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3 Trends Shaping the Future of Tech Venture Capital in Asia
Asia is one of the hottest venture markets in the world right now. Find out what savvy investors must understand about this culturally and economically diverse region in order to succeed.
Alec Tseung
Alec is a financial analyst who has executed more than $5 billion in corporate, private equity, and venture capital transactions for Swiss Re and Tencent, China’s leading internet company. He’s also a co-founder of a Hong Kong financial advisory firm with client companies across Asia.
4 Keys to Remarkable Brand Storytelling
Storytelling is a compelling way to communicate brand value—but only if you’re telling stories that resonate with your audience. Find out how to craft authentic brand stories that captivate customers and build lasting loyalty.
Dayo Tinkerman
Dayo is a senior designer who creates engaging digital products for organizations like Guinness World Records and American University Washington College of Law. He specializes in uniting consumer insights, user research, and brand storytelling for fintech, healthcare, e-commerce, and real estate clients.
How to Deploy Django on Heroku: A Pydantic Tutorial, Part 3
Heroku makes deployment—and redeployment—incredibly simple. Explore Heroku’s Django hosting in this tutorial, and see for yourself.
Arjaan Buijk
Arjaan is a senior engineer and data scientist who creates mission-critical, Python-based cloud solutions focused on Rasa for international banks and insurance companies. He architects and teaches large-scale Kubernetes solutions.
Investing in Unit Testing: Benefits and Approaches
Stakeholders demand quick fixes for a buggy app release. Such patching is costly, and does not always offer a complete solution. Break the cycle with unit testing, a worthwhile investment in project quality.
Dacian Florea
Dacian is a senior full-stack mobile applications developer and a contributor to the Flutter framework. He specializes in rigorous testing solutions that help companies around the world design and deliver quality software applications.
Two Roadmaps Diverged: Strategic and Tactical Routes to Product Development
Product professionals are often called upon to act as both product owner and product manager. The key to doing that well? Maintaining separate strategic and tactical roadmaps. Here’s how.
Jerry Gutierrez
Jerry is a certified product management professional with more than eight years of experience working in organizational governance, digital and IT asset management, marketing analysis, and e-commerce at organizations such as HII and the Texas Association of School Boards.
Democratizing User Research to Innovate and Refine Digital Products
Empowering non-researchers to collect client feedback can pave the way to better products and customer retention.
Mariia Borysova
Mariia is a senior full-stack product designer specializing in healthtech and business operations. Her past clients include the Singapore Ministry of Health and Verizon. Working with a healthcare venture-building studio, she conducted foundational research and managed end-to-end design for multiple products.
Building Simple and Efficient Components With React-Bootstrap
Mobile web traffic is booming, making responsive website development more important than ever. Leverage the power of two popular technologies with the React-Bootstrap library for performant, responsive components.
Matej Bilić
Matej is a full-stack developer with expertise across a variety of back-end and web technologies, including React, React Native, Bootstrap, and Django. He specializes in advanced web applications and built a global, bilingual travel and tourism app using React and React Native.
Heavy Computation Made Lighter: React Memoization
Unnecessary component computation drastically reduces application performance. Avoid this pitfall by using React memoization hooks and render component caching.
Prateek Karki
Prateek is a React engineer with more than seven years of experience in web development. An expert in delivering a top-tier user experience through the union of engineering and design, he has worked on enterprise-scale solutions in diverse industries, including roles at Precision Drilling and Fresh Tracks Canada.
Program Manager vs. Product Manager: A Conflict Resolution Strategy
Program managers and product managers often clash. Improving communication at three specific touch points can alleviate tension, develop more positive relationships, and ensure smooth project delivery.
Kamil Imański
Kamil is a program manager, project manager, and Scrum master. He has extensive experience overseeing the delivery of large-scale projects at both national and international companies, including BAE Systems, an FTSE 100 company and the largest defense contractor in Europe. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, PMP, and PMI-ACP.
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