Serial tech entrepreneur and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree Givi Beridze discusses the essential milestones for building a Lean startup, and steering them directly toward achieving product-market fit and a scalable business model.

#Startup #Lean
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Security engineering is a fast-moving field, and estimates indicate there are trillions of dollars at stake. This Q&A with a Toptal security engineer covers compliance frameworks, security checks, and the importance of a DevSecOps approach.

#DevSecOps
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Successful project management depends on having the right people working on the right tasks at the right time. Toptal expert Lir Cowman, who has consulted at Google and GSK, shares four simple steps to optimize your resources.

#ProjectManagement
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Used by 86% of developers, REST is by far the most popular API architecture. Master REST essentials with this overview of key principles from technical product manager Rastko Anicic, who has experience at Ricoh USA USA.

#API #RESTAPI
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Effective UX writing helps users navigate websites and apps seamlessly. Toptal designers with experience at Hertz, Ulta Beauty, and @moto share three ways to optimize UX writing for a better user experience.

#UXWriting #UserExperience #DigitalDesign
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How do you speed up Apache Spark when analyzing very large data sets? Toptal ML expert Necati Demir offers tips to boost Spark’s speed and efficiency when working with immense amounts of data.

#MachineLearning
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Enhance your project efficiency by combining two popular platforms: Atlassian Jira and monday.com. Rick Apichairuk, a Toptal projects expert with experience at Intel, @cisco, and @ebay, shows you how.

#Jira #Projects
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We're proud to announce that Toptal's CEO has been named in The Wall Street Journal's The World’s Most Influential Decision Makers list, recognized among chief executives driving the future of business from Microsoft, Boston Consulting Group, Pfizer Inc., McKinsey & Company, Salesforce, IBM, and more.

CIOs trying to set AI initiatives in motion are encountering a critical challenge: the scarcity of specialized talent. In The Wall Street Journal, Toptal’s CEO shares how sourcing the right talent has become the most critical step for AI deployment.

#AI
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Failing to secure skilled talent could cost companies trillions in missed revenue by 2030. In The Wall Street Journal, Toptal’s Chief Customer Officer shares how to avoid this.

Has your business considered the cost of your AI talent shortage?

#AI #Talent
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Paulo Pisano, CPO and SVP of Booking.com, talks to Toptal’s Michelle Labbe about the transformations that occurred as Booking.com navigated turbulence over the past few years and now looks toward a bright future. Listen here: topt.al/4gcJJ5.

#FutureOfWork

Should your company use an automated website builder like @Webflow to cut costs and design time? Find out how Pavle Lucic, a Toptal designer with experience at TomTom, uses it to create sites that convert.

#Webflow #WebsiteBuilder #LowCode
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Trying to optimize your company’s profitability? Toptal finance expert Nicholas Piscani, formerly of Verizon, offers this four-step framework for determining and reaching the right targets for your company.

#Profitability
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Mike Lauderdale, VP of Human Resources FedEx and a 40-year company veteran, is proud that staff want to stay at the company for the long haul. Speaking with Toptal’s Michelle Labbe, he explains how FedEx delivers on staff retention. Listen here: topt.al/6jcD5k.

Just 1% of Yelp's employees chose to return to in-person work when offices reopened in late 2021. Yelp CPO Carmen Amara explains how the remote revolution benefited the company and offers tips for leaders who are considering a remote-first model.
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Weaving AI into the fabric of your product is essential for success. Toptal product leader Nishant Saxena shares three core principles to align AI integration with product strategy.

#AI #ProductManagement
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What can designing an Formula 1 car teach you about corporate strategy? A Toptal finance expert and former F1 race car engineer says precision, testing, and discarding bad ideas quickly can catapult you to success.

#F1 #CorporateStrategy
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Discover the top no-code and low-code solutions, and the pros and cons for product development shared by Alex Hudym, former COO at WLNC, now part of Toptal.

#NoCode
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Supercharge your digital products with these Next.js rendering techniques, your key to creating digital products that offer lightning-fast performance.

#NextJS #Optimization
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Function trumps form in digital product design, but that doesn’t mean your app can’t be beautiful. Learn to create useful and aesthetic UX with real-world examples from Slack, ASOS news, and 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞.

#UXDesign #FunctionalDesign
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