In this episode, Nick discusses the intricacies of building a smart home and the importance of cybersecurity. He also shares how Home Depot is investing in the smart home market and creating products inside their private label brands to simplify their customer's life.

Listen in to learn what The Home Depot is doing with their Hubspace program.

• The importance of simplifying smart home products and streamlining infrastructure
• Why the customer should be at the forefront of all smart device innovation
• Why cybersecurity should be a priority in every home device, even light bulbs

Timestamps

• 03:18  Getting to know Nick 
• 05:55  Simplifying the customer experience by incorporating private brands
• 08:38  More about Hubspace 
• 14:35  Breaking the smart home adoption chasm 
• 16:03  Why we need to simplify smart home products
• 20:40  Having an entrepreneurial spirit and customer focus