So you‘ve built an amazing founding team, created a prototype of your groundbreaking technology, and are now ready to take your startup to the next level. You know an accelerator can provide the rocket fuel you need – mentorship, funding, connections, exposure – to blast off towards success. But which startup launch pad should you…
In the narrow 25-mile long Gaza Strip, an unlikely story of resilience, determination and the transformative power of technology is unfolding. Here, under a blockade with severely limited resources and opportunities, aspiring full-stack developer Yasmin Hillis is quietly breaking down barriers and stereotypes about what women in tech can achieve. Yasmin‘s journey was far from…
The history of Silicon Valley is a story of brilliant minds, bold visions, and world-changing technologies. But it‘s also a story of egos, rivalries, and cautionary tales – none more so than that of William Shockley, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who invented the transistor, only to become a case study in how not to lead…
We all have ideas. I‘d be willing to bet that you have at least one world-changing business idea in your head right now. Maybe it came to you in the shower, while you were walking your dog, or during one of those late-night moments of inspiration. You probably felt a surge of excitement as you…
Conventional wisdom says that every startup needs a technical co-founder – that elusive unicorn with the engineering chops to turn your idea into reality. But what happens when you‘re at the end of your runway, strapped for cash and still co-founder-less? It‘s a dilemma I‘m all too familiar with. As a former lawyer, I spent…
Being self-employed as a freelance developer or running your own startup comes with many perks—you get to be your own boss, set your own hours, and work on projects you‘re passionate about. However, it also means taking on additional responsibilities, including handling your own taxes. For many freelancers and entrepreneurs, managing taxes is one of…
As a full-stack developer and data geek, I love poring over complex datasets to uncover hidden insights. So when I discovered that Netflix had released the complete performance data from its extreme obstacle course competition show Ultimate Beastmaster, I dove in faster than the contestants plummeting off Faceplant. After analyzing every competitor, every obstacle, and…
As a startup founder, your top priority is delivering value to your users through your product or service. But before you can start onboarding customers, you need a reliable, scalable infrastructure in place to power your application. Many early-stage startups shy away from investing in production-grade infrastructure, viewing it as complex and cost-prohibitive. They opt…
Each year, tens of thousands of people make the leap into the world of software development, many from non-technical backgrounds. According to research by HackerRank, nearly a third of developers (32%) started coding within the last five years, and 68% have a bachelor‘s degree in something other than computer science. Two of those career-changers are…
In a lively tech workspace in North London, I sat down with Dan Sofer, the founder and director of Founders and Coders, to learn how his organization has pioneered a model of free, peer-led coding bootcamps in the UK and beyond. As a full-stack developer and coding bootcamp instructor myself, I was curious to dive…
Image Credit: Omid Armin on Unsplash If you‘re a developer with a side project, chances are you‘ve thought about whether and how to charge for it. Maybe it started as a fun experiment to learn a new language or framework. But as you built something useful and saw people engaging, the thought of turning it…
Building a successful tech startup is a daunting prospect, especially when you don‘t have millions in venture capital to burn. But the truth is, you don‘t need a huge war chest to launch a product people love. In fact, some of the most successful companies started with little more than sweat equity and determination. Consider…