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A Raw and Powerful Display of Real Leadership

April 29, 2021 by Ted 7 Comments

The leadership style of Jack Conte

I’ve been thinking about leadership a lot lately. A subject of endless interest for me, the pandemic in 2020 really brought the topic of leadership to the forefront, as we all faced unprecedented and upsetting times. Those dark days in early spring last year were truly scary times – people were getting sick and dying, local governments were forcing us all into lockdown, all businesses stopped functioning, the economy crashed like never before…and no one knew how this story was going to end.

Recently, I ran across content from a leader that I am familiar with, whom I have been following for a long time. This content was what looked to be a painful video for him to make. His discomfort was visible…palpable. And yet in so doing, the video he created was a raw and powerful demonstration of what I would suggest are the genuine traits of a true leader. I wanted to share this with you in case you missed it.

See more on the qualities of real leadership…

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Filed Under: Management, People, Strategy Tagged With: Jack Conte, leadership, Nataly Dawn, Patreon, Pomplamoose, Scary Pockets

Crestron Masters Keynote Has Us Roving Mars and the New World of Hybrid Work

April 29, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Crestron Masters 2021 title slide

In Touch of Irony Mother Nature, or Rather Mother Internet, Reminds Us Who’s in Charge

LWith great fanfare, Crestron kicked off their annual festival of all things Crestron – Crestron Masters 2021 – with a keynote address titled “Innovation Fuels Us.” And in a bit of irony, Mother Nature, or should I sway Mother Internet, reminded us all of who’s in charge by causing the program to suddenly stop at about five minutes in. About fifteen minutes or so later, the program started again and, save for a couple of stutters later, attendees were entertained with an impressively professional and compelling pre-recorded video presentation that celebrated Crestron’s history of innovation and set the tone for the week of education and conversation to come.

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, News, People, Products, Shows & Events, Strategy, Technology, Training Tagged With: Brad Hintze, Crestron, Crestron Flex, digital media, DM NAX, DM NVX, Microsoft Teams, Ranjan Singh, Samsung, Zoom

Bowers & Wilkins Launches All-New True Wireless Earbuds; Yep, They Went There

April 22, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

Bowers & Wilkins PI7 True Wireless earbuds

Bowers & Wilkins continues to forge new paths through the audio jungle, bringing along their trunks full of high-end ethic and high-performance sensibility to help civilize the undisciplined hoards of audio mediocrity. Now part of the Sound United family of brands, B&W hasn’t skipped a beat as they continue to address both new products and new product segments as first revealed to the press seven months ago.

Yesterday, the company launched a pair of true wireless earbuds that completely embody the company’s unique bespoke design style in both industrial design and technological innovation – meet the PI7 & PI5.

See Bowers & Wilkins new PI7 & PI5 earbuds…

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Filed Under: Manufacturers, News, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends, Technology Tagged With: Bowers & Wilkins, Bowers and Wilkins, earbuds, PI5, PI7, wireless

Next Week is Going to be Big; How Big? Crestron Masters Big!

April 22, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Crestron Innovations Fuel Us keynote graphic

Next week is the latest incarnation of the Crestron Masters Week, in this case Crestron Masters Week 2021. These events are incredibly popular with the company’s integration dealers and offer a wide variety of intensive training sessions that deal with real issues in the real world. Set to run April 27 – April 30, the buzz of anticipation is building…

But this year, something is different…and that something is pretty big!

See what is different this year from Crestron…

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, Technology, Training

March Housing Starts Surge Almost 20% to 15-Year High

April 21, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Housing Prices Photo

In new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, residential construction – housing starts – appear to have taken off in March, rocketing to nearly 15-year highs. This is welcome news, as a serious shortage of available homes has been constraining housing sales recently. An increase in construction will help add inventory for sale. This shortage emerged after a protracted period of sales growth as urban dwellers left over-crowded cities during the time of COVID-19 for more spacious digs in the suburbs.

See more on the burst of housing starts in March

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News Tagged With: housing starts, residential construction

Investors Dub Melrose the Biggest ‘Loser’ After Sale of Nortek Announced

April 21, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Nortek facility

If you read my report on the sale of Nortek Air Management on Monday, you know that Melrose sold off the division in a deal valued at approximately $3.6 billion. But in my discussion of the deal, I expressed some skepticism about the metrics the company was using to tell investors what a great deal it was. I don’t claim to be some kind[1] of a financial expert, but something smelled fishy to me.

Now we know what investors think of that deal…and it isn’t good for Melrose.

See what investors think of the Melrose sale of Nortek Air

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Strategy Tagged With: Melrose, Melrose Industries, Melrose Industries PLC, Melrose PLC, Nortek, Nortek Air Management

Melrose ‘Disposes’ of Nortek Air Mngmt in Deal Valued at $3.625B

April 19, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Melrose Industries PLC announced this morning that they have entered into an agreement to sell off the Nortek Air Management business – the most valuable part of the company – to Madison Industries of Chicago, Il. The cash deal is valued at approximately $3.625 billion. Melrose refers to this transaction as the “Disposal.”

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Filed Under: Financial, Management, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Melrose, Melrose Industries, Melrose PLC, Nortek

A/V Maker ClearOne Files Application for Trademark on ‘MAGA’

April 16, 2021 by Ted 2 Comments

ClearOne wants to register this 4 letter acronym, MAGA, as their trademark
From ClearOne’s trademark registration application

Industry audio/visual manufacturer ClearOne [NASDAQ: CLRO] has filed an application to register a trademark on the characters “MAGA.” According to multiple comments on Twitter on the matter, ClearOne apparently intends for MAGA to represent Make Audio Great Again. This is very close to a political slogan that has became quite controversial in America. From the looks of the comment stream I saw on Twitter…this is going to be the topic of a lot of discussion.

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Filed Under: Management, Marketing, News Tagged With: ClearOne, MAGA, Zee Hakimoglu

Budding Onkyo & Voxx Romance Grows, Adds Teac & Esoteric to 11 Trading Company

April 15, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

photo of teac component once part of Onkyo now to be distributed by 11 Trading Company

This week we learned that 11 Trading Company…part of Premium Audio Company…which itself is part of Voxx International (love those big corporate structures), has added the only remaining Onkyo brands – Teac & Esoteric – to their distribution line list. They did not include these brands in the original announcement of their agreement with Onkyo, but most people expected it to be added in time. With this new development we get a nice progression of the budding relationship between the companies – Voxx distributing Onkyo, Integra, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, Teac & Esoteric – while Onkyo Corp. becomes the Klipsch distributor in Japan. Where could this be heading?

See more on Onkyo & Voxx/11 Trading Company partnership…

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Filed Under: Asian Connection, Brands, Distributors, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: 11 Trading Company, Esoteric, Integra, Joe Petrillo, Keith Haas, Klipsch, Onkyo, Pioneer, Pioneer Elite, Premium Audio Company, Rob Standley, Teac, Voxx International

Barely Pausing to Catch Their Breath, Vanco Launches More New Audio Products

April 14, 2021 by Ted 3 Comments

Chicago-based Vanco International has recently been releasing new products, especially audio products, at a furious pace. Once again, after barely stopping to catch their breath, the company is introducing five new audio products into their PulseAudio line of affordable, easy-to-integrate products for the residential and commercial markets.

Learn all about these new Vanco models…

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Filed Under: Brands, Distributors, Manufacturers, News, Products, Technology Tagged With: audio, commercial, Randy Blanchard, residential, Vanco

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A former dealer, manufacturer, distributor & more. Focusing on business strategy, my goal is to help you make better decisions for greater success.

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