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Are You Ready For Growth? – Krishna Mohan Part 2

We continue our discussion with Krishna Mohan with a focus on the question, “are you ready for growth”.  Everyone wants to grow their business.  However, not everyone is truly ready to pay the price in focus and effort to do so.  There are risks and investments required.  We start there and then move into the concepts of working in your business as opposed to on your business. Are You Ready For Growth? Growing a business requires you to be ready to sacrifice short-term goals to invest in the future.  There is no magic pill that allows you to continue focusing on your business and grow it at the same time.  There is planning required and a diversion of resources towards... Read more

React-Native Fundamental Concepts Part 1
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The Beginners Guide to React-Native Fundamental Concepts Part 1

In our second video on React Native: The Beginners Guide to React-Native Fundamental Concepts Part 1, we jump right into the basic fundamentals necessary to design and layout a mobile application. Such as View, SafeAreaView, Scrollview, and StyleSheets. To explain these fundamentals, we start by building a new application and follow a set of examples to fully examine each concept in detail. Just in case you missed the first video or you need a refresher you can find the first video Started Using React Native For Your Mobile Applications here. React-Native Fundamental Concepts Part 1 focuses on: View SafeAreaView ScrollView StyleSheets For a full list of components and APIs goto https://reactnative.dev/docs/accessibilityinfo On Mobile devices the idea of Views are containers that support... Read more

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Posted on The Interviews Season

Krishna Mohan – Turning Specific Experience Into General Solutions

This episode starts a discussion with Krishna Mohan.  We start with some of his background and a journey from specific experiences to building general solutions.  This is a story about converting your unique experience and approach into something that is a fit for others that they may not have found otherwise. A Typical Start There is a lot of Krishna’s background that can be glossed over and seem typical.  He started out as a hard worker and smart individual then went to work for a big company.  That could have been almost the end and he could have ridden that corporate path.  However, he saw value in what he had experienced that was unique and needed to be shared.  All... Read more

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Posted on The Interviews Season

Meaningful Discussions – Learning From Others While Giving Back

This episode offers a side trip during the interviews season and focuses on meaningful discussions.  We have mentioned difficult discussions.  However, the important ones are the ones that teach us and provide experience without having to experience failure.  We can find them anywhere and just need to go into them with an intent to go deeper. Meaningful Discussions – Start With Tell Me Your Story There are many ways to get others to share their experience with you.  I have found the best way is to directly ask them to share their story.  This may be the journey of their career or how they managed to buy that hotdog they are eating.  The scope and range can vary widely.  However,... Read more

Start Using React Native
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Start Using React Native For Your Mobile Applications

Start Using React Native For Your Mobile Applications begins our new segment on React-Native. In this introductory episode we begin our journey by looking at what React Native is and why you should consider React Native for Mobile Development. Including a complete hands on session covering everything you need to start; such as environments setup, libraries, etc. In order to jump right in and begin writing your first application. What is React-Native React Native is an open-source mobile application framework created by Facebook, Inc. It is used to develop applications for Android, Android TV, iOS, macOS, tvOS, Web, Windows and UWP by enabling developers to use React’s framework along with native platform capabilities. What React Native Can Do? 1. Establishes... Read more

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Memorable Marketing – Find Ways To Stick In Your Customer’s Mind

Here is a bonus episode in our interview with Sam McNeill.  They provide a memorable marketing sort of tool known as insta-hit.  He mentioned this during the interview, and it is impressive to see it in action.  That gives us an excellent launching pad for talking about ways to stick in the mind of your customers. Use What You Have For Memorable Marketing There is definitely a link from the insta-hit to work done by Song Division.  However, it is just a fun little thing they can add to any event.  You have talents related to your work and beyond.  Use those to find ways to add a little color to a drab presentation.  You might even be able to... Read more