August 19, 2013
Networking is a key component in the world of custom software consulting. Businesses typically take months to determine whether or not they want to overhaul the systems that power their operations and workflow. Custom software ain’t cheap. Once business owners determine that the cost savings of efficient systems offset the investment, and after they’ve met […]
August 15, 2013
On Friday Volano will bid farewell to Jordan White, one of the best interns to never fetch coffee or dry-cleaning for a company. In the Spring we posted this in an effort to attract a good pool of potential interns who could do some light coding for us. Our vision was to offer a meaningful […]
August 5, 2013
Volano has had the good fortune to work with local venture capital investor, Dundee VC this year and their technology start-up incubator program Straightshot (www.straightshot.co). The relationship has been overwhelmingly positive, positioning Volano, who serves as a software mentor, in front of promising entrepreneurs and like-minded metro area businesses. Dundee VC has garnered the support […]
July 22, 2013
I recently came across an interesting piece on the Harvard Business Review that essentially deals with our own discomfort with the issue of race and how this discomfort can actually impede open and honest discourse in the workplace. If you have time, grab a friend and go through the short exercise here. I did this […]
July 17, 2013
In light of the recent Edward Snowden – NSA information tracking kerfuffle, I found Stephen Clifford and Quentin Hardy’s article in Sunday’s New York Times particularly interesting. The piece brings us up to speed on the extent to which brick and mortar retailers can now use your cell phone’s WIFI signal to track your shopping […]
July 15, 2013
Last Friday over half of the Volano team volunteered to donate a pint of blood to the American Red Cross. Our team stepped it up and even brought donuts and bagels in a preventative pass-out strike. (There’s always that one guy). I’m happy to report we suffered no casualties. I’m also happy to report that […]
July 11, 2013
This week I joined the Volano Solutions Team. My goal is to ruthlessly climb to the top and achieve world domination, one client engagement at a time. So you should know a little bit about me. I was born and raised here in Omaha and got my first taste of computer programming in high school. […]
July 8, 2013
Much has been written about the importance of building, maintaining and protecting your brand. Providing a consistently good product and equally important, a consistently exceptional customer buying experience are cornerstones of any business. This idea is especially critical for growing franchise companies. I have a lot of experience marketing, selling and managing franchise sales. I […]
July 1, 2013
This morning I read a blog by NY Times contributor David Pogue on innovative products that solve small problems . If you have time, check it out. There are a few cool products that might raise your eyebrows. Pogue’s piece made me think of the controversial and widely panned talk that the Silicon Valley angel […]
June 24, 2013
Last night’s season finale of Mad Men was, by my estimation, a season redeemer. Spoiler alert…stop reading if you have yet to see it. The much discussed poster for Season 6 showing two Don Drapers seemed to be an obvious metaphor for the conflict Don had reconciling his true self and the self he had […]
June 21, 2013
Volano is proud to partner up with Straight Shot , an Omaha based startup accelerator focused on supporting and developing young technology companies. Several senior level Volano software developers will act as mentors to Straight Shot businesses and share their experience building platforms, interfacing with clients and managing the phases of product development. This presents […]
June 17, 2013
I’m still processing last night’s riveting episode of Mad Men. So much to say… The primary business lesson I took from last night’s episode though is not to let romance get involved in the workplace. We’ll come back to that point. It’s a great one that opens up so many possibilities. A quick recap from […]