Garmin

  • Garmin announces development platform for third-party app builders

    OLATHE, KAN.—On Wednesday, GPS technology giant Garmin announced a new platform that will change the game for third-party developers looking to get into the wearable space. While developers won’t be able to gain access to the hardware until 2015, Garmin’s newly launched Connect IQ platform will open up the company’s technology to third-party developers looking…

  • Garmin co-founder shares three keys to startup success

    Garmin co-founder Min Kao points to an early decision to provide insurance and other benefits to employees as one that helped his company build a strong corporate culture. “Even when advisors said ‘no, don’t do that til you’re successful,’ but we did,” Kao (left) told the Kansas City Star in what the outlet called a…