In this episode we talk about our new process of hiring A players. As we got more applicants for certain roles, we added another interview to the process.

We talk about:

Resources mentioned: 

Geoff Smart - Who https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Geoff-Smart-ebook/dp/B001EL6RWY

Our previous episode on hiring: https://anchor.fm/app-life-podcast/episodes/36---How-Do-We-Hire-A-Players-esei1s

Today we talk about ways to analyze your app and web audience with Google Analytics 4.

We cover

- Ways to setup Google Analytics 4 on mobile and the web

In this episode, we talk about sponsored startup programs and our experience with it.

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This episode is all about in app purchases!

We talk about

- What types of in app purchases exist (one offs, subscriptions)

Let's talk about our blog today, https://ling-app.com/blog . It's been a wild ride from starting the first few posts about learning Thai to creating a content machine that churns out over 20 articles per week (and counting).

We cover:

- Why we started our language learn blog in the first place

Note: We decided to switch to a bi-weekly release schedule from now on. Stay tuned!

- Resources mentioned: Auto video creator via AI https://lumen5.com/

This time we talk about our experience with working with clients. How does this compare to developing your own product?

We share

- The pros and cons of working with clients and making your own products

In this episode, we talk about our 3-monthly retrospective sessions and how they helped us building a great company culture.

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- The beginnings: How and why we started the retrospective with 3 team members

Today's episode is all about translating your app, or app localization.

We cover

- Why you should consider translating your app

Resources mentioned:

- Translation service: https://gengo.com/

In this episode, we discuss the Getting Things Done (GTD) method invented by David Allen. Simon has been using this method for the better part of a year, and has had a great experience with it.

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While we focus on learning languages at Simya, this week we talk about an app we built for a completely different industry. Smart Court is an app that lets people book badminton courts easily. The idea of the app originated when Simon regularly took badminton training and realized the bookings were all done manually.

We cover

- How we validated the idea & decided to create Smart Court