Author: Kyle

My name is Kyle M. Brown and I am passionate about solving business problems with new technologies.

Don’t be afraid to innovate while others tell you that you are wrong

Circa 2006, a green junior executive is in a departmental meeting. The Executive Director states that the department just receive a 50 million dollar cut to the budget. She then challenges the team to come up with creative ideas and ways to continue to be effective despite this event. The green junior executive thinks to himself –… Continue reading Don’t be afraid to innovate while others tell you that you are wrong

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I got orange pilled

The first time I heard the word Bitcoin was 2011 on a podcast called “This Week in Startups”. It’s actually still online at: It was trading around $5.81 at that time. As of the time of this writing, it is trading around $54k. If we use $50k that is an increase of 860485%. I thought… Continue reading I got orange pilled

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Ever Consider Google as your Big Brother?

Originally published on April 8 2007 on now defunct, adwords-articles.com. Republishing with minor tweaks and edits to links and some text. Ever Consider Google as your Big Brother? Well think again, what you will read here may surprise you. Google as your Big Brother? Remember the Novel 1984 by George Orwell ? This book describes… Continue reading Ever Consider Google as your Big Brother?

Bubble.io’s real power is in the database and API functions

What is bubble.io? Bubble was founded in 2012. It’s a nocode / no-code / visual development application that allows non-technical creators to build web and mobile applications without writing traditional code also referred to as programming. Source – According to quikStarts At a higher level, Bubble is a tool that empowers creators to build software… Continue reading Bubble.io’s real power is in the database and API functions

Does Stripe integrate with PayPal (Updated 2021)

Originally published on 2/17/2017 – Updated 1/21/2021 NOTE: Accept digital payments for Stripe and PayPal in the same form. A solution is now available at CloudSwipe.net   No, Stripe doesn’t integrate with PayPal — we currently support credit and debit card payments. Don’t take my word for it. Patrick Collison – who happens to be… Continue reading Does Stripe integrate with PayPal (Updated 2021)