Building Digital Products

Communication is not just the ability to talk, to exchange opinions and thoughts. According to the survey, which was conducted by LinkedIn, communication holds about 58% of the importance of all the soft skills. In terms of business, communication skill is a key to success. This is a tool for achieving goals.

That's why communication is actually being paid so much attention to in our company. During our new podcast, we talked to Julia, our communication tutor, to find out what she teaches our staff during her classes.

00:00 Intro

00:37 What communication exactly is?

02:46 Communication: the bridge or the wall?

03:55 What Julia, as a tutor, teach in her lessons?

06:19 About the client's pains we encountered at work

08:49 A little of practice ;)

11:09 What is the most challenging in communication?

13:36 How often communication suppose to happen?

15:20 How to be with shy communicators?

19:49 Why do introverts are the best communicators?

21:25 Hacks to be better in communication

23:42 Conclusion

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One of the things you should think of in advance is the possibility of losing intellectual property rights to software that was built for your project.

Starting a project, you probably want to know as much as possible to reduce stress and avoid potential problems. One of the things you should think of in advance is the possibility of losing intellectual property rights to software that was built for your project.

Let’s focus on the product ownership and some aspects of code ownership that you need to know about to be sure that things you will work on and invest in will actually belong to you, not someone else.

00:00 Intro

01:23 Why people neglect the point of copyrights for the software.

05:38 Who is the owner of code?

11:13 Documents that will affect your rights of product owner

15:55 Tips to protect you from any issues with the copyrights

16:57 How to keep the codebase in your repository

19:22 Again, read the contract carefully

20:22 How does this relate to the open source?

28:01 Сonclusion

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https://linkupst.com/blog/product-ownership-how-not-to-lose-intellectual-property-rights-to-software/

Once we've talked about where and how to find a software development partner in the previous episode, it's time to move on to the next step. Let`s deal with the companies proposals

The first thing you should take into account is actually what the company has to offer you.

1) Is it full cycle development or not?

2) Do they include quality assurance?

3) Do they offer design?

4) Is there some kind of support and guarantee afterwards?

00:00 Intro

00:31 How to analyze proposals

02:32 What questions do proposals have to give answers to

04:15 If they should include money

06:45 Why you should read it thoroughly

11:43 What is a technical dept and how to avoid it

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https://linkupst.com/blog/the-art-of-evaluating-software-development-partner/

Choosing the right software development company for your product is like hiring a construction crew to build your new house. As this decision may result in your failure or success, we want to give you 1, 2, 3-steps-guide that will allow you to find exactly your partner. Today, we will talk about the first step: searching and filtering the companies.  

We have 4 steps of searching and filtering the process:  

1) Making a shortlist from searches of efficient companies on platforms. 

2) Choosing the criteria by which you will filter them (budgets, location, portfolios). 

3) Personal attitude, culture synergy. 

4) Shortlisting to 10 companies by checking them.  

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Now, when you know what kind of team you need, check our the list of questions you may ask your potential partners before you start working with them on your digital product.  

Of course, the thing is not only in asking questions, but also in giving some information about your project. If you just write “Hello, contact me”, the answer will be the same. Be ready to send the file with some project details and materials before the actual meeting, so that the company can evaluate you as a VIC (very important customer).

Such materials can be:

1) Project idea in details, product type, industry, high-level functionality. 

2) Problems the product solves. 

3) Any concepts, templates, wireframes made.  

After your potential partner sees the file, both of you are ready for the first contact. Now it’s time for you to ask your questions, and we hope this list will help you to get the most important information. 

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Development of digital products is not that easy. We paid our dues to get tips that can help you avoid mistakes when you have made a decision to develop your own product. So we want to share it - things to know before developing an app.  

Listen to our new podcast to find out about:  

A homework: defining your goal and a customer 

Three models of monetization and which fits you best 

Andriy introduces LinkUp mascot 

What you should do as a product owner during the whole process 

Three types of a team: choose yours.  

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Digitalization or digital transformation doesn’t look like “Hey, let's create an app, that will solve everything!” It’s about understanding all the parts of the businesses, finding a synergy with a partner and creating the best digital solution.  In case everything is done in the right way, your business will win, and there are a few important points here: 

1) Increasing productivity and lowering operational costs. 

2) Saving money on inefficient processes. 

3) Saving your employees’ time, freeing them from a routine that can be automated.  

Intro 

Why do we decide to raise the topic of digitalization? 

The difference between digitalization and digital transformation 

Three types of businesses and how does digital transformation work for them 

Does digitalization really take away people's jobs? 

Okay, I decided to digitalize my business. Where to start?   

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Making a digital product is not an easy task. Many things should be included on the very early stages. Together with CEO of LinkUp Studio Andriy Sambir we will try to find out why you shouldn’t drop the idea even if it sounds weird, why 9 moms cannot give birth to a baby in 1 month and what else he found out while creating 128 software products. 

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