Grigorij Dudnik didn’t set out to build a startup. He set out to stop doing boring things. After years of slogging through prototypes, boilerplate, and code reviews, he had a simple idea: what if the code wrote itself?

When passion meets innovation, incredible things happen. That’s exactly what drove Merxhan, a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at GT, to take on the NASA Space Apps Challenge - one of the world’s largest hackathons. What started as an idea quickly turned into a game-changing wildfire prevention app, leveraging NASA’s satellite data to predict and mitigate disasters - an urgent issue in North Macedonia and beyond.

A few years ago, I was assigned to work on a new project.

As a mobile engineer, I was mainly responsible for the mobile applications part. It was a critical project for my company at that time as it involved an important client in addition to the project's huge size. I was very excited about this opportunity since embarking on such a journey would allow me to gain tons of knowledge and experience.

However, a couple of months later, everything was a giant big mess. With frustrated clients, angry managers, and exhausted developers, we were quickly going downhill!

Great couple of days at #websummit2022 where a highlight was co-hosting an exceptionally well-attended round table on Product Roadmap with our CEO and Co-Founder Andy Baynes. More than 40 people listened to Andy share his view on what a true product roadmap looks like with a focus on 4 key areas - Features, Architecture, Marketing Communications and Investors.

GT Co-Founders Andy Baynes and John Harris shared 5 pieces of advice for startups on how to succeed and grow:

🔹 Make sure you are solving a REAL problem

🔹 Know how to fail quickly

🔹 Be disciplined with your roadmap

🔹 Eyes-wide open decision-making

🔹 Build a powerful network

I invite you to check our video from the Web Summit and share your thoughts. Thank you SPM.ESTATE for your interest!