All articles from Adam Schmehl

Katapult Pro OSP Field Bootcamp

Adam Schmehl October 09, 2024

We're excited to announce the launch of our new training program for OSP field technicians! Our OSP Field Bootcamp is an in-person, intensive, ...

Pole Permitting: How the Approval Process Works

Adam Schmehl October 04, 2024

If you've ever watched a pole attachment request sit idle for weeks while paperwork shuffles between the utility, the DOT, and the railroad, you've ...

What Goes On The Roadmap?

Adam Schmehl September 25, 2024

The Katapult Pro software roadmap has always been more of a concept than a concrete document. It has historically felt disingenuous to publish a ...

How to Hire Great OSP Designers

Adam Schmehl September 11, 2024

Our Methodology Katapult Pro was built to help healthy teams scale quickly. This means our solutions need to help brand-new employees become valuable ...

A New Way to Invest In Local Broadband

Adam Schmehl August 22, 2024

I'm not crazy about the way that broadband deployment is driven in the US. The typical process is logical, even if it eventually incentivizes ...

How to Hire Great Field Technicians

Adam Schmehl July 18, 2024

Our Methodology for Hiring Field Technicians The Katapult Pro method of data collection is a little bit different from pole surveys of yesteryear. ...

Are You Building Workflows on Dying Systems?

Adam Schmehl June 19, 2024

There seems to be an unnatural law that appears across industries and business models: the more money that is spent implementing a new software or ...

Are Your Standards High Enough to Land New Work?

Adam Schmehl June 13, 2024

Some teams just seem to have it. "It" isn't something we can always put our finger on, or even describe. But it's true about the teams we want to ...

Ending the Era of Single-Use Data Collection

Adam Schmehl June 06, 2024

"Data silos" is a topic that keeps cropping up at tradeshows and in conversations with leaders in our industry. Data silos are problematic for many ...

Change Orders Are Killing Your Business

Adam Schmehl June 05, 2024

The Only Constant In Life Change is a part of life. Our ability to overcome the unknown and adapt to new circumstances is hardwired into our brain ...

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