Things I found on the web this week (31st August)
This week: Uber’s first pitch deck will blow your mind, how to improve your email open rates, outsource your app development the right way, arabic fonts, and style guides from Google, Apple and more.
Here are the things I found interesting on the web this week.
Happy reading!
@jennybee
// FUNDING THINGS
Meet One Of The First AI Startups To Get Funded In The UAE
Congratulations to Narrativa! “Narrativa is the only company worldwide that uses AI to generate content in Arabic.”
// OUTSOURCING THINGS
How to Outsource Your App Development The Right Way
Whether you are already winning at outsourcing, or don’t know where to start, here are some great tips to help you get the best from your offshore developers.
// EMAILS THINGS
9 reasons why you’re not getting good email open rates
A useful guide for anyone sending emails to their users. Period.
// STYLE GUIDE THINGS
Style Guides Every Startup Should See
I love a good style guide, they are a thing of beauty and extremely useful too. Check out these examples from Apple, Bing, the Canadian Olympic Team, Google and more and be inspired to create your own.
Marvel Style Guide
Speaking of style guides, here’s one that caught my eye this week. This is a lovely example of a style guide for all your front end design needs.
// UBER THINGS
The Beginning of Uber
Check our Uber’s very first pitch deck from 2008. Note how targeted their audience segment and geographic area was.
// DESIGN THINGS
What non-technical entrepreneurs need to know about UX and UI
“7 techniques for founders who didn’t go to design school: a creative director breaks it down.” Really useful stuff for startup founders.
Designing for the Arab User — Basic Arabic UX for Business
Worth sharing this basic guide with your non-Arabic speaking designers. To help them get to grips with the nuances of designing for Arabic audiences.
// ARABIC FONTS THINGS
TPTQ Arabic Fonts
A lovely collection of Arabic fonts for all your offline design needs.
Google Noto Fonts
Here’s Google’s contribution to the eradication of ‘Tofu’ (the little boxes to indicate your device doesn’t have a font to display the text).
Compiled with ❤️ in Qatar
Every week I read stuff on the web that I think would help Qatar-based tech startups design and build brilliant products. I save up all the interesting things and publish them here, and send them out via tinyletter.com/jennyellenbrown
