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Smashing Boxes

A global innovation partner and design-centered software product development firm with a focus on healthcare, blockchain and IoT.

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HEALTHCARE

Our innovative approach and subject matter expertise places us at the forefront of the rapid health-tech evolution.

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Blockchain

We help you conceptualize, realize, commercialize and capitalize blockchain solutions to help you win in the marketplace.

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IoT

IoT enables us to bring digital products and services to life as we breach the barriers between the physical and digital worlds.

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STARTUPS

Entrepreneurship is in our DNA. We don’t just make great products, we help build great companies in a wide variety of industries.

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Case Studies

Our work is a reflection of our desire to innovate and achieve our clients’ business objectives. Here are a few of our recent projects:

Our work is a reflection of our desire to innovate and achieve our clients’ business objectives.

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Next Matters Most

Podcast

Insights on the future of business, technology, and entrepreneurship. Next Matters Most is a podcast hosted by serial entrepreneur and global software development agency CEO Nick Jordan. What we’ve already done matters, but what we do next… MATTERS MOST! This is a reality that plays out each day in business and life as success demands we look to the future for value and direction.

Podcast
22.10.20

Thought Leadership Series - Mental Health with Don Azevedo

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Mental well-being is Don’s business and he really knows his stuff. Nick and Don question why there isn’t more focus on the emotional well being of workers in the workforce, how to design the workplace and workforce of the future, and what it means to strive for authentic happiness.

Services

We are a human-centered design and technology firm that builds products, and businesses around products, that are ready for commercialization, growth, and scale.
We partner with clients in these areas:

We are a human-centered design and technology firm that builds products, and businesses around products, that are ready for commercialization, growth, and scale. We partner with clients in these areas:

DESIGN

Research
User Testing
Design Sprints
Prototyping
User Experience
User Interface
Branding & Identity

STRATEGY

Positioning
Experience Audits
Business & Service Innovation
Service Prototyping
Design Workshops

DEVELOPMENT

Ruby on Rails
Node.js
Elixir/ React/Angular
API Development
Machine Learning
IOS
Android

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Partners

Smashing Boxes cares about value creation for our client partners, our staff, and our community.
We partner with a variety of companies to achieve the outcomes that your project requires.
From data storage to app hosting, we have experience in many fields.

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New ebook!

Healthcare Transformation
through IoMT:

Making the Connection to Better Health Outcomes
The rise of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is enabling a new value-based care model to break barriers to better, faster, and more cost-effective health outcomes.
In this ebook, you will learn about:

  • What’s driving the need for change
  • The emergence of value-based care
  • Technology-enabled healthcare innovation
  • Challenges and risks of connected devices
  • Decision-making across the IoMT framework
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CIO Advisor

A fractional CIO service that affords SMEs all the benefits of a full-time Chief Information Officer without the full-time salary and overhead costs.

  • IT Strategy & execution
  • Vendor Management
  • Data Security
  • Fractional Pricing
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Blog Posts

The Smashing Boxes’ blog features industry insights and
innovations revealed through our work, thoughts, and projects

We all know that raising money for a technology startup is difficult. According to Fundera, only 0.05% of all startups raise venture capital. Fortunately, there have been a continued rising trend in new vehicles for fundraising and new pools of capital ready to be put to work for you and your startup business. These three new vehicles come in the shape of: Angel Led Rolling Funds, University Led Angel Funds, and Venture Studios. 
3.9.22

3 Trends in raising money for your startup in 2022

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We all know that raising money for a technology startup is difficult. According to Fundera, only 0.05% of all startups raise venture capital. Fortunately, there have been a continued rising trend in new vehicles for fundraising and new pools of capital ready to be put to work for you and your startup business. These three new vehicles come in the shape of: Angel Led Rolling Funds, University Led Angel Funds, and Venture Studios. 

Smashing Boxes, a leading software development agency in Durham NC, says goodbye to 2021 and HELLO to 2022!
1.12.22

Hello 2022

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Smashing Boxes, a leading software development agency in Durham NC, says goodbye to 2021 and HELLO to 2022!

In episodes 15 and 16 of the Next Matters Most podcast series, Nick and Emily talk with Anna Shuford about starting a business while in school, how she manages her days, and what her next steps are after school. They also deep-dive into how Anna’s BoomRoom platform works and why it’s so important for fitness professionals and teachers.
10.12.21

How to start your startup and raise $100,000.00 while staying in the university system

Podcast
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In episodes 15 and 16 of the Next Matters Most podcast series, Nick and Emily talk with Anna Shuford about starting a business while in school, how she manages her days, and what her next steps are after school. They also deep-dive into how Anna’s BoomRoom platform works and why it’s so important for fitness professionals and teachers.

Keen Decision Systems, a Smashing Boxes client, helps marketing leaders make data-driven decisions that build winning brands. Based out of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, the quickly growing company helps beloved brands reach customers more efficiently.
8.5.21

Smashing Boxes Aids Keen Decision Systems’ Continued Growth

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Keen Decision Systems, a Smashing Boxes client, helps marketing leaders make data-driven decisions that build winning brands. Based out of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, the quickly growing company helps beloved brands reach customers more efficiently.

By age 11, Jarrod Overson was already teaching himself how to program and creatively use technology, including making video games on his graphing calculator for friends in math class. A few decades later, Overson is still working with technology to create innovative solutions that help others.
8.5.21

Right idea at the right time? Jarrod Overson Discusses New Triangle-Based Tech Company

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By age 11, Jarrod Overson was already teaching himself how to program and creatively use technology, including making video games on his graphing calculator for friends in math class. A few decades later, Overson is still working with technology to create innovative solutions that help others.

Steve Banfi and Mike Dalton recently joined the team, amplifying Smashing Boxes’ design offering.
8.5.21

New Members Join the Smashing Boxes Design Team

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Steve Banfi and Mike Dalton recently joined the team, amplifying Smashing Boxes’ design offering.

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