This series explores the variety of ways established companies and incumbents adapt digital business models for devices and hardware. “The wearables market is not the real prize,” says a team of economists (Bourreau et all 2020) in a position paper directed at The European Union in their evaluation of the Google acquisition of Fitbit. The big news this morning comes … Read More
Connected Things Business Models: Vivint Home
Smart Home Systems Vivint Smart Home develops smart-home technology as a complete service and system. Founded Founded as APX Alarm Security Solutions in 1999, the company originally sold and installed third-party security systems, but in 2011 rebranded as Vivint Home and pivoted toward their own smart-home solutions. They spun off Vivint Solar in 2014. Funding Vivint has been shaped … Read More
