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Moving Digital Health, Episode 31: Jennifer Zelmer
Our guest this episode was Jennifer Zelmer, President & CEO of Healthcare Excellence Canada. Jennifer joined Reuben Hall to discuss the integration and scaling of digital health innovations within the Canadian healthcare system. “It’s rarely the technology on its own that is able to deliver the real value. So it’s that combination of technology in… Read More
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How A Great Mobile App Can Help Achieve Your Business Goals
You’re frustrated by the lack of innovation coming out of your company. And you’re convinced that your team is OK with simply being average. No matter how hard you try, or how many articles on innovation you share with the team, or how many lunch-and-learns you host, you can’t seem to get them on board… Read more
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19 Designers Share Their Best Startup Advice For Founders
We all want to design products that people love. No doubt you’ve had buggy app experiences that made your blood pressure rise. You’ve felt the mounting frustration of trying to use a new product that’s not user-friendly. So of course, when it comes to your own products, you want to deliver the ideal experience to… Read more
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What You Missed At MindSea’s Last Mobile Hackathon!
We’ve always known building things for pocket-sized computers is awesome, and we wanted to share our enthusiasm. In June we held a mobile hackathon and this post will walk you through our latest mobile hackathon we held this past June and the fun that was had. A hackathon is an event where teams collaborate… Read more
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3 Key Advantages Of Mobile Apps (Even For Boring Industries)
There’s no question that every industry is different. Some industries are frequently disruptive and constantly in the press, and others fly under the radar without making noise. While these industries may not be the hottest topics at your local tech event, these industries still offer opportunities to innovate and create mobile apps that shake things… Read more
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Agency Spotter Names MindSea One Of The Top 20 Digital Agencies
We’re excited to announce Agency Spotter calling us one of the Top 20 Digital Agencies in their quarterly report! Agency Spotter is a prominent agency listing based in Atlanta Georgia. Founded by former leaders from The Coca-Cola Company and American Express, Brian Regienczuk and Joseph Raccuglia, the company creates effective pathways for brands to discover new… Read more
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Planning With Purpose: How To Start Your App Process On The Right Foot
Ever wonder how some teams create brilliant onboarding experiences, perfect user flows and mobile app launches that would make a rocket jealous… …yet your app is struggling to get off the ground? Maybe you’ve hit a roadblock after trying to plan your app on your own, or maybe you’ve struggled to find a way to… Read more
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4 Major Risks Of Outsourcing Product Design & Development
What’s the number one thing that keeps startups from succeeding? According to a research report from CB Insights based on the post-mortems of 204 failed startups, the number one reason for failure is no market need: Forty-two percent of the startups studied were trying to solve problems that may have been interesting, but didn’t address… Read more
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Six Great Audiobooks For Startup Founders & Product People
One thing that every startup founder never seems to have enough of is time. There’s not enough time to review every line of code. There’s not enough time to collaborate and bond with your team as much as you’d like. There’s not enough time to catch up on news or the latest book to shoot… Read more
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Five Insightful TED Talks That Every Startup Founder Should Watch
The internet has made it easy for anyone to learn from anyone else in the world. We have more access to information than ever before and, luckily for startup founders, some of the world’s brightest minds have shared their ideas online. Whether you’re looking for books about product design or insights about product management, there’s… Read more
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How To Build A Great Mobile App Landing Page For Your Launch
Your new mobile app is pixel perfect. You’re in the middle of trying to raise money or develop a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It’s going to be the coolest app on the market, but all you have in hand right now are visual designs. How do you get early adopters (other than your friends and… Read more
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The Ultimate Guide To Understanding User Experience Design
Want to hear a crazy stat? 88% of online consumers are less likely to return to a product after a bad experience. And that number is constantly on the rise. This means that products that aren’t optimized for an ideal user experience is at risk of losing 88% of their potential users. So if your user experience isn’t built with your… Read more
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Mobile Design Best Practices: Why Old Tricks No Longer Work
There’s something special about turning on the radio and hearing a classic hit from your teens. It’s a blast from the past that sends you into a moment of nostalgia and memories. While old music conjures up good feelings, old design trends can quickly turn a mobile experience on its head. If you’re not up-to-date… Read more
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How To Know When You’re Ready To Launch A Mobile App
Want to hear something kinda crazy? Over the past few years, the app development and design team at MindSea has collaborated on, redesigned, built from scratch and launched literally hundreds of mobile apps. (That’s not even counting the apps that our people worked on before joining our team.) We use a consistent, tested process to… Read more
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5 Ways That Startups Are Going To Use Mobile To Disrupt Industries
We’ve all seen the buzzword disruption thrown around over the last couple of years. Nowhere is disruption easier to see than in a mobile phone. According to PEW Research, in the U.S. alone, 95 percent of the population has a mobile phone. And as of 2014, there were more mobile devices on the planet than… Read more
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How To Recruit, Attract And Close The Best Product Designers
The demand for quality product designers is insane. In 2016, product designers were the most in-demand talent in the tech industry according to recruitment company Onward Search. And in John Maeda’s 2017 Design In Tech Report, this sentiment was shared loud and clear: This means one thing for startups, brands and agencies: competition. It’s a competitive… Read more
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When Should Early Stage Startups Hire UX Designers?
Congratulations. You closed your first round of funding, launched your minimum viable product or maybe even bootstrapped your way to a handful of paying customers. Now your eyes are set on the next major milestone. And as a wise person once said: You can’t get to point B doing the same things that got you… Read more
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Should Startups Outsource App Design Or Hire For It?
I think you’ll agree with me when I say that building a startup is hard. The people steering the ship have to wear multiple hats and must constantly be on the lookout for opportunities to get further ahead. As the world of startups gets more and more competitive, the search for great talent becomes more… Read more
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How To Pick The Right Agency To Design Your Mobile App
A few weeks ago, I was travelling with the team and we were stumped trying to pick a place to eat. We analyzed TripAdvisor reviews and Yelp scores and posted in Facebook groups to get advice. The response was, well, overwhelming to say the least. There were more options than we knew what to do… Read more
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Five Things Startups Need Before Launching A Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Pop quiz: What recent approach to building startups has changed the tech industry? The MVP. Also known as Minimum Viable Product. Frank Robinson coined and defined the term and then popularized by authors Steve Blank and Eric Ries. An MVP is a product with just enough features to gain insight into the product and its future. If you’re… Read more
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Why you shouldn’t be afraid to share your idea
I get a lot of calls from app startup founders. Several a day. Most of them are in a very early stage with their business. Some are at such early stage, all they have is their concept. But there’s a problem – they don’t want to share it with me. Fearing to share a concept… Read more
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