Volume 15, Issue 6 – March 19, 2024

March 19, 2024 | Volume: 14 | Issue: 6

Ron DeVoe writes about retirement in one of our latest columns. He gives advice about this in the AV industry because, apparently, it’s hard to STAY retired in our industry. Enjoy his tips and tricks for how to spend your time after you decide to retire. Read more here.

In our second column this time, we break down some of the facts and figures from ISE 2024. Enjoy those highlights here!

By the way, LAVNCH WEEK 9 is happening now! So if you want to get up to 7.5 CTS RUs, you can join the rest of the week LIVE! Register here.

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ Retiring in the AV Industry: Advice From Someone Who’s Done it Twice [Ron DeVoe]

Since I have retired from the AV industry TWICE, I have been asked to offer advice or recognition of possible fallacies in retirement enjoyment. Because ownership of an AV business requires an enormous amount of mental energy for time and resource management, goal setting and attainment, cash flow and keeping up with the technology — turning off that daily, thought-provoking faucet proves to be impossible.

+ ISE 2024: Facts and Figures Broken Down [Steph Beckett]

ISE 2024 has come and gone, and we definitely left a mark on the show with our coverage this year (over 2,000 product videos — crazy). But now that the show is over, ISE released a report reviewing many of its figures. This piece wraps up a few of those highlights.