Vasyl Kuchma

Funding Your EdTech Startup: A Guide Let`s say it`s one of the most challenging steps. But let`s look at some options to consider if you`re looking for financial support: 🤑 Angel Investors: Connect with individual investors who specialize in edtech through platforms like AngelList, Gust, or Angel Investment Network. 🎤 Venture Capitalists (VCs): Pitch your startup to VC firms focused on edtech, such as Owl Ventures or Rethink Education. 💸 Crowdfunding: Raise funds from a large number of individuals through platforms like Indiegogo or Kickstarter. 💰Grants: Apply for government or corporate grants to support your edtech innovation. 💡 Accelerators and Incubators: Join programs like LearnLaunch or NYU Steinhardt Edtech Accelerator for mentorship, funding, and networking opportunities. Remember, the best funding option for you will depend on your specific needs and the stage of your startup. Do you have any questions about funding your edtech startup? Let's discuss! #edtech #startup #funding #venturecapital #crowdfunding #investment #investor

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So far we've collected 1,565 growth tactics for e-commerce and I realized that all actions can be summarized into 4 types: 1. Sell more What to influence: the number of products sold, increase in orders and customers, traffic, increase in conversions. Management complexity: high Impact on profit: medium At what stage is important: growth 2. Sell more expensive What to influence: price optimization, upsell, subscriptions Management complexity: high Impact on profit: high At what stage is important: maturity 3. Sell faster What to influence: purchase frequency, sales promotion Management complexity: medium Impact on profit: medium At what stage is important: all stages 4. Spend less What to influence: reducing returns, optimizing logistics and inventory, etc. Management complexity: medium Impact on profit: high At what stage is important: maturity -- Are there any other action groups I have overlooked?

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If you missed my last week’s post let me give you a quick re-introduction. Our agency Nortik Software Solutions has started its own new venture - Contiyo. We’re combining SaaS & content knowledge and creating THE ultimate platform for content creation. Contiyo is a platform where you will be able to create, distribute, and track your content across all socials in less than 30 minutes per day - so that you can focus on what truly matters: Running your business. “What should I write about?” “S*** I didn’t post today!” “Is this post any good, shall I share it?” We all heard it too many times. With Contiyo our main goal is simple: Create once ➡️ Distribute forever. Get this: One of the features Contiyo will include is the ability to automatically turn LinkedIn posts into Instagram images / carousels or reels, and vice versa. The best thing? This is just one of many power features we’re cooking. 🧑‍🍳 If you want to follow along the journey and be one of the first to test the platform - check the first comment 👇

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How to make your company stand out in a crowded market? Today’s tech landscape is booming, with new software development companies entering the market rapidly. Capturing attention and building trust goes beyond simply being good at your work. In my experience, differentiation involves three main areas: understanding what makes you unique, staying client-focused, and delivering consistent value. Here are a few strategies I’ve found helpful: 🔍 Identify your UVP. What do you deliver that’s truly unique? It might be a specialized approach, deep industry expertise, or a standout feature no one else offers. Define it clearly to resonate with clients. 💬 Put the client first. Going beyond innovation, being client-centered is key. Listening to and integrating client feedback into our services reinforces that clients are our priority. It builds trust and distinguishes us in a crowded field. 💸 Deliver value for money. This doesn’t mean being the cheapest – it’s about giving clients the best quality for their investment. Added value, such as complimentary consultations or post-delivery support, makes service more attractive and profitable for customers. 🌟 Put quality over volume. Instead of trying to serve everyone, focus on delivering exceptional outcomes for your ideal clients. Building a reputation for quality creates loyal clients who refer others – a powerful differentiator in itself. 🚀 Stand out with your offerings. Delivering the best products and services may seem basic, but it can easily get lost in the scale-up process. Look at Apple – they redefine standards, not just meet them. Apple doesn’t just create products but builds an ecosystem of innovation, consistently providing clients with new and improved experiences. 📈 Invest in continuous improvement. Innovation can fade without a strategy for evolution. Constantly refining our services based on industry trends and feedback helps us stay ahead, signaling to clients that we’re dedicated to their growth. What is your approach to evolving and staying on top of the market? #TechLeadership #InnovationCulture #ProductDifferentiation #CustomerFocus #SoftwareDevelopment #TechIndustry #BusinessGrowth #DigitalTransformation #ClientSuccess #ContinuousImprovement #ITOutsourcing #DigitalExcellence 

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The recordings for #DroidConBerlin are available. It was a great conference with excellent content. If you are exploring AI for Android, my talk might be interesting for you 👇 https://lnkd.in/dkuHatmB

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Software craftsmanship is just a good engineering. That's it. Sometimes people ask me about what is SW craftsmanship and why I speak about it more than agile. Especially given I gave dozens of presentations and conference talks on agile and zero on SW craftsmanship. I learned to value it because I realize one thing in IT management is constantly overvalued and another one is undervalued. Software teams and tech companies spend a lot on building managerial skills. They hire agile coaches, consultants, and trainers. They implement agile methodologies. And that's all great, and I am happy for that. It's a good thing. But companies don't invest this heavily into certain hard skills, and that's a shame: 1. Usage of tools like IDEs/Editors, testing frameworks, CI servers, Git, GitHub, code analysis tools, etc. 2. Habits like pair programming, mob programming, prototyping 3. Clean writing, including commit messages, PRs, code review messages, acceptance criteria 4. New developer onboarding 5. New project starting, including technology choice And craftsmanship focuses on all of those things. It's a natural counterpart to agile. Where agile is focused on good management focused on value creation for customers, craftsmanship is focused on highly skilled engineers having great hard skills and habits related to their technologies, tools, and day to day engineering work.

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Open source is not about reading code. It is about freedom. With a lot of visual development platforms closing shop or introducing massiv price increases this year, It is important to remember why Open source matters: https://lnkd.in/dHZXZPvH

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My last post was two months ago, so it's time for an update. As a founding developer or a developing founder, you always run out of time—either for development or all the other stuff. After two months in coding mode, it’s time to share an update. The articles by Stefan Grasmann, covering his interview with Jón Egilsson from Monerium, the commentary by Dr. Sven Hildebrandt on recent developments at Deutsche Bundesbank, and Jakob Bosshard's post about Janus Henderson Investors exploring on-chain asset management have led me to the conclusion that I should speak up again. Why? Monerium has always been a pioneer in bringing EURO e-money to the blockchain. Monerium was the first to achieve compliance with EU regulations, and they did it well—especially for us developers who need a way to bring cash on-chain. They’ve delivered excellently. If you want to leverage the possibilities of a Turing-complete money execution machine, there is no better way. For non-developers: this is HUGE! Dr. Sven Hildebrandt spoke about Deutsche Bundesbank because the bank is explicitly searching for someone to operate its platform in a private, hybrid public environment. The latter is important. While there are arguments for private blockchains, I believe in public ones. The reason is simple—there were arguments for intranets as well, and while they still exist, it was the internet that made the difference. I believe it will be the same with private vs. public blockchains. We now have a protocol for value transfer. Do we really want to limit it to in-house transactions or just for a set of institutions in Germany? Sure, we can imagine exporting our private tech to the whole world, but let’s be honest—the probability is tiny. Do we really want to be a gated financial community while everyone else plays without us? (Hint: BlackRock deployed their BUIDL fund on the public Ethereum blockchain!) Jakob Bosshard mentioned Janus Henderson Investors, a $360B asset manager, taking its first steps into blockchain by partnering on a tokenized treasury fund, joining industry giants like BlackRock. This is amazing. Every asset manager will move on-chain in the next ten years. That’s my prediction. Why? The technologies mentioned above will streamline the process of setting up funds, monitoring investments, and investing in funds in an unprecedented way. Our proof of concept shows how you can set up a fund infrastructure, including a payment channel and product pipeline, in minutes—obviously without BaFin approval (that takes a bit more time 😉). All transactions are transparent, secure, and verifiable because we use public blockchains. We use Enzyme for the fund infrastructure, Cashlink for issuing eWpG-compliant fund shares, and Monerium for achieving settlement times of 30 seconds. Check out our One-Pager if you want to learn more: https://shorturl.at/uJct6 What is your take on this?

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What connects these terms: CRM, Senior Developer, Agile, Scalable? All these terms are slowly becoming useless as they lose any real meaning. They're overused, used as shortcuts, or simply for marketing and sales tactics. Client Relation Manager - people use the term CRM for any IT system used in a company, whether it's for resource management, warehouse or order handling, or even for handling email campaigns. Agile - I'm starting to lose track of what this word really means amidst job postings for "agile and energetic teams." Is it related to project management frameworks? Rarely. Scalable - "We have 1000 users and still no performance issues" - this is how overengineering is justified, or the claim that the application is truly ready for heavy traffic. And the best one: Senior Developer. I've seen CVs of developers with 3 years of experience in 1 project and nothing more, yet they proudly claim the title of Senior Developer. But their current employer could bill the client at the Senior Developer rate because of it. I conducted a job interview for another company for a Ruby Senior Developer position with a person with just 1 (yes, one!) year of experience. And this person was cleared for such an interview by the HR filter. Perhaps because she claimed to have "2 years of experience in conversations with developers." I won't try to formulate a complete definition of a Senior Developer. But one thing I know for sure - I wouldn't call a developer a Senior Developer if they are afraid of working with Legacy Codebase or cannot understand how valuable for self-improvement they can be. Writing greenfield applications from scratch is enjoyable; it allows you to apply new technologies and try fresh and innovative approaches. But mainly, it allows us to see how our juniors handle things when their actions aren't burdened by the entire "legacy" project. The real magic happens when we have to deal with code that has "been through the mill." Code that users interact with daily. Code that generates revenue. And code that requires expertise and thorough analysis of "pros and cons" when considering a refactor idea. This is where an ambitious developer can truly spread their wings and prove that they deserve the title of senior. So, how do we handle legacy projects to derive enjoyment from them and ensure that we possess that senior quality? In the comments, a link to Paweł Bartulewicz blog post, where he shares his thoughts on this topic, after years of mainly working on legacy projects.

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I've observed a common trend among decision-makers of IT companies: they often tell their Business Development (BD) teams, "This strategy will not work," without providing clear guidance on what will work or how to implement it. This can leave BD professionals feeling confused and uncertain about how to proceed. Instead of simply dismissing strategies, it's crucial for leaders to engage in constructive dialogue and provide actionable feedback. Here are a few suggestions to bridge this gap: Provide Clear Guidance: If a strategy isn't working, explain why and suggest alternatives. Collaborate on Solutions: Work with your BD team to brainstorm and develop new strategies. Set Clear Objectives: Ensure everyone understands the goals and how the proposed strategies align with them. Offer Support: Equip your BD team with the necessary resources and training to succeed. By fostering an environment of open communication and collaboration, we can empower our BD teams to innovate and drive growth more effectively. What are your thoughts on this? How do you approach strategy discussions in your organization? #BusinessDevelopment #ITIndustry #Leadership #Strategy #Innovation #Collaboration

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Check out our upcoming webinar on creating no-code web apps with our new #AppBuilder feature. I did a quick demo today at NXT DEV and got lots of great feedback!

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