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Whether you’re building a customer-facing application or an internal tool, you want it done correctly, reasonably fast, and at a fair price. You need a highly skilled development team that brings experience and passion to the table. Hiring your own internal team used to make sense. But the realities of...

In this article, we help you understand natural language processing and the most common NLP techniques that you can fold into your applications.

A healthy relationship with your outside development team begins with clear expectations. Both parties need a clear understanding of the format and scope of the arrangement. If you fail to set expectations at the beginning, there’s a chance one or both sides will disappoint the other. In worst cases, this...

In many organizations, product development and marketing are two completely separate entities. They operate as silos, unaware of each other’s goals, methodologies, and key metrics. Often, marketing doesn’t become aware of new products and features until the product team has already begun development, or worse, after it’s been shipped. Companies...

To help you understand how to build apps for millennials, let’s dive deeper into what they want out of their tools and solutions.

In this article, we go through the common challenges you might experience when hiring an outside development team, as well as how to solve them.

Blockchain is a trendy technology right now, but not right for every application. How do you know if blockchain is right for your application?

Every SaaS business needs to figure out the answer to the looming question of what features to build and when. Making the right choices enables businesses to reach their customer and revenue goals while differentiating themselves from the competition and ensuring traction in the market.  The tricky part about deciding...

Outsourcing is more popular than ever. Countless modern organizations outsource fundamental portions of their business to third-party vendors. In fact, the global market for outsourced services is worth an unbelievable $92.5 billion, and that’s only expected to grow. Outsourcing is a big step. Many organizations struggle to break free of...

Who doesn’t love a new business model? They’re exciting and offer countless opportunities for businesses that can benefit from it. However, some of them aren’t worth the hype. They can leave you feeling like you have shiny object syndrome. But that’s not what the SaaS and IoT business model does....

You ask your product manager to add a simple feature to the roadmap. He explains that the feature isn’t as simple as it seems because of the product’s original design. In order to build your new feature, they have to go back and make some serious changes to the product....

Agility is the ability to move quickly and easily. While most people associate the word with sports, it also applies to workflows and construction processes. In product development, agility is about striking a balance between rapid action and fast change, while maintaining clarity, structure, and stability. Agile systems can help...

It’s no secret that successful teams are made of people who have strong and robust relationships with one another. Healthy relationships are the glue that keeps a team together; the bonds that help them defeat challenges and celebrate victories. Poor relationships, however, can erode productivity and disrupt projects. In 2019,...

Many entrepreneurs find that they have great ideas, a solid team, and the motivation to build a successful business. And yet, 90 percent of startups fail. The reason? A big contributor is that founders have the tools to create a great company, but they don't know how to use them...

Running a software startup is highly desirable for good reason. Software is very scalable and does present great opportunities for big exits. But there are plenty of software startup founders who fail.  Unlike other business types that don’t have a big barrier to entry, when a software startup fails, the...

A senior software engineer is essential to any successful team and business with a digital offering. They are the technological backbone of a product or service, and in the digital age, nearly every business needs software engineers in some capacity. Similar to other tech roles, they are in high demand,...

Editor's note: the following is a guest submission from Susan Doktor of Money.com. Even in a normal business climate, victory often belongs to the most flexible competitor. But these are extraordinary times. No matter what business you’re in, chances are you’re facing unprecedented challenges—challenges that change daily in response to...

Recruiting the right people can be time-consuming and complex. Especially for tech roles - where you need a thorough understanding of what the job entails and what experience is necessary - the process can be a little overwhelming. However, in the modern age, developers are a core addition to any...

Editor's note: this is a guest post written by Andriy Zapisotskyi, Growth Manager at Mailtrap. Laravel is among the most popular PHP frameworks. Developers value it for its simplicity, scalability, speed, and many others. To no surprise, sending emails with the framework is also far from difficult. Let’s see how...

Editor’s note: this post is a guest submission from Irena Ducic of Embroker Enterprises with extensive insurance coverage, sizable budgets, and a highly competent legal team can afford to take a few hits when the times are hard. But the same does not go for small businesses. Even a seemingly...