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Our giveaway finalists 2021!

In May 2021, we opened our £15,000 website giveaway for entries, looking to give back by championing an organisation that is passionate about its community.

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26 May, 2021 3 min read
Development
Facebook down (Why you should build your community on your own stack)
Facebook down (Why you should build your community on your own stack)

Is now the time to consider a custom web application for your community? On the 4th October 2021, the social media giants Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp went down for six hours.

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10 May, 2021 4 min read
Studio Life
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Our £15,000 Community Giveaway

As a company, Steadfast Collective is particularly passionate about creating digital products, websites and web applications that resource and grow communities, enabling them to flourish.

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23 Apr, 2021 2 min read
Studio Life
Change of trajectory
Change of trajectory

We’re changing our trajectory at Steadfast Collective.

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19 Apr, 2021 3 min read
Community
Community first. Product Second.
Community first. Product Second.

If you have an idea for an application, there are two things you must do before committing to develop it.

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15 Apr, 2021 6 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
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Why you should launch your product in phases

If you aim for perfection, your product might never make it to market.

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07 Apr, 2021 6 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
The Ski Slope Funnel (Free Download)
The Ski Slope Funnel (Free Download)

We know that customers are individuals. Not all routes to sale will look the same. That’s when I began to visualise the different routes as a piste map.

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23 Mar, 2021 7 min read
Community
Digital Community Survey 2021
Digital Community Survey 2021

Calling all community leaders… The Digital Community Survey 2021 is now live!

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16 Mar, 2021 2 min read
Development
Three reasons you DON'T need an app on the App Store
Three reasons you DON'T need an app on the App Store

Let’s take a look at three reasons why you don’t need an app on the App Store…

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01 Dec, 2020 4 min read
Development Unexpected Entrepreneurs
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Building a business with Stripe Connect

This week in Inside The Studio, Dan and Pete lifted the lid on Stripe Connect, a powerful payment tool created by Stripe.

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24 Nov, 2020 3 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
Five eCommerce lessons to learn from Bloom & Wild
Five eCommerce lessons to learn from Bloom & Wild

2020 is predicted to be the first truly digital Christmas. It is anticipated that more gifts will be bought online than offline in this Christmas, seeing us switch from the High Street to our laptops.

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17 Nov, 2020 7 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
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Using Trello for project management when working remote

If you are not already familiar with Trello, Trello is a visual collaboration tool that enables teams to organise projects into lists.

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11 Nov, 2020 4 min read
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