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Software Development Sans Project Manager

Yes, it can be done. Read on to find a non-exhaustive list of advice and guidance to staying productive and organized without a project manager on your team.

How to Develop an Entrepreneurial Spirit

Fact: entrepreneurs are self-made winners. They take risks that pan out, develop bold, innovative ideas that others envy, and experience success at an unprecedented rate. According to FreshBooks, 96% of entrepreneurs have no desire to return to their old career and 61% of those self-employed would be happy with themselves and their achievements even if their career ended today.

How to create a shared company vision

Are you a leader interested in creating a shared business vision for your executive team and employees? While a shared company vision may sound like a low-priority initiative next to profits and other measurable gains, creating one provides direction in regards to how the organization needs to become.

How to ask for great references (+templates)

Are you wondering if now is the time to start collecting references for your next job-hunt? The answer is probably yes: employers almost always ask for references.

Product management career path: From pathway to communities to join

Product management is a multifaceted role in tech companies and other industries, with many possible future pathways due to the versatility and variety of skills needed to succeed. Depending on the types of products your company is offering, the basic job scope and responsibilities of a product manager may vary.

Create a Coaching Culture at the Workplace

In recent years, there have been more organizations and companies catching on to the value of coaching employees. This is a new management style that allows leaders to connect with their employees through a coaching culture while still maintaining a management strategy in the workplace.

How to Validate Your Product Hypothesis

Did you know that the majority of new products fail their first interaction with real users? Learn how to validate your idea before spending time & money on failing it.

How to Review Pull Requests Without Being a Jerk

Advice to make code reviews easier: A short guide with tips and tricks for providing constructive code review feedback politely.

Dylan Israel – Meet the Mentor

Dylan is an experienced mentor and has collected some great reviews on MentorCruise as well. As a college dropout, he is a prime example that a degree does not dictate your future. Today, Dylan works at Amazon as a Frontend Engineer and successfully mentors people around the world.

Codementor Alternatives: Coding Mentorships

Codementor.io is a code mentorship platform, similar to ours. We get some messages from time to time, asking us what the differences between MentorCruise and Codementor is, so we’ll highlight it in this post.

"What is your work style": How to answer like a pro

Want to ace your interviews? MentorCruise has put together a useful step-by-step guide on how to craft meaningful interview responses. Read on to learn more.

Spring Recipe: Braised Program Model

If you've got a craving for the warm and satisfying feeling of setting up a solid program, you've come to the right place.

Why soft skills for designers can be “UX-ed”

What design bootcamps and colleges didn’t teach you

The key to preparing for an interview

For the majority of people, interviewing can be a nerve racking experience. As if being evaluated by a group of people you’ve never met isn’t uncomfortable enough, you have to sweat out the consideration of not getting an offer and what that means about your self-worth.

Improving Your Networking skills in 2022

How often are you trying to expand your network? Apart from networking, mentorship and coaching is another good way to discover insights.

Karuna Lakhani – Meet the Mentor

" A mentor can guide through his/her mentee through the darkness towards the light." – Follow Karuna, a successful mentor, on her reasoning and insights behind mentorship.

The Pivot Point

How to excel in your career without falling apart

Funding your Start-Up

Stuart is an experienced & exited founder who in this post offers a unique insight into how to fund your start-up idea

An intro to startup fundraising

Want to learn about startup fundraising? Raising money for your business can feel daunting and incredibly intimidating. But it’s a necessary step for most business owners who have a big idea and need an initial cash injection to get the ball rolling.

Meeting right cofounder for your startup

Meeting a cofounder for your startup can be a daunting task. You got the idea, and you want to take it to the next level, but at the same time, you’re afraid of everything that can go wrong if you trust the wrong person.

Why can't I get a job and what can I do to finally land one?

Can’t get a job? Searching for employment has always been tricky, and these confusing pandemic times we are currently living in aren’t making things any easier.

What Is Product Management? Key definitions and responses

When I started my career as a Product Manager, I was drawn to the challenge, excitement and glamor surrounding this still evolving job function. However, if someone were to ask me how to define Product Management, I would have fumbled for a coherent answer.

What is Market Making?

Misconceptions around Citadel, Gamestop, and HFTs. According to regulatory data, retail traders benefited $3.6 billion in 2020 as a result of lower trading costs that have been partially brought on by market makers.

Find Your Purpose Of Life

We can’t deny that finding your purpose is important. To know the purpose of life means to know “why we live.” Look around you everything certainly has a purpose. Trees provide oxygen, insects pollinate, cars bring us from Point A to Point B. They all have something in common, It is to be useful.

Write Better Commits With Semantic Commits

Writing clear, concise commit messages enable you to work well with any team and get your best work out there.

How to apply corporate entrepreneurship to your organization

Incorporating corporate entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship into your company culture can allow your business to grow to the next level.

My Journey into Data Science

In 2014, I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Digital Media and Communications degree. I worked in social media marketing for a travel marketing agency and ended up getting let go a week after moving to Denver.

Four reasons to start sharing your experiences and grow as an entrepreneur

Reading, participating in lectures and seeking knowledge in courses and other forms of learning is a very important component of our…

Anand Safi – Meet the Mentor

After seeing the value of mentorship first-hand, Anand has decided to become a mentor himself with great success. Here’s the story of one of our top-mentors Anand.

Short-term vs Long-term mentorship - what's right for you?

“A short-term mentorship is like an emergency number you call when you need help to resolve something quickly. Long-term mentorships are more akin to an explorer and sherpa relationship where the sherpa is the expert here to guide the explorer (mentee) down the long path to success.”- Lloyd Jacob