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 […]
Want to Adopt a Proactive Approach to Disruption? Here’s How.
Original Article Featured in Entrepreneur. Soon, Amazon won’t have to worry about accusations that the company treats its warehouse workers like robots. That’s because those workers will be robots. And it’s close to happening: In Japan, startups are working on autonomous robots that can unload shipping containers and run an entire warehouse without human direction or intervention. If and when this […]
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: […]
What Does It Really Take to Succeed as an Entrepreneur Today?
Is it possible to break down the recipe to entrepreneurial success into its key ingredients? This is the exact topic that Rhett Power, entrepreneur and business coach, tackles in his latest article for Inc., “Is Entrepreneurship Getting Harder? 5 Ways to Be Successful in the Digital Age”. Marc Fischer, our very own CEO and co-founder, is […]
Py Offers a Class Not in Most American Schools: How to Code
Here at Dogtown Media, we’re passionate about computer science education reform. It’s not just that we want to prepare the next generation of mobile app developers — it’s much bigger than that. Without more access to computer science education, Americans risk falling behind as innovators and major players in the world economy. There are currently […]
Amazon’s Echo Show Brings Video Phones to the Smart Home
According to a new Technalysis Research survey, a quarter of all homes in the U.S. have at least one smart home device. Of those households, 56% own a smart speaker, with 60% of those purchased in the last six months. So Amazon picked the exact right time to announce its Echo Show, a new version […]