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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.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
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.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
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.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
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!

A portrait of Pete Heslop
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…

A portrait of Pete Heslop
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.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
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.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
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.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
11 Nov, 2020 4 min read
Studio Life Development
Tree Exchange App
Tree Exchange App

In early September, we made a radical change to our working week at Steadfast Collective. We started The Friday Collective, an initiative for all team members to make Fridays a time for learning, teaching and exploring new ideas.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
29 Oct, 2020 2 min read
Development
Introduction to Fabric
Introduction to Fabric

At Steadfast Collective, we’ve written quite a few Laravel packages to do things like talking to APIs and extending Laravel Cashier.

A portrait of Duncan McClean
28 Oct, 2020 2 min read
Studio Life
Becoming a climate positive company with Ecologi
Becoming a climate positive company with Ecologi

Here at Steadfast Collective, we did some research into the ways we can take small but impactful steps to reduce our carbon footprint as a company. One of these ways was to create an Ecologi account to make our organisation climate positive.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
08 Oct, 2020 3 min read
Studio Life
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How and why we decided to launch an EMI scheme for our employees.

We value the hard work our employees do and would like them to stay with us for the long term. Offering our staff a future stake in our business is a way to reward our staff for their contribution to our company success and growth.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
22 Sep, 2020 2 min read
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