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What Is a Financial Model?

In this tutorial, we will show you how to structure and build a financial model. An accurate, in-depth and well thought out financial model will provide you with the tools with which to project and forecast the future performance of your business.

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In-depth analysis and industry-leading thought leadership from a panel of Toptal researchers and subject matter experts.

Why Every Business Should Build Weekly Cash Flow Forecasts

When most finance professionals hear the term “13 week cash Forecast,” they view it as a burden—one more task to appease an overbearing lender. It doesn’t help that it seems less exciting than analyzing an investment or acquisition. Therefore, people often only prioritize these forecasts in distressed situations, when it is too late to take corrective actions.

However, in this article, Toptal Management Consultant Marty Mooney argues that weekly cash forecasts are crucial for all businesses, irrespective of size, health, or sector. It also provides a simple tutorial for efficiently building such analyses.

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Marty Mooney

Marty Mooney

As a CFO and PE professional, Marty has a rich history of building up businesses and unlocking value through selling them.

An Elasticsearch Tutorial for .NET Developers

Elasticsearch is one of the most powerful full-text search engine solutions out there. Using the NEST package, you can easily leverage the power of Elasticsearch in your .NET projects.

In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Ivan Cesar shows how Elasticsearch can solve real-world full-text search problems in your .NET projects.

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Ivan Cesar

Ivan Cesar

Ivan has a decade of work on projects of all sizes, mostly using .NET technologies. He also likes to take part in algorithm competitions.

Think S.M.A.R.T. When Defining Business Goals for Your Next UX Project

Designers must frame a problem and identify a solution while also impacting the client’s bottom line. The S.M.A.R.T. framework helps designers stay goal-oriented and increase their success rate.

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Matteo di Pascale

Matteo di Pascale

Matteo is a UX/UI designer and creative director. He’s founded two startups and worked for brands like Samsung, Whirlpool, and OnePlus.

Prototyping with Real Data – A Framer Tutorial

Prototyping with real data can be compared to building something out of LEGO: Instead of working with imaginary, loose shapes, we can use existing components out of the box and build something real.

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Wojciech Dobry

Wojciech Dobry

Wojciech is a product designer and web designer with eight years of experience. He’s passionate about typography and sound design.

Angular Change Detection and the OnPush Strategy

Out of the box, Angular provides two different change detection strategies: Default and OnPush. Each strategy has its own advantages, but sometimes it is easy to miss a nifty optimization opportunity if you stick to the default strategy.

In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Ahmet Shapiro-Erciyas walks us through the available change detection strategies and shows how to use them in any Angular project.

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Ahmet Shapiro-Erciyas

Ahmet Shapiro-Erciyas

Ahmet has more than five years of Java experience. He led the internal AngularJS training at Target and has developed iOS apps with 8k+ downloads.

Commercial Drones Are Revolutionizing Business Operations

When most hear “drone,” they think expensive military aircrafts or small consumer toys. However, the future of drones will actually be shaped by practical commercial applications, due to their ability to drive efficiency and data analytics.

This article defines drones and their total addressable market and highlights how their capabilities can be leveraged in commercial business operations. It also includes investment trends and predictions for the future of the industry.

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Francesco Castellano

Francesco Castellano

Francesco has over a decade of experience in finance, consulting, and management, at prestigious companies such as Bain and Uber.

TV UI Design: Working with White Space

White space is an often overlooked and underutilized element in many TV UI designs. However, using white space intentionally improves comprehension and focus and enhances the user’s experience.

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Pascal Potvin

Pascal Potvin

With 12 years in UI/UX and creative direction, Pascal has delivered immersive experiences and led design teams for Sony, Fox, Disney, etc.

Trunk-based Development vs. Git Flow

In this article, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Konrad Gadzinowski dissects trunk-based development and Git flow, listing the pros and cons for various use cases.

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Konrad Gadzinowski

Konrad Gadzinowski

Konrad specializes in creating modular, full-stack web applications that are easy to extend. His main expertise is Java and JavaScript.

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