelmingly positive and there was a genuine desire among wireless retailers […]
July 30, 2014
Watching the Workflow “Oh, this ol’ river keeps on rollin’, thoughNo matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blowAnd as long as it does I’ll just sit hereAnd watch the river flow” – Bob Dylan Ideal Environments Breed Ideal Employees Maybe it’s just me but it’s hard not to think […]
July 23, 2014
Volano Solutions welcomed another new hire to a team already stacked with talent. Brandon Norris started what we hope will be a long tenure with us yesterday and we initiated him to the group with a five star lunch at Taco John’s (it was taco Tuesday). A little bit about this guy and why we’re […]
July 2, 2014
Monday was the first day at Volano for the newest member of our team, Matt Kyriss. To honor the beginning of his tenure, we went to Sam and Louis’s Pizza, a company favorite and one of our first clients to use our mobile compliance review app Action Card. Matt fits the mold of many of […]
June 30, 2014
Software Developers for Straight Shot Last Friday Volano participated in the second “pitch day” at Straight Shot, an Omaha-based accelerator for e-commerce and software as a service start-ups. Volano partners Don Stavneak and Rod Smith attended while Jordan Pascale of Silicon Prairie News, e-Creamery founder Abby Jordan and I sat on a panel to provide […]