A panel discussion at Ukrainian Week in London with Anton Skrypnyk - CEO at KindGeek. The Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), FoodTech, Automotion/Robotics - What are the opportunities for UK-Ukraine cooperation
On October 8 to October 11, in London, quite an unprecedented thing happened. More than five hundred people visited the Ukrainian Week - 4 days of events that took place at Savoy Hotel and European Bank for Restoration and Development.
O: Honestly, it does not sound like a conversation about business partners but rather as a conversation about relations between people in love: your entrust each other with your dreams and move together to reach them. A: Yeah, it is actually like that. Choosing your business partner is not simpler than choosing your life partner. .... I start my first lecture by asking who already has a job
Hyperledger Sawtooth - is an open-source business blockchain (distributed ledger) platform. The blockchain is definitely a lasting trend, and giving fancy names to blockchain platforms is a trend within a trend. The primary aim behind Hyperledger was to create a blockchain platform that could be easily implemented by different businesses and communities.
Working with a startup is taking responsibility for one’s plans and ambitions and being ready to receive some damage. In a case, if a client is completely satisfied with the process and end-result, a company receives a loyal partner. To share our experience, we will provide some of our professional highlights that appeared to be a rewarding symbiosis with a client.
Dedicated Team is a recent and already popular outsource business model, but there is not an article on Wikipedia on Dedicated Team (at least as of the moment of writing this article), so it does not really exist. That is how it works, right? Not exactly. Dedicated Team does exist, it is kinda huge in the industry,
Payment providers (or payment gateways) are legion, so it is really easy to fall a victim to analysis paralysis while trying to choose the one that will power up your business. You should decide which payment provider to use based on the type of service you provide and a market you want to target.
Security, security, and security. Have I mentioned security? FinTech software deals with money, and the very first thing people want when the deal gets to their money is security (duh). Fintech applications become more intuitive and easy to use with every day, which is awesome but also not that much.
E-commerce is huge and going even bigger As any other massive business niche, the industry evolves rapidly. Some recent trends demonstrate interesting and, sometimes, quite unpredictable, tendencies.
Ukraine is not an exception to the rule, and even the biggest investors contribute to the development of the Ukrainian economy. As a result, “as of January 1, 2017, the total stock of FDI in Ukraine was USD47.777 billion or approximately USD1,121 per capita, representing a 17.0 percent growth”.
The truth is that the high-quality product, application, or site without an appealing design does not worth that much because in the modern market if you fail to attract attention immediately, you drown in the competition equally as fast.
When you and your team do not have a required technological expertise required to create a reliable and successful application, outsourcing a startup is a justified decision because it will provide you with a good result for a good price. Currently, working with an outsourcing company from another country is as simple and safe as working with a casual company from your country. But cheaper.
Ukrainian IT outsourcing success is an achievement of the local workforce. Proficient employees, who are able to handle different tasks efficiently, is the core of Ukrainian software development industry, while economic factors and convenient taxation system are very pleasant bonuses. We determined 4 ingredients that are essential for generating demanded and competent workforce on such a scale.
Now, Ukraine is celebrating a new landmark on the path of its technological and economic advancements. One of the biggest investors, Brookfield Asset Management, alongside with others supported the potential of the country with $160 million of investments in real estate object, IT Park. For reference, the estimated price of Googleplex, Google’s HQ in the US, is $120 millions.
The discovery phase is a term that speaks for itself: to discover, to make the unknown - known and the invisible - visible. The very first goal of discovery phase is to determine the optimal architecture and functionality of a future system, defining what is redundant and what is essential to a project Even if the idea of the project comes in a shiny package with a lot of details to it, it does not mean that a creator has considered all the possible nuances.
We are proud to share that we have been recognized as one of the top 10 app developers in Lviv! This distinction comes courtesy of Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews service that uses market research and client interviews to gauge the caliber of the services provided by different firms.
Long story short, YouTube should start to worry and think how to enhance its monetization algorithms and copyright rules to make them more content creators-friendly. If previously, the company could dawdle over optimization of their service, soon it could be a far too costly affair as a new and potentially dangerous competitor arises. Instagram will be launching its new video hub on June 20
GDPR is complex, and a lot of people struggle to wrap their heads around it. Here we’ve gathered some useful resources for any taste that will help you to grasp the essentials of the reform and get prepared to embrace the change.
Making Projects Succeed and Dealing with Tigers. Imagine a small software company. Let’s call it ImCorp. The company has found a new customer who has a brilliant startup idea and who is ready to entrust ImCorp with it so the company can make the idea a reality. The customer basically says, “here you have my idea and my money. Do your best with them. And don’t you dare to ruin my expectations. Have fun! See you soon.”
Small steps will make a huge difference. Decreasing the amount of wasted paper is the first one. But education should go further. The Medical Faculty of the University of Basel did (yes, again). This time, the University decided to create BeAxi service that would allow students of the medical faculty to pass exams remotely, using their laptops or even iPads. By doing so, the University demonstrates that it cares about its students and realizes that it is actually 21st century outside and dinosaurs are extinct.