A cyber-physical infrastructure company is not a website shop. It is not a digital agency. It is not even a standard software startup. A CPI is a systems company. It sits at the intersection of software, hardware, data, sensing, operations, logistics, control, and physical assets in the real world.
I just landed in Kenya. As we were landing, I found myself looking down not just at the beauty of the landscape, but at continuity. I was looking for light. I was looking for the dark patches.
At the Howard Family Bookstore, I ran into Antonice J. Strickland, founder of Nice’s Tea House. She carried me through her origin story in a plain way: entrepreneur to entrepreneur; when we are not performing for investors.
By the time I attended my first major ecosystem event in Detroit—after living in the city for about a month—it was late winter edging into early spring.