Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have always driven our local economies. But now, more than ever, they are transacting beyond their countries’ borders, competing with the large enterprises on a global stage. About 30% of global trade volumes are attributable to SMEs, and SME trade is growing faster than that of large enterprises. Yet SMEs… Continue reading Transforming the business of freight
Month: September 2021
A partner ecosystem
Seasoned product managers know that good products bring not only customers but partners who want a piece of the action. And that can be a good thing. Through partners, you can reach a wider audience for your products and provide customers a broader solution than with your products alone. The goal of Shipa Freight’s partnership… Continue reading A partner ecosystem
Gateway design system
The first version of our digital freight platform Shipa Freight was built in six months. Our design agency did a great job with the initial design, giving us something that looked professional and enabled us to go live quickly. Once we validated our business model and committed to funding the business, it was time to… Continue reading Gateway design system
Slice the Pie
I’ll admit it – I’m a math geek. I think of math like poetry. The beauty of math is not in its practicality; rather the opposite. The number system is complex and theoretical, and learning about it stretches our brains in ways most things don’t. But to appreciate math, you need to master the basics… Continue reading Slice the Pie
Back to high school
My parents bought me an Apple IIe computer when I was in high school. It came with an Apple BASIC language reference manual. That was all I needed to start coding and I was hooked from there. In fact, if someone my age wanted to learn to code, self-learning was about the only option you… Continue reading Back to high school
Measuring what matters
Like many startup businesses, Shipa Freight has a north star metric. Ours is bookings. It’s a simple growth metric and very much correlated with our financial performance. However we’ve found this metric alone doesn’t give us a true sense of the day to day health or the long-term sustainability of our business. And if our… Continue reading Measuring what matters
Tips to collaborate better with your development team
Republished from MindTheProduct.com (https://www.mindtheproduct.com/tips-to-collaborate-better-with-your-development-team/) Why are development teams so hard to work with? You’ve done your part—you have your OKRs, roadmaps, specs and designs in good shape. You’ve made delivery commitments to stakeholders. Now you just need to build those shiny new features. But your software engineers are questioning the business value, being non-committal on timelines,… Continue reading Tips to collaborate better with your development team