When you think of infrastructure, you probably think of roads and bridges. Maybe if you’re familiar with Harbor, you think of connectivity or even the supply chain. What might not be top of mind is the cold chain – a critical delivery and storage infrastructure for refrigerated goods and pharmaceuticals (including the Covid-19 vaccine). Cold storage and transportation are critical to human health, ensuring food, medications and vaccines are delivered safely. But there is a lot of room for improv...
Jan 17, 2023•29 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Many governments, companies and industries have made pledges to reach net zero, of carbon neutrality, in the coming years. A seismic shift must occur for industries to actually reach these net zero goals – it will take technological innovation, ecosystem development and government assistance. With a combined $1.9 trillion recently signed into law to support infrastructure, clean energy and healthcare reform, are we about to see net zero become a reality? We sat down with Nick Heier, a Business D...
Sep 21, 2022•6 sec•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Here is a modern-day take on the classic fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare." An R&D company challenged an early-stage company to a race: who could get acquired for more than a billion dollars first? The R&D company went through a long, iterative process. Minimum-viable products were created, tested with users, and then sent back for revision. Meanwhile, the early-stage company decided they could circumvent the entire development cycle. Instead of building a product, they built an idea an...
Jun 07, 2022•49 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast What can OEMs, telcos and large enterprises learn from the world of startups? We sit down with Jennifer Vancini, general partner at Mighty Capital, to discuss the importance of a product-first strategy, the challenges of digital transformation, ecosystems, the evolution of key roles and the emerging technologies that she is most excited about. Mighty Capital stands out as a female-led venture capital fund with a diverse portfolio of technology companies in segments like AI healthcare, streaming ...
May 12, 2022•40 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast How do you predict the next big thing, the next unicorn, the next transformational technology? We sit down with Lee Feldman to discuss the importance of true digital transformation and how that applies to Microsoft, the economies and business models being built around data, and the transformational technologies that are coming together in Web3 including blockchain, NFTs, augmented and virtual reality, digital twins, crypto, AI and more. Lee Feldman is a senior strategist for M12 based out of the...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast "Business as usual" is no longer enough to successfully grow and innovate. OEMs now need to approach venture growth with a creative combination of "build, buy and partner," while making efforts to not stifle innovation by holding acquisitions, incubators, and the like too close. We're diving into growth venture strategy in the latest episode of Future Perfect Tech with the founder and managing director of Spinnaker Venture Partners, Mark Roth, and president and founder of Harbor Research, Glen A...
Sep 07, 2021•46 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Nature has been solving problems with functions and mechanics and chemistry for at least 3.8 billion years. That’s a great deal of research and testing and trial and error in the evolutionary process to realize something as elegant as a bird in flight or a lobster that crawls the sea floor in near-total darkness. Most technologists appreciate the intricacies and subtle power of the evolutionary process, and for decades they have been looking to nature for design inspiration. For this episode of ...
Aug 03, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast If you've watched the news recently you might think the real story is about which billionaire will take the first ride in space, or beat his competitors to Mars. Sadly, the media's focus on the billionaire space race overshadows the truly important space innovations that will affect us all here on earth. Until recently, satellites delivered into space by rockets were the epitome of ultra-high-tech tools available only to the most privileged governments and corporations on earth. Today, orb...
Jul 06, 2021•43 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast It sounds like science fiction: Cough into your cell phone to get tested for COVID-19 instead of going in for a nasal-swab PCR test. But artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI / ML) researchers have been laying the groundwork for this for some time. Now Denver-based RAIsonance, Inc. is making it a reality. On this episode of Future Perfect Tech, we're talking to Kitty Kolding, co-founder and CEO of RAIsonance, Inc., to learn more about her companies and their revolutionary medical ...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Harbor Research has partnered with the Natural Curiosity Project to bring you a special episode of Future Perfect Tech. Dr. Steven Shepard moderates a far-ranging conversation between Doug Standley, CEO and co-Founder of niolabs, and Glen Allmendinger, President and Founder of Harbor Research about the interplay among some of the most important technologies of our time, and the societal impacts they will undoubtedly lead to. Hope you enjoy the questions we answer--and raise. Like what you ...
May 24, 2021•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of Future Perfect Tech, we're talking about the business models that can drive success for Industrial Internet of Things projects with Guneet Bedi, Senior VP and General Manager for the Americas at relayr. How can you minimize risk in IIoT? Which business and service models are most successful? If seemingly everyone is offering their solution “as-a-service”, should you? Are pay-per-use models and vertical integration the future of industrial manufacturing? How can you crea...
Apr 30, 2021•39 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of Future Perfect Tech, we're diving into the topic of data with SkyFoundry partner and co-founder John Petze. What is distributed data? When should you use edge vs cloud or a distributed model? How can you make sure your data is driving results? We cover these questions and more. John Petze is a partner and Co-Founder at SkyFoundry, the developers of SkySpark™, an analytics platform for smart device and equipment data. John has over 30 years of experience...
Apr 06, 2021•56 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast A CONVERSATION WITH KLATU NETWORKS FOUNDER AND CEO, RICK KRISS, AND KLATU COO, CHRIS WILKES We're talking to Rick and Chris about an issue that has been on everyone’s minds recently with the distribution of COVID vaccines: cold chain storage and transport. What is it? Why does it matter? How are smart systems improving vaccine and pharmaceutical research and distribution? Rick Kriss, Co-Founder and CEO of KLATU , is an industry veteran with 25 years’ experience in IT and wireless sensor ne...
Feb 26, 2021•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast We're continuing our conversation on Edge tech and the business models that will drive success. Will COVID and climate change be the regulatory push to accelerate the adoption of Edge technologies? Who will the winners in Edge be? Join us as we sit down with Doug Standley, founder and CEO of niolabs, and Glen Allmendinger, founder and president of Harbor Research. Doug is a recognized leader in the design of disruptive technologies and applications. He is the founder and CEO of niolabs, who hold...
Feb 05, 2021•26 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast We're talking all about Edge tech. What is it? Why should we care? And what will the "killer app" in Edge be? Join us as we sit down with Doug Standley, founder and CEO of niolabs, and Glen Allmendinger, founder and president of Harbor Research. Doug is a recognized leader in the design of disruptive technologies and applications. He is the founder and CEO of niolabs, who hold multiple patents in this space, and where he is pioneering EDGE to CLOUD distributed computing. Prior to niolabs, ...
Feb 02, 2021•19 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast A brief intro to Future Perfect Tech, a new podcast and webinar series by Harbor Research. Future Perfect Tech features discussions with the leading experts in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things on the innovations in markets, technologies and ecosystems that working to create a better future. Harbor Research is a growth strategy consulting and venture development firm with over thirty years of experience working with leading manufacturers, service providers and technology developers ...
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