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Unexpected Entrepreneurs
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Brandon Kelly, Craft CMS – Three Lessons Learnt

Brandon is the founder and CEO of Pixel and Tonic who created the content managing system titled Craft CMS. This system aids web agencies in building websites that their clients are then able to content manage going forwards.

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02 Nov, 2018 2 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
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Radim Malinic, Brand Nu – Three Lessons Learnt

Radim is a Czech-born creative director, designer, speaker and occasional author who runs his business solo, but has resourced a team of freelancers from around the world to help him out.

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15 Oct, 2018 3 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
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Simon Bennett – Snapshooter – Three Lessons Learnt

Snapshooter helps you schedule frequent customizable DigitalOcean backups of your droplets and volumes.

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20 Sep, 2018 1 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
Lee Tengum – Three Lessons Learnt
Lee Tengum – Three Lessons Learnt

7am builds products and processes that help businesses grow their revenue and market share. Lee has years of wisdom in building businesses.

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14 Sep, 2018 1 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
Chris Whyley, Zamzar – Three Lessons Learnt
Chris Whyley, Zamzar – Three Lessons Learnt

Zamzar is an online file converter, created by brothers Mike and Chris Whyley in England. It allows users to convert files without downloading a software tool, and supports over 1,000 different conversion types.

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24 Aug, 2018 1 min read
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Full-Stack Vue.js 2 and Laravel 5 Book Review

We recently read Full-Stack Vue.js 2 and Laravel 5 - by Anthony Gore - so we could gain a better understanding of how to build a complete web application using Vue.js and Laravel 5.

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13 Jul, 2018 2 min read
Studio Life
Why we’re using Craft CMS! Part 1 (& Podcast!)
Why we’re using Craft CMS! Part 1 (& Podcast!)

As developers, we consistently strive to deliver feature-rich, performant and secure products. Due to the fast-paced nature of our work, it can often be difficult to deliver all three within the time and budget requirements of any given project.

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06 Jul, 2018 3 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
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Our experience of podcasting and the lessons we’ve learnt so far

Steadfast Collective have now released five podcasts! We started podcasting back in May as part of our birthday celebrations to share insight and inspiration from our own startup experience, and that of some of our favourite smart-creative friends.

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26 Jun, 2018 3 min read
Unexpected Entrepreneurs
Jan Carlyle - Three Lessons Learnt Podcast
Jan Carlyle - Three Lessons Learnt Podcast

AutumnLive is passionate about technology, education, equality and inspiration. They deliver this through strategic events, programmes and marketing campaigns, specialising in the tech, digital and creative sectors.

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15 Jun, 2018 1 min read
Studio Life
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Introducing the team

Despite the wonderful selection of candid photos in the studio that can be found on our website and Instagram, if you’re yet to work with us, you might be wondering who’s who?

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13 Jun, 2018 2 min read
Studio Life
Pete & Rachel Heslop – Three Lessons Learnt Podcast
Pete & Rachel Heslop – Three Lessons Learnt Podcast

As with any major milestone or anniversary, our birthday has not only provided an opportunity to have some fun, but to also look back on how far we’ve come as a company, and the lessons we have learnt along the way.

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25 May, 2018 1 min read
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Celebrating our third birthday

The month of May 2018 marks Steadfast’s third birthday as a company, so we decided to mark the occasion with a month of celebrations.

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21 May, 2018 3 min read
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