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It takes a village to raise a business
It takes a village to raise a business. You've heard the phrase, ‘It takes a village to raise a child.’ The same is true with your business. You need help.
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The Three Things A Good Community Manager Does (And the One Thing They Don't).
The role of community manager (CM) has grown in prominence over the last few years. It’s no longer just a support position reserved for those with a spare few hours alongside their other work.
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Shelly Frame, Etch – Three Lessons Learnt Podcast
This week I had the chance to speak to Shelly Frame of Etch. Shelly is Group Commercial Director responsible for strategising growth plans, keeping an eye on the finances, and keeping...
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Ashley Baxter – Three Lessons Learnt Podcast
This week I had the chance to speak to Ashley Baxter. Ashley is currently building With Jack, business insurance on a first name...
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James Mitchell – Three Lessons Learnt Podcast
This week I had the chance to speak to James Mitchell. James runs M3 productions, a UK-based theatrical production company and technical theatre design, support, and...
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Podcasts we’re listening to
Here at Steadfast Collective, we love listening to podcasts. With the popularity of this creative medium on the rise, we wanted to share some of our team’s favourite...

Southampton’s creative tech scene
Today I’m going to make the case for Southampton and it’s estimated 22,737 digital jobs. A seaside city with a population a quarter of the size of...

Phases Beta Now Open!
Over the next 2 weeks, we are meeting with people from all over the south coast to give them a hands-on demo of Phases. During this time, we will start...
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Phases – Let’s Get Technical!
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We’re calling it… (Our project management app!)
The idea is to give our clients an overview of their projects with us. They can get a feel for project progression, see if there are any tasks they need...
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Laracon Online Screening!
Starting at 2:30pm and going through to 9pm, we’ll be watching Laracon on a big ol’ screen with Steadfast providing the pizza and beer...
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We’re building our own project management app. Here’s why…
We wanted to learn from building it. For this internal project, we’re using Laravel. As it’s a project for ourselves, we have the flexibility to learn and try out new...
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Why we’re all in with Laravel
Laravel is the World’s most popular PHP framework on GitHub. At 36,700 stars and counting the ‘new kid on the block’ is setting down its roots and getting ready for the...
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