Knowledge @ AKRITY
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Is Your Product Really Unique?
It's a great feeling when an entrepreneur stumbles upon a great business idea. But often, what seems to be a 'unique' idea to the founder, can be something that has no takers. It might be something, that on the surface seems to be an excellent idea, but deeper down,...
How we won an award in Innovation from the Governments of Two Countries
In 2017, Government of India's Department of Sciences and Technology, along with FICCI (The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry), had invited applications for Indian companies, especially small and medium scale companies, to provide technological...
5 Common Technology Mistakes to Avoid When Building an MVP
A founder comes up with an idea. He thinks it’s a great idea. It solves a burning problem for a certain set of people and it will make people come back to it again and again. He sees long-term potential. He is excited. So, the founder sets up a team and starts...
How to build an MVP: 5 Lessons from Amazon
In a way, Amazon’s journey is similar to how an MVP’s should be. The multi-billion-dollar behemoth was started in a garage, with just the bare essentials in place, similar to how basic an MVP needs to be to start off. Did you know that Jeff Bezos zeroed in on the name...
3 Qualities to Evaluate when Choosing a New Technology Partner for Your Business
Choosing the right technology partner for your business is key to ensure growth and success of your company. But with so many companies out there, how do you zero in on the ONE? How do you figure out which technology partner will be the right fit for your project, for...
Build Usage, Not Features
At Akrity, we follow three core principles for every project: Don’t build what you don’t needBuild what you need really wellBuild usage, not features In earlier articles, we discussed the first two principles: Don’t build what you don’t need and Build what you...
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How we won an award in Innovation from the Governments of Two Countries
In 2017, Government of India's Department of Sciences and Technology, along with FICCI (The...
5 Common Technology Mistakes to Avoid When Building an MVP
A founder comes up with an idea. He thinks it’s a great idea. It solves a burning problem...
How to build an MVP: 5 Lessons from Amazon
In a way, Amazon’s journey is similar to how an MVP’s should be. The multi-billion-dollar behemoth...
3 Qualities to Evaluate when Choosing a New Technology Partner for Your Business
Choosing the right technology partner for your business is key to ensure growth and success of...
Build Usage, Not Features
At Akrity, we follow three core principles for every project: Don’t build what you don’t...
React vs Angular: What Does Your Project Need?
If you are a CTO embarking on a new project, one of the most important questions you might need to...
Using Technology to Provide Health Care
Relevance of hospitals today No matter how mild the symptoms are, most hospitals require patients...
6 Principles of User Centred Design You Must Follow
So you have the perfect product idea. You have validated the product market fit, you have...
Build What You Need Really Well
At Akrity, we follow three core principles for every project: Don’t build what you don’t needBuild...
That One Skill We Have Been Trying to Master Since School…And The Tools For It
When was the last time you used the Pythagorean Theorem? Do you remember when the first battle of...
Factors to consider before Saas development in 2021
Did you know that Software-as-a-service, or Saas, came into being in the 1960s? The worldwide...
3 Lessons in User Adoption: Discussion with Francesco Bovoli
Back in April 2020, we had the pleasure of interviewing Francesco Bovoli, the brilliant Product...
Don’t Build What You Don’t Need: Impact on Feature Prioritization
One of the biggest mistakes many entrepreneurs make is to try and build a replica of an...
Why the Future of LinkedIn Looks Bleak to Me
LinkedIn is probably the first platform that comes to mind when it comes to business...
Real time Data Streaming Tools and Technologies of 2021
With a bunch of real time data streaming tools and technologies available today, businesses are...
10 Common Risks and Solutions for Mobile App Security in 2021
Be it social media, banking, shopping or daily online transactions, we all depend on our mobile...
3 common mistakes in feature design (and how to avoid them)
Any product or app interacts with users through its features. A feature can either...
React vs React Native: Everything You Need To Know
React and React Native are two of the most popular technologies used to build web and mobile user interfaces (UI) today. While React is used to build web applications, React Native is used to build mobile applications.
Importance of Innovation and Why India Should Innovate
The moment you say a product is made in Japan, what's the perception you have? That it's of a good...
David vs Goliath: A Tale of Two Businesses During Pandemic
Once, when a friend of mine had come to town, I decided to take her to one of the snazziest pubs...
3 Stages of Product Validation
Imagine building and launching a product based solely on your gut feeling. You have talked to no...
How to choose the right technology partner
In the previous article, we discussed the difference between outsourcing and hiring a technology...
What’s common among SpaceX, Google and Uber?
What did SpaceX, Google and Uber have in common when they started out? They took similar...