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A collection of our thoughts and insights about building startups the right way. Get a sneak peak behind the scenes of the startup life – it’s up and downs and the challenges that lies ahead as a founder.

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Mobile App Design Handbook: 7 Simple Rules Successful Apps Follow

By Will Schmidt

Time to turn your great idea for a mobile app into reality? The difference between a successful app and ones that fall to the bottom of…

Software development

Why your App or Website will take Time to Make

By Will Schmidt

If you’ve never designed and built software yourself, it’s very easy to become frustrated with the time and cost it takes to create an app or…

Software development

How Much To Build An App? 2021 App Development Price Guide (Free Download)

By Will Schmidt

It’s the question we get asked all the time. “How much will my app cost to build?” The only honest way to answer this is, “It…

Mobile Apps Web Applications

NZGDC, pre conference workshop

By Anna Schmidt

The day before NZGDC19 (New Zealand Game Developers Conference 2019), eight workshops were held. I decided to attend one called ‘Designing A Learning Game, You’ll Laugh…

Business Minimum Viable Product

How to Build Your App or SaaS Product in 30 Days or Less

By Will Schmidt

If you’re on this page there’s a good chance you’ve got a great idea for a new SaaS product or mobile app. Or perhaps you want…

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CBAFF Conference, Day 2

By Anna Schmidt

A panel discussing ‘How can we do it better? What does it mean for the supply chain?’ started off Day 2. Mark Scott, a committee representative from…

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CBAFF 2019 Conference, Day 1

By Anna Schmidt

Everyone gathered in the Coronet/Remarkables Room, Ridges Hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand, for an 8.30am official start to the 23rd annual CBAFF Conference. Geoff Dolan MC’d…

Startups

How DoorDash started with a Concierge MVP

By Will Schmidt

The founders had already spent months building an app for a different idea. To test out DoorDash, they decided to start with a Concierge MVP.