September 24, 2015
What do you think of when you hear “KPI”? Do you think of a magic goal or number created by someone who has never held your job, that is meant to improve performance but what it really does is make you want to pull an Office Space on the closest piece of office equipment? Yeah, […]
August 20, 2015
CEO of Evernote, Phil Libin, not only brought us a pretty fantastic life hack tool, but he’s also known for sharing his pearls of wisdom on the topic of booting archaic workplace practices and workflows. His common sense anecdotes on improving the place we spend a majority of our time, often leave us scratching our […]
August 13, 2015
Our team at Volano is a pretty happy bunch. It’s a big part of our culture and is evident in our core values. A recent blog post on the Huffington Post talks about how Dr. Kaufman analyzed 24 traits of 517 individuals and looked for associations to happiness. It so happened that two traits were significant […]
July 8, 2015
If you follow Volano, you know we try to play a daily game of darts. Monday through Thursday is a quick game of 301, and Cricket on Friday’s. Today was special. John Stuifbergen finished the game by hitting the bullseye…three times. That’s right, a 3 bull out! We mark up the most notable achievements next […]
June 12, 2015
Volano’s Rod Smith and Don Stavneak: “Don’t undervalue your product” June 9, 2015 Ryan Pendell Silicon Prairie News In 2007, Rod Smith and Don Stavneak started Volano Solutions, a custom software development company. In 2012, they developed their first stand-alone product, Steelwool. They learned a lot from the experience. “One of the lessons we learned […]
April 8, 2015
I don’t know if the guys who have come before me know how lucky they were to have had Kelly to write their blog for them. Writing a short biography should be easy (who else has this breadth of knowledge on such a wonderful subject?) but as I sit here on my 10th attempt I […]
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 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 […]