Can You Mix and Match Your Way to a Platform Business Model?

The success of platforms such as Airbnb and Uber has sparked a platform boom. Suddenly, start-ups as well as established players want a piece of this lucrative pie.

How to Increase The Success Rate of Software Development

Software development projects don’t have to…

Why You Should Care About Pre-Commerce Now

I remember pouring heavy capital from my “cash cow” into R&D for a new product in a new category. I remember the thrill and anxiety of launching into an unknown territory without much market information about consumer preferences, segments etc.

Why Traditional User Research Is Not Enough to Build a Great Product

A device that lets you “smell the Internet” via the websites you visit. A mobile app that lets you see and react to your Facebook newsfeed stories right on your phone’s home screen. Sound like good ideas right?

Q & A: Project Management and Software Development Trends

I managed to “ambush” our CTO and collected his thoughts on some of the most pressing issues in software development. There’s a lot going on beneath and between the lines of codes you see on screen. As someone with a non-tech…

Putting Transformation Back to Digital Transformation

For those who haven’t seen House of Cards (a Netflix’s original TV series), there is a scene where just before getting fired, the Washington Herald’s chief editor says:

10 Myths in Software Development to Debunk Now

Accountants see things in numbers. Lawyers scrutinise every word you say. Rock stars do drugs. We have a set of expectations that are sometimes stereotypical, or even unfounded, for each profession.

How To Choose Software Developers: Dos and Don’ts

Technology projects can be daunting. The complexity, the unexpected issues, and if you’re unlucky, cost overruns. It might be tempting to blame technology — something that is intangible and difficult to explain. But it starts, and ends with…

Web Summit 2016: Thoughts, Rants and Highlights

Lisbon was a perfect location for this year’s Web Summit, an elaborate web of detailed mosaic cobblestone streets, an apt metaphor for the hyper connectedness of the online world. Its friendly citizens ready to share their culture (and public…