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Valuation Ratios: The Key Metrics Finance Experts Need to Know

Not sure when to use which valuation ratio for which situation? In this article, we’ll delve into the must-know metrics and provide heuristics of when to use which measure.

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Elizabeth J. Howell Hanano, CFA

Elizabeth J. Howell Hanano, CFA

Elizabeth was an equity research analyst on both the buyside and sellside before transitioning to freelancing where she specializes in market research and valuation.

Toptal Design Blog Color of the Year 2020

The Toptal Design Blog’s Color of the Year 2020 aims to bring hope and positivity to the coming year, while also helping designers (and those they design for) connect with nature and stay grounded.

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Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman

Cameron comes from a design background and is the author of two web design books: Color for Web Design and The Smashing Idea Book.

Maintain Control: A Webpack/React Tutorial, Pt. 1

When starting a new React project, you have many templates to choose from. These templates are able to support application development at a very large scale. But they leave the developer experience and bundle output saddled with various defaults, which may not be ideal.

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Michael Pontus

Michael Pontus

Michael is a senior full-stack developer specializing in front-end development with React and TypeScript.

How Open-Loop Processes Disrupt Information Flow in Business

The essence of a good process is very similar to the manner in which SQL-based relational databases were designed to ensure transactional consistency. Learn how closing open-loop processes saved tens of millions of dollars for a pharma company.

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Allan Milne Lees

Allan Milne Lees

Allan has over 25 years of experience in financial services, pharma, cyber-security, telecommunications, mobile apps, and biotech.

Case Study: Why I Use AWS Cloud Infrastructure for My Products

As a platform for running complex and demanding software products, AWS offers flexibility by using resources only when needed and scaling on demand.

In this article, Toptal JavaScript Developer Tomislav Capan explains why he uses AWS and what provisioned infrastructure can do for clients.

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Tomislav Capan

Tomislav Capan

Tomislav is a veteran software engineer, technical consultant, and architect. He specializes in highly scalable full-stack applications.

The Power of Touch – The Evolution of Button Design (with Infographic)

Today, buttons are darlings of the design world, and product teams obsess over their every detail. But 150 years ago, they didn’t even exist. Learn how buttons rose from obscurity to design stardom.

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

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

Strategies to Recession-proof Your Business

Some industries like healthcare and utilities are naturally recession-proof. However, if you operate in more cyclical sectors, there is a range of initiatives that you can implement to make your business more resilient to economic shocks.

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Toptal Talent Network Experts

Oracle to SQL Server and SQL Server to Oracle Migration Guide - Pt. 2

Migrating in either direction between Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database? This round of pitfalls to avoid includes coverage of sequences, identity columns, and filtered indexes.

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Leonid Draginsky

Leonid Draginsky

Leonid has 20+ years as a multi-platform developer and DBA, with special expertise in Oracle and SQL Server cross-platform migrations.

Building Reactive Apps with Redux, RxJS, and Redux-Observable in React Native

While Redux is a great state management solution, it doesn’t support asynchronous behavior by default. A way around this is to use redux-observable, based on RxJS - a powerful library for reactive programming in JavaScript.

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Sourabh Verma

Sourabh Verma

Sourabh has a broad and versatile skill set. His experience with mobile and back-end development enables him to build prototypes quickly.

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