What Does the Future of Work Look Like After COVID-19?
COVID-19 has forever changed how we approach work. When the pandemic began, Dogtown Media said goodbye to its Los Angeles-based development headquarters for the past decade. We left this office, moved the entire team to remote work, and don’t have any intention of going back. The future of work has changed, and we’ve changed with […]
4 Remote Work Tips To Help Your Team Adapt To The ‘New Normal’
Original Article Featured in Forbes. We live in a time of uncertainty. It has been a year since the global Covid-19 pandemic started, but there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. Has your business adapted to this “new normal” yet? Before the pandemic, Dogtown Media, my mobile app development firm, had a mixture of […]
5 Ways to Stop Skipping the Hard Questions of Entrepreneurship
Original article featured in Entrepreneur. Being passionate is human nature, particularly when you’re running your own business. But when that excitement takes the reins — something that routinely happens, for instance, when billionaire Elon Musk hops on Twitter — problems can result. In the past two months alone, Musk’s musings have led to his removal as chairman […]
4 Remote Work Tips To Adapt Your Business To Changing Circumstances
Original Article Featured in Forbes. Our society has been disrupted by the novel coronavirus. Around the world, airline flights have been grounded, communities have slowed to a crawl and countless lives have been affected. In the U.S. alone, we’ve harbored more than 2 million COVID-19 cases. It’s no wonder numerous companies (such as Twitter and Square) are encouraging […]
In An Age Of Disruption, Your Team Is Your Best Asset: Here’s How To Cultivate It
Original Article Featured in Forbes. Leonardo da Vinci designed a robotic knight more than 500 years ago. The term “artificial intelligence” was reportedly coined at Dartmouth College in the 1950s. Modern, commercial virtual reality first appeared during the arcade boom of the 1980s. According to Business Insider, the internet of things (IoT) is as old as the first wearable headsets from the late 1990s. Notice a pattern? Most […]
The Best Time to Start Your Tech Business Is Right Now — You Just Need the Passion to Do It
Original Article Featured in Thrive Global. It was 2007, and Steve Jobs had just announced the launch of Apple’s App Store to the world. After seeing and hearing him talk about this new technology, I was completely inspired. I had no idea what was ahead of me, but I knew what I wanted to do: […]
Dogtown Media Announced as Winner of the Citi Mobile Challenge for Development of Innovative Mobile Banking Solution
Citi announced Dogtown Media as a winner of the Citi Mobile Challenge during awards ceremony in San Francisco. Dogtown Media showcased the Swift Mobile Banking App last month in New York City as an innovative mobile app to improve the in-branch banking experience for Citi customers. Citi formally announced Dogtown Media as a winner […]