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How to choose a tech stack for your application MVP
2 Dec 2018 · 5 min read

How to choose a tech stack for your application

A tech stack is a set of programming languages, frameworks and software products that are used to build your application. A typical application consists of at least two layers — client-side

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Black Box process Black Box
29 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

Black Box process

I was sitting in front of my laptop staring at the blank screen. The online meeting with the client, Sean, just finished and I was trying to recap what we

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How I got into software development Story
28 Nov 2018 · 7 min read

How I got into software development

I got my first personal computer when I was thirteen. It wasn’t a regular pc bought in a computer shop, I built it from scratch. My grandma tried to

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Hiring development team for your startup Non-technical founders
27 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

Hiring development team for your startup

There are a lot of resources out there on how to come up with the great idea, how to validate it and research the market and how to iterate to

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How to hire developers for a startup Hiring
12 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

How to hire developers for a startup

If you’re a startup founder, project manager or development team lead then interviewing and hiring people is your responsibility. Getting wrong people on board can cost you time and

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Who are startup advisors Non-technical founders
11 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

Who are startup advisors

An advisory board is a group of talented people who provide your company with professional help and guidance to help you grow. Advisors use their expertise and network to help

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Effective communication with designers Team management
10 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

Effective communication with designers

As a manager, you might struggle to communicate the vision you have in your head with a designer. It might look like designers come from another planet but they are

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How do you lead a development team without any technical expertise? Leadership
8 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

How do you lead a development team without any technical expertise?

The incompetent manager According to Laurence Peter research made in 1969, every employee is promoted until she reaches her level of incompetence. In other words, if someone is good at

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Kaizen: Art of continuous improvement Lean
7 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

Kaizen: Art of continuous improvement

The word “Kaizen” in Japanese means “improvement” or “change for better”. The word itself refers to any improvement, but the “Kaizen” practice popularised by the Toyota Corporation typically describes the

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Managing the risk of indispensable employees Leadership
6 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

Managing the risk of indispensable employees

Imagine that your airplane is landing and something goes wrong with one of its hydraulic systems — a wing is not moving or landing gear is not operating correctly. It'

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The Five Whys Lean
5 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

The Five Whys

If you’re into entrepreneurship and management you’ve probably heard about Lean, Kanban and Kaizen. These techniques were originally developed by Toyota corporation in 1950s as part of larger

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How to be liked and respected as a leader Leadership
2 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

How to be liked and respected as a leader

One of the most common questions people who just stepped into a manager’s role have is how do they know that team likes them. It’s usually not only

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How to find a technical co-founder when you can't code Co-founder
1 Nov 2018 · 4 min read

How to find a technical co-founder when you can't code

I speak to many people who have great ideas and lots of insider knowledge in their industry — they just need someone with the technical skill to implement it. It’s

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Defining the role of the CTO CTO
31 Oct 2018 · 4 min read

Defining the role of the CTO

When a company is searching for the ‘tech guy’ the needs and requirements that are listed in the job description are often quite different from real responsibilities. For example, it’

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Abundance and scarcity mindset Leadership
25 Oct 2018 · 4 min read

Abundance and scarcity mindset

"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is a self-help business book written by Stephen Covey in 1989. I’m pretty sure that you’ve heard about it and

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Tips for better communication between designers and developers Team management
24 Oct 2018 · 4 min read

Tips for better communication between designers and developers

Creating an outstanding user experience requires an incredible amount of hard work and skills. Moreover, a coordinated effort of the whole team is the only way to deliver the application

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Pulling it off on your own as a solo founder Leadership
21 Oct 2018 · 4 min read

Pulling it off on your own as a solo founder

In theory, a co-founder doubles your skill set and productivity. As solo founders, we often feel the pressure from partners or investors who perceive us as a risky bet and

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Dealing with conflict in a development team Leadership
20 Oct 2018 · 5 min read

Dealing with conflict in a development team

It’s hard to create a strong and professional team and lead it to success. But it’s even harder to keep everyone in the team from tearing each other

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