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Prototype With Ease: An InVision Studio Tutorial

Follow this tutorial to create an interactive prototype with slick animated transitions in minutes using InVision Studio, the exciting new free interface design tool.

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Bree Chapin

Bree Chapin

Bree’s a passionate designer and problem-solver with 10+ years of experience in product, UX/UI design for web and native mobile applications.

Angular 6 Tutorial: New Features with New Power

Angular 6 is out! The most outstanding changes are in its CLI and how services get injected. In this tutorial, Toptal Freelance Angular Developer Joaquin Cid goes over the basic steps of initial setup and then creates a small diary app using Material Design for the front end and Firebase for the back end.

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Joaquin Cid

Joaquin Cid

Joaquin is a full-stack and hybrid mobile app developer with over 12 years of experience working for companies like WebMD and Getty Images.

Fundraising Consultants vs. Broker-dealers

Fundraising is hard to get right, which is why companies of all sorts often turn to fundraising experts for help and advice regarding the fundraising process. There is a multitude of different professional figures that help companies raise capital, but for startups and growth companies, the two figures most often encountered are fundraising consultants and broker-dealers. Who is right for which endeavor?

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Aleksey N. Krylov, CFA

Aleksey N. Krylov, CFA

Aleksey has contributed to 25+ private equity deals and has advised 50+ clients on raising equity in a range of different sectors.

UX Portfolio Tips and Best Practices

This guide shows UX designers how to craft a brilliant portfolio by examining questions about process and sharing practical design tips.

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.

Anatomy of a Business Plan

Business plans are critical in the early stages of the life of a business, providing guidance to both internal and external stakeholders. In this guide, we will walk you through the process of writing a business plan, including the sections to cover and the necessary considerations to take into account.

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Toptal Research

The Economic Benefits of Artificial Intelligence

Will AI improve our lives beyond comparison, or will it steal our jobs and destroy humanity?

In this article, Toptal AI expert Necati Demir, PhD, moves past the evil artificial intelligence of science fiction to discuss the current algorithm-based prediction AI, the economics of AI, and the economic benefits of artificial intelligence.

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Necati Demir, PhD

Necati Demir, PhD

Necati holds a PhD in machine learning and has 14 years of experience in software development.

The Ultimate ENS and ĐApp Tutorial

The Ethereum Name Service is a blockchain-backed alternative to the internet’s traditional Domain Name System. If you own a .eth domain, you can deploy smart contracts that let users set up their own subdomains—but then, of course, you’ll want a corresponding ĐApp to make it user-friendly. In this tutorial, Toptal Freelance Ethereum Developer Radek Ostrowski provides complete coverage of this scenario, this time with a focus on ĐApp development.

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Radek Ostrowski

Radek Ostrowski

Radek is a blockchain engineer with an interest in Ethereum smart contracts. He also has extensive experience in machine learning.

Employee Retention Strategies 101: Workplace Education

As talented employees move between companies with increasing regularity, businesses are faced with a challenge: how to consistently retain their best and brightest. This article explores the use of continual employee education as a retention strategy that benefits both talent and employers.

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Eryn Peters

Eryn Peters

As Toptal’s Director of Operations, Eryn leads the global Toptal expert community in sharing thought leadership at conferences and technical events, as well as through professional mentorship programs and online and offline expert-to-expert learning initiatives. Bringing cross-functional operational experience from time spent at Sony and Mercedes-Benz, Eryn facilitates dozens of Toptal talent initiatives, partnering with leading global conferences to connect them with the Toptal community. Eryn has a degree in Business Administration and Marketing, with a focus on experiential, quantitative marketing, and has been a speaker on the Future of Work at conferences around the world, including Moscow’s Open Innovations Forum.

Justifying Investments With the Capital Budgeting Process

For a business manager, choosing what to invest in should not be an exercise of instinct. With capital budgeting methods, managers can appraise various projects simultaneously, with the end result indicating which one will have the highest impact on company value.

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David Bradshaw

David Bradshaw

David is an expert in planning asset acquisitions, managing projects of up to $100m across the financial, real estate and consumer space.

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