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Fighting the Creative Block: A Guide For Designers

Overcoming creative block can be a daunting task, especially for designers who rely on their ability to come up with new and innovative ideas.

What Problems can a Graphic Designer Solve?

Graphic designers are problem-solvers by nature, and they can help businesses solve a variety of issues with creative, beautiful solutions.

Applying Product Management to Create a Better Future: The Power of “Product for Good”

I explore the intersection of technology and social impact and how product management can be applied to "product for good".

How to connect to GCP Compute Engine with private IP via IAP

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Compute Engine instances can be accessed through their private IP addresses with the help of Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP). This provides an extra layer of security for your virtual machines as you don’t have to expose them to the public internet.

How I Learned( And Became) A Digital Marketer For Free

If you are interested in a career in digital marketing, this article is for you.

What Is So Unique(Or Not) About A USP?

Learn how to create a compelling Unique Selling Proposition (USP) to differentiate your business from competitors and attract more customers. Discover the key elements of crafting an effective USP and how it can help brand your business and increase sales.

Key elements of successful budgeting

Preparing a budget can be one of the biggest challenges to face. But it doesn’t have to be scary. What are my tips?

Salil K – Meet the Mentor

As a product management leader with over 15 years of experience, I got to work with startups, mid-sized companies, and large enterprises to bring new products to market. I have a passion for mentoring and coaching budding product managers, helping them navigate the complexities of the field and build successful careers.

Felix Huang – Meet the Mentor

Felix is a Growth Marketer based in Vancouver, Canada. Over the past few years, he’s managed and led performance marketing programs for leading mobile apps across digital health, mobile gaming, and travel. Felix is currently a Senior User Acquisition Manager at Hopper, a travel booking app.

Invest in Your Employees: How to Create a Successful Mentoring Program

Want to improve employee performance and engagement? Discover how a mentoring program can help you achieve that. Our comprehensive guide has everything you need to know.

Acing the Salesforce Interview Process

Salesforce is known for hiring skilled professionals. Expect six to seven interviews, including phone interviews and a HackerRank challenge.

Turn setbacks into comebacks: strategies for overcoming fear and taking action

We all know how frustrating and demoralizing setbacks can be. But guess what? With the right mindset and strategies, you can turn those bad boys into comebacks and come out stronger and more confident than ever before! Fear might be holding you back, but don't worry. You'll identify the source of that fear and address it head-on. You'll challenge those negative thoughts, take small steps (because progress is progress!), practice some self-compassion, and seek out the support you need. Before you know it, you'll be building up that confidence and momentum, crushing your fears, and achieving all your goals like the rockstar you are.

Maria Teresa Stella – Meet the Mentor

Maria Teresa is a Senior UX Designer with a background in Psychology and is based in northern Italy. Having worked most of her career so far in a design team of one, she believes in bringing forward design knowledge and working in multidisciplinary contexts. On the side, she enjoys mentoring young designers and is now also dabbling in public speaking.

Time Management: Maximizing Your Mentorship

Learn how to manage your time effectively with the help of a mentor. Discover strategies for setting goals, developing schedules, and seeking guidance.

The Power of Entrepreneurship Coaching: A Step-by-Step Guide

Unsure if entrepreneurship coaching is for you? This step-by-step guide will show you the powerful benefits and how to get started.

The Power of a Growth Mindset

Understanding the importance of developing a growth mindset and viewing challenges and obstacles as opportunities for growth and improvement.

9 Skills That Helped Me Grow to a Senior Marketing Role

Climbing the marketing corporate ladder is easier than you thought. Read on to discover the most important skills that helped me grow to a senior marketing role

Mentorship Matters

My Experience, Lessons Learned & way forward!

From Junior to Senior: A Guide to Software Engineering Levels

Wondering what software engineer levels are available and what direction your career can take? This comprehensive guide details everything you need to know.

Color Theory: An Overview of Its Importance and Applications in Design

Color is a powerful tool for designers to convey meaning and evoke specific responses.

Code Reuse and Logic Encapsulation in Vue 3 and React

A Comparative Study of Both Approaches

Chris Ellinas – Meet the Mentor

Chris Ellinas is a multi-talented professional with experience in Graphic Design, Video Production, Mentorship, and Solopreneurship. He solves business problems through design and has worked with clients like Ogilvy, Netflix, and Disney+. He is skilled in logo design and video editing.

The Essential Ingredients of a Successful Mentorship: Key Takeaways from an In-Depth Look

A successful mentorship is built on mutual respect, open communication, and shared goals. This article details the right steps for what makes a successful mentorship.

AWS QLDB with Node and NestJS

QLDB is an immutable blockchain-based ledger database from AWS. In this post, we'll review how to use it with NestJS and NodeJS and key benefits of using QLDB.

The foundation for building digital products

The foundation for building digital products

Is it really Imposter Syndrome?

Many people were unfamiliar with imposter syndrome until relatively recently, but now it’s all over social media. Most of what is written is well-intentioned, much of it is useful, and some of it is misguided. If anything, there is almost too much of it out there now (he says while writing yet another blog on the topic!), and I feel that the lines of what imposter syndrome actually is are getting blurred by the day.

Time Management for Designers: An Essential Guide

As a designer, managing time is a critical component of success.

The Most Valuable Tool You Know Nothing About

Why you should start every project with a build tool

6 learnings from Shivpuri to Silicon Valley

I’m excited to kick off this series of newsletters where I’ll be sharing my experiences, learnings, and best practices which helped me to grow both in my personal and professional life. My hope is to give back to the community and help anyone connect directly with me who may have got impacted with recent layoffs, dealing with immigration challenges, stress figuring out which company is hiring or just looking for direction early in their career. This series is a play book of what I’ve learned so far – about Program Management, leadership, how to be successful as an immigrant , and all the hard things no one tells you about. Here is the link to my first newsletters sharing 6 learnings from Shivpuri to Silicon Valley! Please subscribe to receive future newsletters directly in email. 🙂 www.sonaligarg.me

Red Flags for Bad Clients: How to Identify and Avoid Them

As a freelancer or a service provider, it's important to be able to identify potential bad clients early on in the sales process.