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The Home-Theater Company That Built Its Best Room Inside a Bank Vault
Hardware · Consumer · Enterprise

The Home-Theater Company That Built Its Best Room Inside a Bank Vault

A former GM operating-systems engineer turned an old Boca Raton bank into a smart-home laboratory - vault theater included - and now sells the finished picture before the first cable is run.

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The 45-Year-Old Satellite Shop That Turned Coastal Virginia Homes Into One Big Remote Control
Consumer · Hardware · Media

The 45-Year-Old Satellite Shop That Turned Coastal Virginia Homes Into One Big Remote Control

Two brothers started Domes in 1980 selling satellite dishes the size of a kiddie pool. Forty-five years later the family is still wiring Coastal Virginia's living rooms - just with a lot fewer visible wires.

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The Bernardsville Shop That Makes Your Smart Home Actually Work
Hardware · Consumer · Enterprise

The Bernardsville Shop That Makes Your Smart Home Actually Work

A musician started a mobile recording business in 2005. Twenty years later, Tim Manning runs one of North Jersey's go-to smart-home shops - and the pitch is still 'it's not about us, it's about you.'

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The Company That Sells You Peace of Mind, One Thermostat at a Time
Hardware · Consumer · Enterprise

The Company That Sells You Peace of Mind, One Thermostat at a Time

Honeywell spun it off in 2018 as an afterthought. Six years and three acquisitions later, Resideo is a $6.76 billion home-safety business splitting itself in two - and betting the boring stuff on your wall is worth more apart than together.

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The Company That Hides the Tech So Your House Just Works
Hardware · Consumer · Enterprise

The Company That Hides the Tech So Your House Just Works

A 20-year-old Greenville integrator built a business on a simple bet: the best home technology is the kind you forget is there. The hard part isn't the gadgets - it's the wiring, the calibration, and the phone that still gets answered a year later.

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