Innovation in Business Technology

Innovation in Business Technology Zorianna Kit: Hi welcome to Dog and Pony. I’m Zorianna Kit. Our show profiles some of the most innovative business people in the world but none of that innovation would be possible without technology. Today, we recognize some of our guests who create that technology. Gale Banks: Right now, my push is diesel. I feel that in the near term if you will, future fuel is diesel. Zorianna Kit: Why? Gale Banks: Because the infrastructure exists to produce it and to distribute it. The engine technology is mature and now very clean and green and the fuel efficiency is stunning. Also, we can make diesel fuel out of vegetable matter. Zorianna Kit: Uh-hum. Gale Banks: Biodiesel, cellulosic diesel which is made from cellulose. It takes us to full transition. As I see it, we need to move at least in the diesel world or the liquid fuel’s world from a hydrocarbon society to a carbohydrate society. Nick Glassman: Well, I think we’re seeing a big revolution in media that people want their media on the middle at all times. Because lets face it, you don’t always know when you’re going to want to watch something. So, the ability for you to figure out your favorite pieces of content, whether that’s on the web or whether that’s through the phone, the mobile experience that we create, it allows you to watch it whenever you want as well as make you think of who you want to send it to when you send it. . Zorianna Kit: What’s the strategy that makes your company different from the competition? Nick Glassman: Everything is a community experience for us. We don’t just deliver video to the mobile phone. We deliver video to the mobile phone and allow users to forward those videos to other friends and family. Let’s looks at the Break.com example. If you send a video to yourself and then watch it on your mobile phone, you have that experience because you’re a Break.com web customer. Now, if I forward that video to you, you now received that video on your phone. You’ve never been to Break.com before but because I forwarded it to you, now all of a sudden you’re a Break.com customer. William Wong: In the past, when you were developing a language pair like French-English, it took you probably about 20 years or 30 years to develop the language for that software. What we do is we allow you to take that and develop any type of language in about three months. Mitch Anderson: I said, well, if you need like, I’ll be here to fulfill this need then that’s what business is all about. So the internet was a natural medium for this and that was probably the brightest move I ever made. Zorianna Kit: Sir, to what extent was laptops for less about finding a niche that the big companies couldn’t meet? Mitch Anderson: Oh, that was essential. It was a niche in the sense of having so many models and so many old neglected models that there are still laptops in the field and nobody were servicing the accessories and parts market. Zorianna Kit: If you have questions, comments, or ideas for guests, please email info at DogandPony.com. I'm Zorianna Kit, thanks for watching.