Published in UX Collective·Feb 28, 2019Freelancers, screen your clients before taking a job too quicklyA screening framework for freelancers (PM’s, UX designers and engineers) to pick the right client and project. — This article aims to help freelancers building digital products to: 👍 improve client relationship. 👍 get better results in less time. 👍 make your clients happier. 👍 impress your client with a professional screening process. This article is for you if: ✅ you are advising clients in the disciplines of ideation, UI & UX design and product management → build digital products (apps, websites etc.).Product Management4 min read
Jan 22, 201968 podcasts for digital marketersAreas covered Business, General (5) Digital Marketing (3) Search Engine Optimization (5) PPC / Advertising (6) Ecommerce (6) Conversion Optimization (6) Social Media Marketing (7) Content Marketing (6) Web Design (7) Graphic Design (6) Affiliate Marketing (4) Domain Names (3) Email Marketing (2) Web Analytics (1) Web Hosting (1) Business, General Mixergy Entrepreneur On…SEO2 min read
Jan 22, 2019100 most notable investors in tech and their key investmentThe early investors behind Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Alibaba, Uber and co. — Jim Goetz from Sequoia Capital: WhatsApp Steve Anderson from Baseline Ventures: Instagram Chris Sacca from Lowercase Capital: Twitter Peter Fenton from Benchmark: Twitter Mary Meeker from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers: Facebook Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital: LinkedIn Neil Shen from Sequoia Capital China: AlibabaStartup3 min read
Jan 22, 2019123 Questions VC’s Enjoy Asking You After Your PitchCollected from top VC firms and programs like Sequoia Capital, a16z, Kleiner Perkins, and Y Combinator. — What is the most difficult question that VCs ask and what is the best way to tackle it ahead of time? Founders need to be prepared in pitching their startup to investors. The failure to have thoughtful and reasonable answers to VC questions will decrease the likelihood of the company…Startup5 min read
Published in Spreadshare·Jul 28, 2018Community sourced, expert curatedSpreadshare opens it’s platform to invited curators. Introducing a new way to share information. — Imagine… …you could subscribe any topic you’re interested in. Broadly like Venture Capital or a niche one like Sketch Freebies for app designers. …those topics you’re subscribing are community created and expert curated. …Curation2 min read
Published in Spreadshare·Nov 30, 2017Can we build this in 30 Days?I don’t think so. But it’s worth a try — There’s this hackathon going on at Product Hunt. Over the month of November hundreds of teams are building products in the following six categories: AI, AR, Blockchain, Google Assistant, Slack and Social Impact. Our team including Dennis Stücken, Rohan Dey, Enrique Benitez 🎩 and me connected via the hackathon Facebook…Blockchain15 min read
Published in Spreadshare·Oct 24, 201716 community-curated Blockchain ResourcesCollected and curated by SpreadShare.co — ATTN 🚨 Spreadsheet request: we are looking for more sheets including press contacts, investors, best practices, developer tools, newsletters, slack channel etc. related to blockchain. State of the DApps A list of 800 DApps and Blockchain events Crypto Resource Database A huge directory of all resources relevant in the Bitcoin/Blockchain space Bitcoin Academic ResearchBlockchain2 min read
Published in Spreadshare·May 6, 2017Duuude, get up! We’re #1 on Product Hunt…The story of how we launched the top voted product of the last month (after The Boring Company) — Prelude One week ago. 9:13am (Berlin time)—SpreadShare is live on Product Hunt. It’s cold but I am sweating. Why is Sidney not online yet? (not referring to the city, Sid is my partner) 11:24am — I am starting to get nervous. We are #2 with 73 Upvotes but Sidney is still…Startup8 min read
Published in Spreadshare·Apr 27, 2017From strangers to MVP in 3 weeksHow Sidney and I met a few weeks ago, decided to build a product, launched our MVP in just 3 weeks and ranked #1 on Product Hunt — 👑 = we highlight the most valuable decisions like this Who we are Sidney, UI / product designer and front-end dev living in Antwerp. Ben, product manager and UX designer from Berlin. How we met A few weeks ago I was looking for a front-end engineer to help me with a project. I found the profile…Startup6 min read
Published in Human Friendly·Nov 29, 2016All The StashesA list of the 50 best Stacks and Stashes for Digital Creatives — I recently wrote about the comeback of the directory here on Medium. And I wanted to catch up on that topic by providing you some very good examples of well-curated web directories. This article lists over 50 stashes and stacks for different use cases. …Startup5 min read
