By Thomas A. Parmalee A company that was founded in 2020 in Saskatchewan, Canada, to help streamline estate planning, giving families more time to focus on grieving and healing, is starting to gain traction in the United States. Cadence works directly with funeral homes and crematories to support families after…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee How does someone go from being a chef and owning a stake in a restaurant to launching a platform that seeks to transform the grief care landscape? In Gabriel Rao’s case, it’s a heartbreaking story – but one that he hopes will help others cope with…
Read MoreASD - Answering Service for Directors - recently launched a state-of-the-art website with an array of features. "I am very excited to share the launch of ASD's newly revamped company website, www.myasd.com,," Jessica Farren, a public relations specialist at ASD, shared on LinkedIn. "This has been the culmination of a…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee Brant Fischer, the founder of Obit, a social platform that gives friends and family a place to come together around lost loved ones and also partners with funeral homes, announced on LinkedIn that the company has been acquired by Memories Group. Memories Group, based in Melbourne,…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee I was recently chatting with one of the smartest people in the funeral profession. This is a man who has helped start companies, who has owned a funeral home, and who is comfortable working in absolutely any environment – whether it be private equity, a family…
Read MoreTukios has released its AI Obit Writer, a new feature that allows funeral directors and families to seamlessly compose obituaries using the magic of artificial intelligence. “We’re very excited to offer this obit writer at no cost,” said Curtis Funk, CEO of Tukios. “With the added benefit of it being…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee With technology continuing to play a larger role in delivering products and services to grieving families, one topic that I’ve been covering regularly on FuneralVision.com is livestreaming. I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with numerous leaders throughout the profession who play or have at one point…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee If you’re trying to get your children thinking like entrepreneurs, so they can one day take your business to the next level or strike out on their own, you may want to chat with Curtis Funk, the CEO of Tukios, which offers an array of solutions…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee Before entering the realm of funeral service, you could find David Lutterman competing as a gymnast at the pinnacle of competition. “That was my first career,” said the CEO of OneRoom, which captures and archives a funeral or memorial via a secure private broadcast that can…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee Kyle Fogarty was in a rock band in college, playing guitar at a bar in Fargo, North Dakota, where he kept getting distracted by the guy in the front row. It was 2011, and the man in question was making the most out of the night’s…
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