How Micro-Partnerships Build Stronger People Networks and Better Products – CiC Episode 11

CIC episode, Banyan Hills, Partnerships

Welcome to Conversations in Connectivity! I’m your host, Ryan Carlson. This a podcast for IoT professionals and the IoT curious that find themselves responsible for growing, executing, or educating others about what to expect when you’re connecting products and services to the internet.

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In This Episode – Building Your Network and the Power of Micro Partnerships – with Kurt Schmidt

In this interview, we’re talking about connectivity of a different sort – stepping up your networking game. No, not computer networking – professional networking, the cornerstone behind personal and professional success. The same mindset for intentional networking happens to follow the same motions that you’ll find in companies with a strong culture of innovation.

To do so, we’re sitting down with Kurt Schmidt, a guy who I first met as a project manager but is now president and a partner at digital strategy, design, and development agency, Foundry. Sounds like a good guy to know, right?

Together we talk about the impotence of building your network, the power of micro-partnerships, and what happens when we assume technology is the hardest part of the IoT landscape when people are, in fact, the source of the biggest challenges that most projects face.

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