Volano Solutions
November 25, 2013
Volano likes to be around the start-up community for a lot of good reasons and Omaha, though not without its challenges, has become an increasingly friendly place for entrepreneurs to pursue their ideas. As a software company, we are particularly interested in how technological innovation can solve problems and make money. Start-ups are often warned […]
November 12, 2013
There is no doubt that social media has fundamentally changed the way communities interact with each other. Few would argue the profound impact, good or bad, that social has had on a global scale; be it the role of social media in Arab Spring to the countless photos of babies, cute and ugly that populate […]
November 4, 2013
We write frequently about the way in which technology alters and enhances the way we do business, communicate and conduct the countless, banal tasks that make up our daily lives. Last week I discovered a conversation between prominent contemporary writers on how technology has altered storytelling on the New York Times. This is a fun […]
October 31, 2013
Recently social media strategist Brent Robinson wrote a blog on the benefits to your brand of addressing on-line customer reviews. His blog states not surprising statistics that 84% of consumers research product on-line prior to making a purchase and 70% of consumers read on-line reviews before they buy a product as well. Clearly consumers have […]
October 25, 2013
We have recently learned a great deal about the world of franchising. Our mobile site review application Action Card will launch early next year and is in a productive beta test currently. I have several years of experience recruiting, setting up and managing franchises and it has been fun working with our beta testers and […]
October 21, 2013
Volano has kept a busy schedule recently and slowing down is not an option. We wanted to share some of the things that we do when we’re not writing gang-buster code for clients and designing dynamic mobile applications. This week Volano Solutions attended the Nebraska Broadband Conference sponsored by the AIM Institute in Kearney Nebraska. […]
October 14, 2013
Volano is preparing to launch a new mobile app for franchise companies in February at the International Franchise Association Convention in New Orleans. We’re busy signing up beta-testers now and are encouraged by the early success. Our mobile franchise location review app Action Card went live in beta two weeks ago and one of the things […]
October 7, 2013
“Ah but something is happening here and you don’t know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?” – Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man I was recently explaining Twitter to my baby-boomer father in-law. I am a perennial late adopter of technology so it’s always a challenge to find people whom I can play […]
September 30, 2013
This week Volano will officially launch our mobile, franchise site review app “Action Card.” The intent of Action Card is to provide franchise companies a portable tool that they can use when visiting their respective locations for brand consistency and best practices. Currently many franchises use paper checklists, excel or other relatively outdated tools to […]
September 23, 2013
One of the great things about being involved in software development is belonging to a community that appreciates technological innovation. We attend cool events like Big Omaha, speak about software as a competitive advantage to local businesses, mentor young innovators in programs like Straight Shot and discuss the pros and cons of new and upcoming […]
September 19, 2013
It’s not uncommon to think at times that the people with whom you spend the majority of your waking hours might be a little eccentric. I believe Volano may have an above average number of employees with sociopathic tendencies and I obviously mean that in the most affectionate way. I can see how one might […]
September 16, 2013
Sunday’s New York Times Magazine featured a thoughtful article by Jennifer Kahn on a relatively new teaching strategy in primary education called social-emotional learning or S.E.L. S.E.L. presupposes that emotions factor into a child’s ability to learn and that educators can and should focus on instilling “deep psychological intelligence that will help children regulate their […]