Growth Acceleration Partners | April 30, 2020
Digital Transformation, Events
COVID-19, Part I: Digital Innovations in Response to the Pandemic
In the hopes of spreading cheer, not fear, during these trying times Mission Data has compiled a list positive stories pertaining to COVID-19.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | March 27, 2019
SXSW Conference 2019: Highlights, Lowlights, and Takeaways
Members of the Mission Data team have attended the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference for over a decade now. Each spring, we head to Austin to see which industry trends have gone mainstream, and learn where emerging tech might be heading.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | November 15, 2018
Food Tech Conference: 4 Key Takeaways from Groceryshop 2018
Last month, the grocery and CPG industries came together in Las Vegas for Groceryshop, a spinoff of the Shoptalk retail conference. Content focused on the intersection of food retail and tech, with buzzworthy sessions diving into robotics, personalization, and in-store experience. One clear takeaway from the event was that when it comes to adopting new technologies, the $650 billion grocery industry is rapidly playing catch-up.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | October 12, 2018
The Store of the Future: Hype vs. Reality
The headlines filter into our inboxes daily: “Blockchain Will Save Retail.” “Why You Desperately Need to Hire a Data Scientist.” “Brick-and-mortar is Dead!” To cut through the noise and hear which digital solutions operators are actually investing in and planning to investigate, Mission Data recently hosted an Innovation Forum at FSTEC 2018 titled “Store of the Future: Beyond the Hype.”
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Growth Acceleration Partners | May 3, 2018
Voice interaction Conference: A Designer Goes to SpeechTEK
I recently attended the SpeechTEK conference for the first time in Washington, D.C., an event focused on deploying speech-based solutions for business applications. I went to the event with Stu Gavurin, Mission Data CEO, who had attended previously, but for me, SpeechTEK stood out from other conferences in several ways. I attended because I wanted to have a broader understanding of the voice world beyond building consumer-facing skills for Amazon’s Alexa. I do think I achieved my goal, but it took some work.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | March 2, 2018
Events, IoT & Connected Devices
Internet of SXSW Things
It’s that time of year again — Mission Data is joining with tech leaders from all over the world at SXSW in Austin, Texas, beginning March 9. Among the many hot topics this year, the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to be at the forefront of discussion. As we continue growing our OpSense IoT platform bringing smart monitoring to retail and restaurant operations (among other use cases), we’re excited to see how industry experts, startups, and influencers shape the conversation around operational technology, wireless infrastructure, data collection, and more.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | March 23, 2017
Q&A: Key Tech Insights From SXSW 2017
It’s been a little over a week since the Mission Data team returned from SXSW, the annual mecca for innovators in tech, music, and film. We met with clients and partners, squeezed into capacity-crowd discussions, and drank spicy cocktails. While some members of our team were attending the conference for the first time, it wasn’t the first rodeo for team members Cindi Ramm and Todd Budnikas. We asked them to fill us in on all the big ideas worth writing home about.
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