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Decisions made in the early days of a startup have a drastic effect on getting a product out into market. How and why BuildPass chose its tech stack had less to do with industry trends, and more to do with playing to our strengths 💪 Here's the story, check it out 👇

Q2 is (already) over! Our team has the habit of discussing weekly highlights, lowlights, and learnings, which inspired me to do the same here for this quarter. 🥇 Highlight: A great moment of this quarter was our team retreat in Paris. These few days have not only been key to align strategically on the coming months, but also a good opportunity to spend some good time together. In bonus, it was great to discover the inspiring startup ecosystem around STATION F. 🚨  Lowlight: On the flip side, there were some stressful times, especially when things had to be rushed in emergency situations. It's a good reminder of how important it is to take our time, even when it feels like we can’t. 🏗  Learning: This quarter reinforced that building meaningful things takes time. Working on long-term projects demands discipline. There are weeks when progress seems slow and urgent tasks take over, but staying consistent is key. Excited about some amazing projects coming up – stay tuned ! What about you? What have been your key takeaways from the past few months? I’d love to hear your thoughts! LEXR Thomas Kuster Nicoletta Iurilli Maja Rajić

Our experience spans ambitious startups to enterprises, each with unique budgets and visions. Yet, they all share a crucial need: aligning expectations with available resources. That's where prioritization becomes essential, acting like a GPS for product development. How did focusing on the right features accelerate development, captivate initial users, enhance usability, and unlock new funding for a client? Discover the power of prioritization in our success story at the link in the comments. 👉 Swipe for key takeaways and more insights.

Quick startup reality check: Most founders have about 20% of the skills needed to build a successful product. And that's completely normal. You might be brilliant at: 💡 Spotting the opportunity, niche or a market gap 💡 Knowing your niche 💡 Understanding your users But then comes the hard part: 👉 Defining the right MVP scope 👉 Choosing the tech stack 👉 Planning the development roadmap 👉 Budgeting This is exactly why we created Milo. We fill in the technical gaps, and we’re happy to guide you along the way, helping you make all these crucial decisions.Think of us as your technical co-founder, bringing the other 80% to the table. 🔝 Working on a start-up idea? Let's chat about how we can complement your expertise. 👇 https://lnkd.in/dbDJnzb4

Revenue growth seems simple at the surface. Build a product → distribute it → watch money flow in. Well, the money flow, if any, is usually a trickle many a times and the devil lies in the details! GrowthX® Demo Day is the ideal setting to understand these nuances. No gimmicks, just a three-hour deep dive on revenue led growth. That’s why I’m super excited to be co-panelling the 20th edition of the GrowthX Demo Day this Sunday, at 1 PM IST. You can learn applicable revenue-led growth strategies presented by the top 2 teams from their June immersion. Are you working in a tech startup and your 2024 goals mean revenue growth? Trust me, this is the place to be. You can get a free invite by clicking the first link in the comments.

It is with tremendous excitement that we share the newest addition to our Work-Bench team: David Politis, as CEO-in-Residence 🎉 David brings over 20 years of founder and operating experience with three startups acquisitions under his belt, including Vocalocity (SaaS-based communications provider acquired by Vonage), Cloud Sherpas (cloud computing advisory acquired by Accenture), and most notably as founder and former CEO of BetterCloud, a SaaS Management platform which was acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2022. We first met David in 2013 when BetterCloud was a Seed-stage startup demoing at our NY Enterprise Tech Meetup. After that meetup, David scaled BetterCloud into a leading company in the NYC tech scene, growing it to hundreds of employees and securing funding from top-tier VCs. But with the high highs, come the low lows. He’s also navigated macro downturns, company pivots, and existential moments of impending failure (that he detailed with honesty and humility in his Startup Founder Survival Guide). When David was contemplating what to do next, we caught up over some Japanese whiskey (a favorite choice of ours over the years) and pounced on the opportunity to leverage his rare open calendar and formalize his involvement with Work-Bench! 💪 👉 In this official role, David will work alongside our Work-Bench team to support our early-stage founders and teams in the trenches – from being a guiding light as founders navigate the dark forest of pre-product market fit to building the engine for a high-velocity and repeatable sales engine. David is no stranger to supporting early-stage enterprise founders. He has the rare combination of experience and empathy to earn founders’ respect and trust in his advice. Beyond that, David upholds everything we believe in at Work-Bench: an unmatched passion for enterprise software, being long on NYC, a rare down to earth, open, and humble attitude, boundless energy in sharing lessons learned, and a belief that creativity is what breaks the mold.  Over recent years, he’s already proven to be a tremendous asset as he’s partnered with us on NY Enterprise Meetups, NYC Enterprise Operators Retreat, masterclasses, and dinners. This partnership has been a decade in the making, and the timing couldn’t be more perfect. Please join us in welcoming David to the Work-Bench team! And buckle up for an epic Fall. 🚀

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Alright...so the number of requests for the development work has actually been going better than I expected close to summer months😁 I've got a bunch of startups that we are handling tech analysis & estimations for MVP development right now. One of the potential Clients I was talking to the other day had a solid approach to MVP version of their product. They were like - "I need your team to help me figure out what features are absolutely essential for the MVP and what might make it too complicated. I don't want to overthink the initial version of my product" . Love that! In my experience, the MVP is just about validating the idea. There is always room for improvements and scale afterwards. So when discussing MVP development, I always tell my Clients that at Reenbit we: ✔️Start simple ✔️Keep the MVP functional and scalable ✔️Make improvements based on user feedback ✔️Launch quickly to get that feedback