• Ilie Ghiciuc - 5 Nov 2018
    If you’re a (mobile) startup, you probably know how hard it is to keep everything (and everyone) organized. Developers, testers, marketers, designers, product managers, investors and every other stakeholder have to be constantly communicating, so that all project specifications are understood and simultaneously internalized.
  • Ilie Ghiciuc - 21 Sep 2018
    This is the first in a long series of articles on Scrum which are meant to serve as guidance for tech startups who are eager to start working efficiently and deliver functional products as soon as possible.
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    Cezara Pralea - 31 Aug 2018
    As an entrepreneur and startup founder, you have faith in your new business. You believe that investing time and effort into developing your idea, going to meetings, putting together a team, pitching to investors, and making a lot of sacrifices will pay off and your business will be successful. The reality is that 90% of startups fail, 10% of which during the very 1st year and 70% during years 2 to 5, according to Failory’s 2020 Report. Indirectly, this statistic emphasises how utterly bonkers one must be to still go ahead and found a startup against all these chilling odds.
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    Ilie Ghiciuc - 31 Aug 2018
    Your pitch deck is the most memorable PowerPoint presentation you’ll ever make. Those 10-15 slides packed with substantial information are all you need to convince your listeners to embrace your idea and help you act on it, transforming it into a profitable business. For your pitch deck to have substance, it needs to mould to your personality. To attain that supreme goal and make yourself impossible to forget, check out these 6 and ½ tips for preparing a killer pitch deck.
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    Ilie Ghiciuc - 31 Aug 2018
    Entrepreneurship is a mindset that demands both professional and personal abilities. Launching, executing, growing and scaling your startup is a mental exercise involving business strategy, networking, research, planning, marketing, and numerous other related activities. Managing time effectively often becomes a challenge when your daily schedule is fully booked with meetings and events. Working 80 hours a week with little to no progress is a clear sign of poor time management abilities.
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    Ilie Ghiciuc - 31 Aug 2018
    When an investor believes your idea has great potential to go big, it’s human to confuse the relationship with a friendship. Truth be told, it’s not. Investors have faith in your startup’s concept, team, and solution. They want to believe your business can make them profitable. But if things go south, it usually means you won’t shake hands and remain best buds.
  • Ilie Ghiciuc - 24 Jul 2018
    There’s always an awesome team behind a great functionable product. The idea of removing waste from the system should be fundamental to every mobile development process. Scrum methodology techniques help companies keep track of the product management and development practices, so they can make improvements during the working course. Since Agile projects are three times more successful than Waterfall projects, we decided to share a few essential elements with you, extracted from our Agile experience so far. Raluca, one of our project managers, took us through the Scrum steps in order to get a better understanding of its benefits.
  • Ilie Ghiciuc - 16 Feb 2018
    A variety of “experts” are now weighing in on exactly how app store optimization (ASO) works. From established SEO gurus to app developers, everyone seems to have an opinion of what builds rank and drives downloads in the app store. The fact of the matter is, however, that none of these so-called experts have done the grueling and intricate analysis required to truly understand app store optimization—most are simply inferring methodology from Search Engine algorithms and philosophies. After years of data collection, user analysis, and application monitoring, we’ve recognized trends that completely debunk most of what these sources are reporting. So here’s our take on exactly what you need to know about app store optimization.
  • Ilie Ghiciuc - 6 Nov 2017
    How can ThyssenKrupp, an industry-heavyweight with 150.000 employees, flourish in the wake of digitalization? In the quest for answers to this question, ThyssenKrupp gathered its top innovation managers and digital innovators at its campus in Essen with the purpose of learning and sharing insights. Thinslices was asked to conduct an App Development Workshop for ThyssenKrupp’s top innovation managers. We held two workshop sessions with the same content but different audience members. To our delight, we had the pleasure of meeting top managers with eager interest, ideas, and a hands-on mentality.

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