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Masterclass with Marco Otte-Witte
The three pillars of effective digital product development
Marco Otte-Witte shares best practices for digital product development in the areas of planning and preparation, process and collaboration, as well as infrastructure and practices.
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The guide to making remote work work
Remote work is here to stay. In this guide, we share techniques to make it efficient and enjoyable for everyone.
Expert insights
Our interview series goes behind-the-scenes into what successful product development practices look like from tech and startup insiders’ perspectives.
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Built to Last #13: Expert insights
Alaina Percival, CEO and Co-Founder of Women Who Code
Alaina talks about the importance of diversity in the workplace and women's role in the tech field.
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Built to Last #12: Expert insights
Louise Deverell-Smith, Founder of Daisy Chain
Louise shares her experience working with a partner for digital product development as a founder when lacking expertise in that field.
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Built to Last #11: Expert insights
Kenneth Larsen, Engineering Manager at CLARK
Kenneth explains his role at CLARK and gives us tips on making remote teams connect.
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Built to Last #10: Expert insights
Daniel Beutler, Executive Coach and Advisor
Daniel talks about accepting the necessity for change in a growing company to ensure the business keeps scaling.
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Built to Last #9: Expert insights
Melanie Aronson, Founder of Panion
Melanie shares her experience of educating herself and learning the processes of product development in order to hire the right people.
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Built to Last #8: Expert insights
Roman Leuprecht, co-founder of Uniki
Roman shares his thoughts on the right approach to feature planning and the importance of getting feedback early on in the development process.
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Built to Last #7: Expert insights
Yoran Brondsema, co-founder and CTO of Sutori
When building large web apps, minimize accidental complexity. Yoran shares how Ember.js became an obvious choice for Sutori from both a business and productivity lens.
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Built to Last #6: Expert insights
Khalid Maliki, co-founder of Tykn
Khalid shares how he empowers his team to feel ownership over their work. This includes encouraging everyone to set their own goals and celebrating both achievements and failures.
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Built to Last #5: Expert insights
Aymeric Augustin, CTO of Qonto
Aymeric talks about how he views Qonto as a pipeline that takes input, runs a value-adding process, and puts the output in the hand of their customers.
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Built to Last #4: Expert insights
Peter Arnold, CEO and co-founder of EnterAnGo
A conversation with the co-founder of a business travel management tool on the challenges around planning and feature time estimation.
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Built to Last #3: Expert insights
Joel Kelly, founder & CEO of Eve
Coming from the event industry, Joel hits the nail right on the head: "It is fundamental that the engineering and product development team are working together really closely [...] so they can adapt quickly to what's going on."
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Built to Last #2: Expert insights
Karol Domagalski, founder & CEO of Upfit
"Invest in your own company, in your own people, and help them grow. Sparring and mentorship inside the company are super important." shares Karol, founder of a 100% bootstrapped company.
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Built to Last #1: Expert insights
Christina Roizheim, co-founder of not less but better
"Pressure doesn't solve problems" – a powerful takeaway from the co-founder of not less but better, an app that helps you overcome bad habits through techniques from behavioral psychology.
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