Startup - Smart Door Barricade

Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on Nov 19, 2014

Barricade your door.

And control it via your phone.

Smartlocks are increasingly commonplace, but this startup is taking a different approach. Rather than replacing your existing lock, this company has developed a barricade that installs at the bottom of the door, aiming to improve security.

In this note, we dig into its features, its four main drawbacks and its market potetial.

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Comments (12)

Undisclosed 1 Distributor

| 11/21/14 05:19am

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| 11/21/14 12:56pm

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Ethan Ace

IPVM Admin | In reply to Undisclosed 2 | 11/21/14 02:12pm

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John Honovich

IPVM Admin | In reply to Ethan Ace | 11/21/14 02:17pm

"* **** ******* ******** **** * ******* **** ** * failed *********** **** **** **** ** ***** ** ****** **** smoke *** *'* ****** ** **** *** **** *** *** out."

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified / IPVM Admin | In reply to John Honovich | 11/21/14 03:10pm

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified / IPVM Admin | In reply to Undisclosed 2 | 11/21/14 03:24pm

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Undisclosed 2

In reply to Brian Rhodes | 11/21/14 04:34pm

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James Talmage

IPVMU Certified | 11/22/14 05:22pm

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| 12/03/14 05:49pm

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Sagy Amit

| 12/03/14 08:20pm
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Mario Fernandez

| 12/03/14 09:40pm

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Sagy Amit

| 12/04/14 08:16am

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