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Our evening with ustwo (Mills & Neef) - Inside The Studio
Our evening with ustwo (Mills & Neef) - Inside The Studio

In February, Mills and Neef from ustwo joined us for our Creative X Business event. ustwo is a multi-national business started back in 2014 by Mills and Sinx.

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10 Mar, 2020 3 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
Slack as a hub for your business; Inside The Studio
Slack as a hub for your business; Inside The Studio

We’re giving away our tips, tricks and processes which help us grow year after year. Slack, a communication platform for teams, is a vital part of our toolkit at Steadfast Collective. Slack was started

A portrait of Pete Heslop
17 Feb, 2020 3 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
Should you use Shopify? - Inside The Studio
Should you use Shopify? - Inside The Studio

Shopify is a fully managed eCommerce platform which allows you to create an online store for your brand. Nearly 450,000 online stores are power by Shopify, with transactions of over $55 billion processed.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
11 Feb, 2020 3 min read
Conferences we're heading to in 2020
Conferences we're heading to in 2020

I’ve found conferences to be essential when it comes to growing my network, not treating them as a place to distribute business cards but a place to cultivate relationships which last.

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16 Jan, 2020 2 min read
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How we hire top talent - Inside The Studio

In this week’s Inside The Studio episode, we chat through hiring in an agency context. We’re worked hard to develop our team of smart creatives, and we’re proud of our team!

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19 Nov, 2019 2 min read
Studio Life
Setting goals for your team (which they're onboard with).
Setting goals for your team (which they're onboard with).

Setting goals your team does not fully understand is like shouting into an echo chamber.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
13 Nov, 2019 3 min read
Lessons from Panic Inc
Lessons from Panic Inc

What you may not know is that Panic’s legacy was built crafting Apple applications, especially those who help web-developers. Other core products of theirs include, Coda, Transmit and Prompt. It was only later in

A portrait of Pete Heslop
10 Aug, 2019 2 min read
Events
Here's how our first Creative X Business went!
Here's how our first Creative X Business went!

On Thursday, 25th July, we held our first Creative X Business in Southampton. 30 folk from different backgrounds and industries headed to SO Fourteen to meet, share stories and hear Dan share his insights on SCA.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
26 Jul, 2019 1 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
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The Smart Creative.

A person that doesn’t chase compensation; they pursue the ability to cause change and disrupt industries.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
23 Jul, 2019 4 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
Jeff Gardner of Intercom shares his lessons learnt
Jeff Gardner of Intercom shares his lessons learnt

Jeff has been at Intercom for seven years, as the fourth employee he headed up customer support while fixing bugs and odd engineering tasks. He then went on to lead the support team.

A portrait of Pete Heslop
18 Jul, 2019 2 min read
Events
Creative X Business July!
Creative X Business July!

Daniel will look at what the new legislation will mean for customers and for anyone who takes or processes payments online. SCA will have a noticeable effect on you if you; Build payment processing websites including

A portrait of Pete Heslop
03 Jul, 2019 1 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
Soldo – Digital Product Playbook Podcast
Soldo – Digital Product Playbook Podcast

I met with Daniele Marino, Head of Product Development at Soldo to talk through lessons he learnt while building Soldo.

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27 Jun, 2019 3 min read
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