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How to find a technical co-founder

What is a technical co-founder? How are they different from programmers and CTOs? And how on earth do you find one? It’s not easy, but here’s how you can improve your odds.

Have a great app idea? Here's how to do more than read Forbes articles.

So you have an app idea. Now what? Do you need to protect it? What if you don't know code? And about the whole money thing...

How much does it cost to build a messaging app like Slack?

From planning to MVP to maintenance, here’s what it costs to build a messaging app like Slack.

Using customer feedback and years of data to launch a swoon-worthy product

The internet is a noisy place and GreyNoise is making sense of the clamor. This is how founder, Andrew Morris, figured out what to build, how to improve it, and how to sell his product to a niche audience.

Productized consulting: 3 strategies for your business

Learn how to set up productized consulting, without building software. Includes 3 strategies and 6 examples you can immediately learn from.

Finding Success in Missed Goals

Was Quarter 3 a success or a failure? Did it set us up for future progress, or slow us down? To be honest… I don’t know exactly.

What is digital product design? How to boost revenue, retain customers, and build your brand

Design is about way more than making pretty screens. And if you do it well, it can deliver benefits like keep customers, differentiate your startup, and boost your bottom line.

5 examples of no-code prototypes: Invision, spreadsheets, and more

There are plenty of ways to build a prototype without touching any code at all. In this post, we’ve collected five examples (using tools like Invision and Excel) for you to draw inspiration from.

Founding a business? Fitness has a lot more to offer you than heart health.

Starting a business is hard on your health. But that doesn't mean you have to trade exercise for staff meetings and emails. Even if you are stupid busy and trying to make ends meet.

How to create a product roadmap: step-by-step guide and free template for founders

What is a product roadmap and why do you need one for your startup? Real examples, useful templates, and the tested step-by-step process we use every month.

The ultimate startup tech stack

Tech stack, or sometimes just “stack,” is developer jargon for the set of tools you use to build your software product. Why the jargon? Because we’re nerds and we like to show other nerds we’re safe by using fun codewords. Kind of like meerkats.

Freaking eliminate any bad stress!

We had one overarching goal at the beginning of Q2 — eliminate stress. Our first quarter of the year was our best ever from a financial perspective, but our team came dangerously close to burning out. Heading into the second quarter, we made some big changes.

The truth about no-code: big benefits, enormous opportunity, limited capabilities

What does no-code mean for your product? We dove deep into the no-code movement to find out what you stand to gain—and lose.

What you need to know about no-code prototypes. My surprising journey.

No-code tools are supposedly fast and friendly. But is that true? An authentic look at building a no-code prototype, from a non-technical perspective.