Is Remote Work Affecting Coffee Culture?
Is Remote Work Affecting Coffee Culture? Remote work has affected many aspects of the economy. Perhaps one of the biggest hit is the American past-time of drinking coffee. With more and more people working remotely, less and less people are frequenting coffee shops. Starbucks had a decline of $2.3 Billion last quarter. They are not […]
How Much Are You Spending on Cloud Services?
How Much Are You Spending on Cloud Services? How much are you spending on Cloud Services? It’s probably not more than these companies. Netflix tops the leader board at more than $500 Million, followed by Snapchat and TikTok. Bespin Global crunched the numbers. From Amazon AWS, to Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, it can […]
Are You Ready for Amazon Drones?
Are You Ready for Amazon Drones? Last week the FAA granted Amazon Prime Delivery the designation of “air carrier”, allowing them to begin Delivery Trials in the US. “This certification is an important step forward for Prime Air and indicates the FAA’s confidence in Amazon’s operating and safety procedures for an autonomous drone delivery service […]
Why Some Companies are Regretting Using Slack
Why Some Companies are Regretting Using Slack OneZero recently published a article where it stated a Silicon Valley CEO who seemed ready to get rid of Slack said “It’s one of my biggest regrets,” So why are companies regretting using Slack? Well, people are being mean to each other. “They create problems, high-school-type problems,” one CEO […]
You Can Get a Fellowship To Not Go To College
You Can Get a Fellowship To Not Go To College “The Thiel Fellowship gives $100,000 to young people who want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom.” They give out 25 scholarships per year. A recent recipient created a Driverless-car startup, Luminar Technologies, which will go public in a $3.4 billion merger […]
Are People Really Leaving Big Cities?
Are People Really Leaving Big Cities? We keep hearing that with the change in the way people work, more people will be moving to the country or the suburbs. This Study from Zillow actually shows that the year over year inventory in major cities is actually going down. Implying that more people are moving there. […]
Employer Surveillance Tech Does Not Work
Employer Surveillance Tech Does Not Work With more and more employees working remotely, employers are implementing surveillance tech to spy on their employees to make sure they are working. Monitoring software like ActivTrak, Time Doctor, and StaffCop sales have spiked since the pandemic. As much as 80% of employers will have some sort of employee […]
10 South Dakota Companies made this year’s Inc 5,000
10 South Dakota Companies made this year’s Inc 5,000 10 South Dakota Companies made this year’s Inc 5,000 of fastest growing private businesses in the Country. Here they are in order of appearance. VRC Metal Systems, of Box Elder (1,967) MarketBeat, of Sioux Falls (2,296) B9Creations, of Rapid City (2,318) OmegaQuant, of Sioux Falls (2,863) […]
Over 1 Million WordPress Users Suspended for 5 Weeks
Over 1 Million WordPress Users Suspended for 5 Weeks Well technically the WordPress theme Astra is suspended, but over one million websites using it. If you are unfamiliar with WordPress, it’s the most popular website building platform. We for instance use the paid theme Elementor to build our WordPress sites. It allows us to build custom […]
Is the Midwest Poised for a Tech Revolution?
Is the Midwest Poised for a Tech Revolution? According to a special report in The Economist this 12 Sate Region accounts for roughly 20% of the US GDP but only 5% of it’s venture funding. The San Francisco based company Farmers Business Network, with offices in Sioux Falls just secured another $250 Million in funding. This […]