Crowdfunding is a popular way to get a money-making project off the ground. With this popularity, the question becomes “is there still room for others who want to use crowdfunding to jump-start their businesses?”. The answer is yes, and Ideazon is the crowdfunding resource that uses a different approach to help you get funding, launch your product, and be successful! What is Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is not a new concept. Individuals have always donated funds to finance worthy projects. Fundraisers could be considered a form of crowdfunding, as people with common interests are willing to pool their money to generate enough funds to support those interests. “Crowds” pool or donate money to pay for medical expenses, political campaigns, and other worthy causes. However, crowdfunding as discussed here is the innovative use of the Internet to reach persons interested in funding new business ventures through platforms like IndieGogo and Kickstarter. Ideazon takes crowdfunding to a whole new level by integrating marketing and other services to help businesses and entrepreneurs be successful. What is Ideazon? Ideazon is a crowdfunding organization that does the marketing work for the entrepreneur. Whether the target group is investors or consumers, getting the product or service in front of the right people is what Ideazon does. Ideazon’s crowdfunding consultants help aspiring business people evaluate their goals, and recommend strategies to reach those goals. What People Say About Ideazon According to reviews on websites like, EntrepreneurshipLife.com, “The team at Ideazon is the top-ranked consultation organization in the business . . . With a success rate above 85 percent . . .” People who have used Ideazon are the best judges of what it can do for entrepreneurs. One Ideazon user reported tripling his funding goal in 35 days. Another launched his business while still in high school, raising $25,000 to get his product to market. Others have been able to get a substantial number of pre-orders for products from crowdfunding backers, providing the ability to build demand-based businesses rather than using their own money to finance inventory. These are just a few examples of the effectiveness of Ideazon Crowdfunding. Bank Loan or Crowdfunding A bank may be hesitant to loan money to a small business that does not have a tangible or proven product. With crowdfunding the risk is spread across a crowd who has an interest in seeing a project succeed, making it easier to obtain startup funds. Crowdfunding and Tech Ventures The interest in anything tech makes a tech startup a great opportunity for Crowdfunding. For example, if the technology is an app, crowdfunders have the opportunity to take it for a “test drive,” and if it is successful, word will spread via social media and blogs, helping to increase visibility and sales. Having the “crowd’ beta test an app can lead to suggestions for improving the app to make it more effective. Get to Know Ideazon Individuals or groups who have products or services that they think could be successful with the financing and marketing expertise should take a look at what Ideazon has to offer. By following Ideazon on Facebook and Twitter and checking out the Ideazon blog on Medium, it is easy to keep up with the latest developments and successes. Additionally, the Ideazon website at https://ideazon.com/crowdfunding helps potential Ideazon users see how its crowdfunding strategies can transform an idea into a successful, money-making business! ...

Whether it is a potential client or job applicants, offices should strive to provide their visitors with a memorable experience. This can be possible in different ways, including the use of technology. How is this possible? The rest of this post will explore some of the things that can be done to make the most out of technology. Visitor Management Software You might want to consider foregoing having a receptionist at the front desk. Instead, you can take advantage of a software like Greetly, which will log visitor information, contact the person they wish to see, and issue visitor badges. This is a good way to manage the incoming visitors in a manner that is cost-efficient. With a digital receptionist like what is offered by www.greetly.com, you can also create a positive impression and a reputation as a technologically-advanced company. CCTV Cameras This is another way to harness the power of technology to provide a better visitor experience. This is a good way to provide others with peace of mind. CCTV camera systems will not only benefit the employees but even the visitors. If something unfortunate happens, the footage from the cameras can be used as an evidence. Smart Office Temperature An office that is too hot or too cold can make visitors suffer from discomfort. This will leave a negative impression in the minds. With this, to make use of technology, it will be good to consider the installation of smart heating and cooling systems in the office. They do not need to be manually adjusted by anyone. Simply turn it on, and like having a mind of its own, it will make automatic adjustments based on the temperature that it detects. This will ensure everyone’s comfort, whether it is summer or winter. Sensors for Lighting This is another technology that transforms office buildings. For instance, when a visitor enters the toilet, lights should automatically turn on. They are equipped with motion sensors. This will help to save energy in the long run while making sure that visitors will have a good experience while they are in the office. Indoor Air Management Technology With this technology, it will be possible to let visitors breathe fresh air when they visit, which will contribute to a positive experience. Offices should utilize innovative HVAC technologies. Through fan coils and blower coils, for instance, it will be possible to provide heating and cooling on a per-zone basis. Smart Glass This is one of the fancy technologies that can also be utilized by modern offices for an improved visitor experience. Through windows equipped with a dynamic glass, it will react intelligently and automatically to heat and glare, among other conditions of the external environment. This revolution in glass technology can also boost mood in an office. It might seem like a small innovation, but it can do a lot for an improved experience. Through the things that have been mentioned above, it will be possible to improve the overall experience of the visitors who are visiting your office! ...

Technologies mass reach has had a large effect on the workforce. Computers, smartphones and other electronics have become required equipment for most small businesses. The older generations, that have avoided learning to use such equipment, are being forced to learn to use this equipment. This has caused in influx in sales in electronics. But adapting to new tech is challenging… As the older generation’s struggle to learn to use this equipment, they are also damaging and breaking the equipment. Some pick it up quicker than others. Many employers are put into a position of setting up classes to teach those that struggle. Companies have learned that the cost of providing classes is far cheaper than the cost of replacing the equipment. Finding where to replace business equipment at can be a struggle for small business owners. There has become numerous businesses that provide replacement equipment. This large number of business makes it difficult to choose where make purchases from. To make this decision there are multiple tactics that can be used. They boil down to two basic categories. Shopping locally or shopping globally.  However, what you should focus on is shopping locally. Shopping locally: Why? When shopping locally, there are multiple options. The business owner can shop the local major chain store, a fellow small business or any other retailer that falls in between. The best option for the business owner to take before shopping is to use the internet to find the best deal locally. An internet search not only shows what local merchandise have for prices but you can also find sites such as Groupon.com that show special deals being offered by businesses. These deals are often not advertised elsewhere. This internet search might show that the business owner will get the best prices by not shopping locally. If the business owner is able to wait, then having the items shipped to them could save them a good amount of money. Merchandise that you can find for sale on the sites such as Groupon.com range from cell phones to eyelash extensions.  Another option is to go straight through a manufacturer to get or replace equipment. Getting good equipment and well-trained employees keeps the equipment running and the cost for the business down.. ...

The future face of commercial vehicle technology Millions of successful businesses across Britain rely on their commercial vehicle fleets. From sourcing raw materials to delivering finished products, dependable and flexible vehicles are often among the first items listed on a firm’s asset sheet. Current technological advances and manufacturing innovations are transforming commercial vehicles into sophisticated fully-connected communication centers. These advances have the potential to improve a company’s productivity, vehicle financing, safety and efficiency – as well as benefiting the bottom line. Here, we consider seven key innovations that will become commonplace across commercial vehicle fleets in the near future. 1. Safe Overtaking (SOT) Wonderfully demonstrated by Samsung’s Safety Truck, a front-mounted camera on larger vehicles projects images of the road ahead onto a tailgate monitor. That enables following traffic to see the lorry driver’s perspective, allowing them to judge safe overtaking points and identify approaching junctions or hazards. 2. Image Driven Sat-nav (IDS) The days of laboriously typing in addresses or postcodes into sat-nav systems could be ended with a system that allows Google Maps to identify a smartphone image of a building as a destination. A single still-shot of an office or hotel may be sufficient to generate turn-by-turn navigation, now Google Maps has branched out into 3D mapping. Businesses could have archives of images ready for common destinations, rather than expecting drivers to enter addresses from memory or look up postcodes online. 3. Augmented Reality Dashboards (ARD) Advancing the principles of IDS, it should soon be possible to project sat-nav screens onto vehicle windscreens. This is already being done with basic vehicular information like speed within head-up displays (HUD), though IDS would allow drivers to see real-time journey information and navigation updates without taking their eyes off the road. ARD should prevent momentary sat-nav distractions, and could potentially improve delivery/arrival times for freight companies. 4. Seatbelt Health Monitoring (SHM) It’s well known that driving while suffering poor health can lead to accidents. Because seat belts cover a driver’s chest (and therefore his or her heart), SHM would use sensors to monitor heart rate, blood pressure and other vital signs. In tandem with autonomous technology (vehicles driving and parking themselves), urgent health issues could cause the vehicle to slow down, pull over and even summon an ambulance with GPS co-ordinates of its exact location. Akin to the Alcolock breathalyzer installed in some modern vehicles, failure to engage SHM may result in tomorrow’s commercial vehicles refusing to start. 5. Sun Visor Screen (SVS) Every motorist is familiar with the challenges and visual discomfort caused by driving towards low sun. SVS’s developmental technology looks set to operate on the same principles as photochromic spectacle lenses, tinting and darkening windscreens and side windows depending on the light intensity and direction to effectively eliminate glare. 6. Passive and Active Safety on Steroids (PAS) Despite sharing an acronym with power assisted steering, PAS involves combining a variety of active and passive safety features for avoidance and damage limitation respectively. This blends existing technologies including Electronic Stability Control and Anti-Lock Braking Systems with newer features like radar technology capable of maintaining set distances from vehicles in front. Advances in airbag design and installation may see them being deployed externally, as additional braking devices or even being miniaturized to fit within seatbelts. Another variation on this technology would see inflatable metal structures deploying to strengthen the vehicle body, akin to the pop-up rollover hoops already hidden within high-end convertibles. 7. Car2Car – also known as Vehicle2Vehicle (C2C or V2V) This is perhaps the most impressive of all forthcoming technologies, effectively enabling vehicles to communicate with each other. Although the technology is hugely complicated, C2C might potentially eliminate any risk of crashing by ensuring every vehicle leaves a safe distance from those nearest to it. As well as saving accidents, injuries and insurance costs, C2C would minimize any need for commercial vehicles to be off the road having repairs carried out – a key challenge for any fleet manager. Conclusion Although some of the technologies outlined above are still at the experimental stage, they collectively offer an unprecedented opportunity to transform commercial vehicle journeys – lowering accident rates and reducing driver fatigue while streamlining navigation. Although manufacturer adoption will inevitably begin with high-end or larger vehicles, it should quickly filter down to even humble minivans and single-cabs. Futuristic technology such as augmented-reality dashboards and car-to-car communication could eventually become as commonplace as radios and electric windows are today… ...

Thieves Are Always A Threat One of the biggest things that companies and businesses worry about are thieves. Companies fear a common thief walking in from the street with a gun in their hand or a slick thief who works for the company and the defrauds or embezzled money. Companies have many ways of catching thieves, but since many have a prejudice about how a thief will look, many companies are never prepared when a thief strikes. It’s a good idea to be open-minded when it comes to how, when, and where thieves will strike because many thieves will steal absolutely anything. Who Would Steal Change? One would think that a person who steals money would, at least, steal dollar bills to get value out of their crime, but who would steal change? All change still has value, especially if it’s in higher denominations like dimes or quarters. It’s hard to believe that there could be enough change worth stealing, especially since it would take a lot of change to reach hundreds or even thousands of dollars, and it would be a heavy load to carry as well. There have been several thefts documented over the years about people who have stolen bags of coins, which contained nickels, dimes, or quarters. The overall haul from these crimes reached into the thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. It may sound stupid and pointless to steal change, but when there’s enough of it, the theft may be worth it to the thief. The best prevention for such a theft depends on where the theft occurs. If the theft occurs in a business, then video surveillance is the solution as well as security guards. Theft that occurs because money is carelessly left behind by employees is simply negligent, and this requires new employees who are less likely to leave money lying around. Stealing From An Electrical Substation Electrical substations are the last thing people think about unless there is no power. Thousands have gone without power in the past because of substation theft. As much as people love what electrical substations do for them, they never realize the overall use or importance of the substation until the power goes out or there are other problems. Thieves are now targeting electrical substations more than ever before, especially because of the copper wiring and metals that can fetch good prices if sold to certain junkyards or scrap metal purchasers. Fixing the problems caused by the theft can be expensive, so the best solution is to prevent theft in the first place. Certain substations will mark the wiring or parts inside the substation, just in case it gets stolen or is junked or sold to scrap metal purchasers. This is a great form of protection, but the best suggestion is to get substation security. Active or passive infrared sensors, video analytics, and dual-technology sensors are all great solutions for helping to protect electrical substations. Video surveillance is not enough though because some form of human patrol needs to be on-site or, at least, monitoring the video surveillance to make sure that theft doesn’t occur. If a theft does occur, then the thieves can be caught before they can get away with the supplies if proper security measures are in place. Fake Phones Still Have Value To Thieves Everyone knows that cell phones are very valuable, especially the smartphones that are being sold today. In 2013, smartphone thefts rose to 3.1 million. Also reported stolen was 25,000 fake display phones, a pretty ridiculous thing to sell considering the hold no value whatsoever. Weave Thefts It’s almost hilarious to talk about, but there have been many weave thefts over the years. With more people now admitting that they wear fake hair, especially stars in Hollywood, many want the best type of hair, which is virgin hair. Thieves will break into stores and steal many packs of the hair, especially since they can cost hundreds of dollars per pack. Prevention of this kind of theft is easy enough because video surveillance would help as well as securing the most expensive packs of hair in a locked location in the store as well as adding foot patrols or security personnel to the store. Get Security Security is always the key to any theft because any place that’s not secure is more likely to have a theft than places that have some sort of security. Video surveillance is the best recommendation, but also consider security patrols. ...