Product development process is way more than ‘Let’s just put some code onto it and that’s it’. Kick anyone who says otherwise.

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At Purrweb, an MVP development agency, app building isn’t mainly about writing code lines. Regardless of complexity, product development process is ALWAYS about people and…LOTS of tasks to get done. Developing an app is a long continuous journey — let’s take a look under the hood to know exactly what’s happening along the way.

Essential roles & stages

Firstly, let’s figure out what an average project team looks like. Behind every project — be it an MVP or a fully-fledged thing — the entire product development process is managed by CEO, Project Manager and Teamlead.

Here’s a breakdown of who does what:


When it comes to fundraising, it all starts with an idea. The reality is that startups are never rarely unique — most likely there are a bunch of people who are doing exactly the same. So, ‘just the idea’ isn’t what makes investors open their wallets — even if you came up with something absolutely amazing. Purrweb will tell you a cool way to attract investors. Enjoy!

Okay, if ideas are useless, how to captivate investors and prove the workability of your business concept? A well-designed MVP does the trick perfectly. …


Let’s talk about the benefits of MVP

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Do you have an idea for a new product and want to build it? Great! So, you have motivation and enthusiasm but, unfortunately, that is not enough. There are a lot of examples of developing million-dollar products that no one wanted to use. Luckily, there is a way to avoid a failure — choose MVP development!

MVP is a crucial part of any startup development when it’s necessary to reduce as many risks as you can. The concept of designing MVP helps startups to shorten time-to-market and test project hypotheses. Developing MVP will help you to deliver a top-notch product that brings maximum value with minimum effort. Isn’t it perfect? In this article, we will describe the general features and benefits of MVP and also share some tips for a successful product launch process. …


Ways to create cross-platform design and what stands behind each route

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Hello! My name is Sergey Nikonenko, I am a sales manager at Purrweb. Let’s talk about cross-platform UI/UX design and how to build it on React Native.

Based on Statista forecasts, the number of mobile app downloads is expected to grow from 205 to 258.2 billion app downloads by 2022. A good reason to go mobile, huh?

As a React Native agency, we care much not only about the technology side of products that we deliver but also about how they perform. In this post, we’re gonna cover basic UI/UX strategies that help you create a solid cross-platform design. …


‘I need a website that will bring $10 a day’ — we got this request long before our MVP development agency was founded. At that time, our PURRbosses, Alexander and Anton, worked as freelancers. There were no other details. And, you know, sometimes such a request is better than a 75-pages technical requirement.

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Hey, my name is Kristina Spiridonova, I’m an account manager at Purrweb. Let’s talk about how to write a stunning app development RFP and make sure that the person who receives it clearly understands your needs and converts them all into something applicable and useful.

WHAT and WHY instead of HOW

When product owners cherish the app concept for a long time and carefully think through its usage scenarios, the entire business idea may seem stupidly obvious. Series of discussions with family and friends made the product scroll back-and-forth in your head for a hundred times, and it has already acquired a clear outline. So, when it comes to contacting the development company, product owners tend to skip the whole-picture level and go straight into details i.e features that are to give enough context. In fact, they won’t. …


Using a real-project example, the Purrweb team explains how UI/UX design can simplify investments for newbies.

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Hello! I’m Sasha Vidyaikin, an account manager at Purrweb. Using the copy-trading platform Fintarget as an example, I will tell you how UI/UX design can simplify investments for newbies.

Investment is complicated. If you don’t want to waste money, you need to keep yourself in the picture. You need to know which stocks to buy, which to sell, and be overall familiar with financial data. This is how investment looks for newbies. They’d love to go ahead but are scared of it. While they’re holding over, banks and brokers lose prospective investors. …


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Early-stage startup is all about working late nights and getting sh*t done to take the business to the next level. So, doing this stuff with those you ‘had to hire’ would be a huge pain

Rather than picture this in your head, use a better approach to find very first employees.

Purrweb builds stable products and MVPs to let business enthusiasts validate ideas. To get started, go write us at hello@purrweb.com!

1. Find T-shaped people

T-shaped employees = experienced in one specific area(what they enjoy the most), but willing to tackle other tasks (not belonging to what they can do best) as well. They are curious and ready to take on new challenges. …


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You won’t find any rocket science here. Instead, you’ll know a technique that is really helpful for product building. But first things first (we are talking about the priorities, huh?). It’s called MoSCoW and has really nothing to do with the capital of Russia:D

Purrweb specializes in building performant stable products and MVPs. Wanna test out one? Let’s discuss it together! To come up with an execution plan, reach out to us via hello@purrweb.com!

In the startup environment, MoSCoW is a way to prioritize stories, features, tasks or requirements. …


Written by a sucker for interactions and visuals who talked too much with designers

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Is ‘Dark UIs are trendy’ factor enough to prefer a dark appearance over the light one? If so, you’ll have to prepare a bunch of excuses for the users. And, be sure, if you ruin the whole experience with the wrong colors, they’ll just leave without even asking you for change.

Let’s try to understand what stands behind the idea of adding a dark theme to the mobile or web app — all the insights come from Purrweb design team. We came up with very vivid use cases and indicators where the dark theme can work and fit best. …

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