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Remote Work vs. The Office: What’s Best for Your Startup?

In the last few years, there’s been a trend among startup founders to set up geographically distributed teams. Swarms of remote workers (dubbed Digital Nomads) started populating cafés and co-works across the world and ever since the remote work vs. office debate has been heating up. Then COVID hit. Offices…

Paolo DottaSeptember 9, 2021

Looking for Development Startup Advice

How to Find a CTO for Your Startup [2022 Update]

When building a startup, you have many options for software development. Whether you hire a team of developers, outsource to an agency, or find a CTO. While all of these options are viable, if you find a CTO with the right tech expertise, you'll have gained a key player to…

Daniel de Castro RuivoJune 16, 2022

Startup Advice

7 Key Product Lessons I Learned Interviewing Successful Entrepreneurs

In today’s digital world, consumers are more discerning than ever. Bad user experience, or a product that simply misses the mark, will lead your users to flock to your competitors in a heartbeat. The best way to avoid that nightmare is to focus on your product from the get-go. It’s…

Rui LourençoAugust 27, 2021

The Startup Journey Interviews

How a Lot of Rejection and 4 Years in “Stealth Mode” Turned into $21M in Funding [Founder Story]

Launching a startup is a huge undertaking that will test your personal and professional relationships to the limit. Something serial entrepreneur and startup founder Garrett Gafke knows a thing or two about. He pioneered the digital identity industry when he founded his startup IdentityMind back in 2011. After achieving over…

Rui LourençoAugust 6, 2021

Startup Expert Interviews

Early-Stage Marketing Considerations for Startups [Expert Interview]

In today’s business landscape, startups are notoriously hard to get off the ground – and the numbers back this up. High startup failure rate is the result of many factors, some structural, some circumstantial. No market need. Ran out of cash. Not the right team. A mistimed product. Poor marketing… The…

Rui LourençoJuly 15, 2021

Startup Advice

9 Crucial Lessons I Learned from Interviewing Successful Entrepreneurs

Since launching in 2015 we’ve had one mandate in mind at Altar: To help entrepreneurs build successful startups. And because our founding team have built over 10 startups between them, they decided the best way to do that was to bring a lean, user-centric approach to product and software development.…

Rui LourençoMay 20, 2021

The Startup Journey Interviews

Building an Airline Out of Necessity & an Innovative Fintech Product Out of Passion [Founder Interview]

Two minutes into our latest founder interview - the ninth in the Startup Journey series - and I knew I was in for a treat. Just check out my face!It was during those first two minutes that Wade Eyerly shared a significant part of his background, like how he: Built…

Rui LourençoMay 26, 2022

The Startup Journey Interviews

How an Experience in Turkey Led to a Million-Dollar Startup [Founder Interview]

Making the jump into entrepreneurship, and building a startup, is rarely a rational decision. A good example of this comes from an entrepreneur I got to know recently, Sean Yu. He started his career at Lehman Brothers and Gryphon Investors. At this point, the rational decision for Sean was to…

Paolo DottaApril 9, 2021

The Startup Journey Interviews

Building a Successful Fintech by Listening to the Market (Founder Interview)

When serial entrepreneur Illit Geller started telling me her story, I could instantly see why the fintech startup she founded, TradAir raised $11M in its latest funding round. She didn’t just build a solution for her target market, she built it with her target market. Reaching out to them, listening to…

Paolo DottaApril 1, 2021

Looking for Development Startup Advice

How to Find a Technical Co-Founder For Your Startup (2022 Guide)

Choosing a technical co-founder is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as an entrepreneur. And the fact is, there’s no secret playbook, and sometimes the perfect match appears in the weirdest place. I usually mention an example from a really smart entrepreneur I got to know a few…

Rui LourençoMarch 26, 2021

Startup Lessons

Remote Work vs. The Office: What’s Best for Your Startup?

How to Find a CTO for Your Startup [2022 Update]

7 Key Product Lessons I Learned Interviewing Successful Entrepreneurs

How a Lot of Rejection and 4 Years in “Stealth Mode” Turned into $21M in Funding [Founder Story]

Early-Stage Marketing Considerations for Startups [Expert Interview]

9 Crucial Lessons I Learned from Interviewing Successful Entrepreneurs

Building an Airline Out of Necessity & an Innovative Fintech Product Out of Passion [Founder Interview]

How an Experience in Turkey Led to a Million-Dollar Startup [Founder Interview]

Building a Successful Fintech by Listening to the Market (Founder Interview)

How to Find a Technical Co-Founder For Your Startup (2022 Guide)

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