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Notes from the Road — IoT & Smart Product Insights

Original articles on smart product strategy, IoT trends, hardware business models, and connected product management. By Yoel Frischoff.

Feb 2026 4 min read

A Claude Code Skill That Asks the Questions You Forgot to Ask

You have a product idea. It includes a microcontroller, a couple of sensors, and maybe an app. You can picture it working. But can you describe the firmware upd...

By Yoel Frischoff

Product Strategy

Feb 2026 5 min read

What I Learned at IoT Tech Expo Global 2026

I spent two days at Olympia London last week, wandering the halls of IoT Tech Expo Global 2026. After 25 years in product strategy, I've developed a filter for ...

By Yoel Frischoff

IoT & Hardware

Jan 2026 5 min read

IoT Tech Expo Global 2026 - Speakers and Exhibitors

Event Details: February 4-5, 2026 at Olympia, London. Conference agenda built around priorities shaping enterprise technology in 2026....

By Yoel Frischoff

IoT & Hardware

Nov 2025 2 min read

IKEA's Smart-Home Reboot

IKEA just announced a full smart-home reboot — a barrage of 21 new Matter-based products launching in parallel. Bulbs, sensors, remotes, plugs — all redesigned,...

By Yoel Frischoff

IoT & Hardware

Oct 2025 18 min read

Killer Features - Disruption at Play

What is a killer feature, anyway? The expression surfaced in the early 1980s when technology circles spoke of VisiCalc, the spreadsheet program that became the ...

By Yoel Frischoff

Product Strategy

Sep 2025 5 min read

The Importance of First Impressions

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Key for demand generation are the launch events we have become accustomed to over the past decades — t...

By Yoel Frischoff

Product Strategy

Aug 2025 11 min read

From Recurring Revenue to Customer Loyalty and Beyond

Winning the Long Game with Smart Products. Consider any durable good: A chair, a TV, a car, a mobile phone. A common trait is implied from the very name: They'r...

By Yoel Frischoff

Product Strategy

Aug 2025 1 min read

Building - An App a Day

A quick #buildinpublic announcement: Building anappaday.org — Showcasing rapid innovation. Discover amazing applications built by talented creators in just one ...

By Yoel Frischoff

Case Studies

Jul 2025 1 min read

IoT Tech Expo Europe

Attending. Meet Me There. Would you like to discuss product initiatives in the IoT, Industry 4.0, Smart hardware space?...

By Yoel Frischoff

IoT & Hardware

Jul 2025 3 min read

NPV: Profitability Assessment, Done Right

Business models start simple. Is my project profitable? The preferred method is the Net Present Value (NPV) calculation. NPV addresses the question: What is the...

By Yoel Frischoff

Product Strategy

Jul 2025 6 min read

The Cost of Capital

Time Value and Risk Premium. Two critical dimensions were left unexamined: Time, and Risk. These factors are fundamental in shaping a project's true profit pote...

By Yoel Frischoff

Product Strategy

Jul 2025 3 min read

Contribution Margin and Break Even Quantities

Economic Viability Assessment. This post introduces core financial concepts that help assess whether a product idea can turn into a sustainable business — focus...

By Yoel Frischoff

Product Strategy

Jul 2025 1 min read

Smart Business Models for Smart Tangibles

Blending Goods and Services Economics. This series, part of Smart Tangibles upcoming book, is about the underlying economic forces that drive users and buyers' ...

By Yoel Frischoff

Tangibles-Book

The book

Tangibles

How to Build Hardware Competitors Can't Copy and Customers Won't Leave

Many of these articles are drawn from Yoel's upcoming book (2026) — a guide to building connected products that last, combining design, technology, and services into durable business models.

About the Author

Yoel Frischoff

Smart product strategist shipping connected products since 1994. Yoel advises hardware companies on IoT product strategy, business models, and go-to-market — bridging design, technology, and services.

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