![]() ‘Have you considered bringing in a business analyst or product owner?’Ī good question to ask a non-industry client is whether they have considered hiring a business analyst or a product owner. ![]() Francisco Diazluna, Producer’s National 7. We don’t provide a solution and then discuss the problem it should be the other way around. If we expect non-tech professionals to “speak tech,” we are in essence asking them to provide a technical solution, not define a business problem-it’s the proverbial putting the cart before the horse. ‘Define your problem in business terms.’Īll problems can be communicated in business terms, and that is precisely what we want. Let them walk you through their idea, and then you can (in your head) translate that into a technical system. Simply ask them what they want their systems to do, in their own words. Posing this question can help both parties zero in on shortcomings in both processes and outcomes, making it easier to map those shortcomings to a tech-based solution. I like to ask, “Why have you chosen to explore X tech at this time in particular?” I find this question helps non-tech business leaders articulate both the challenge they’re encountering and the urgency for a “better” solution. ‘Why is now the right time for this solution?’ ![]() We can then work with the engineering team to define the solutions they need. I like to reframe their thinking by asking them to clearly define their problem, ideally with clear examples. Many of our less tech-inclined peers will counterintuitively focus on the solution as a way to explain the technical problem they are asking the engineering team to solve. ‘Can you share clear examples of the issue?’ ![]() Pinpoint won’t focus on live music, however.Editor 3. “An entertaining place for the people that live and work here, and something that adds to what’s already happening on Block Avenue.”Ĭounts said he plans to preserve the stage area from the old JR’s, and may throw in a few other nods to the legendary bar in his decor once he opens. “I want to create a place for locals,” he said. ![]() In addition, the bar will feature cozy high-back booths, a concrete patio with outdoor seating, plenty of wall space to display local art, and a handful of other things to do like a dart board and a shufflebowler game.Ī Phantom of the Opera Machine will be part of the lineup when Pinpoint opensĬounts said he is hoping to provide a place for locals to hang out that has an “adult but not stuffy” environment. In all, he’ll have 14 pinball machines in operation once the new bar opens this summer. He currently has more than a dozen of them, including but not limited to machines like a 35th Anniversary Playboy Magazine Machine, a Back To The Future machine, a Judge Dread machine, F14 Tomcat, Funhouse, Williams Slugfest, Phantom of the Opera, and others. This summer, he is set to open Pinpoint Fayetteville, a brand new pinball bar on Block Avenue in the basement space formerly home to the original JR’s Lightbulb Club.Īs it happens, on top of his other interests, Counts is also a collector of antique and retro pinball machines (of course he is), has learned to work on them and restore them in his spare time (somehow he has spare time?). With all of that entertainment experience, it only makes sense that mayor Counts would eventually find himself in the bar business. Well known for his elaborate Halloween and New Year’s Eve parties, as co-host of the Drive-In Speakerbox Podcast and associated Tavern Trivia nights at Smoke & Barrel, as local DJ Beat Bachs, a co-host of the popular Later with Jason Suel television show, a board director of non-profit arts organization Art Amiss, and for a host of other fun projects, Counts is like a Renaissance man of good times. If there was an official mayor of fun in Fayetteville, longtime local resident Bo Counts would be a shoo-in for the position. ![]()
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