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VISXA is a product launched out of Batch 1 of the Paralect Accelerator. Together with Mohamed Aboshanab, we've created an immigration platform for tourists and travelers around the world🌍.

Website development started in July and by October the MVP went live and started attracting early users.

"It’s 75% happiness and 25% eager to take the next step. We have the car, and it’s running. And we are just learning how to take it to the next step" β€” Mohamed Aboshanab, VISXA FounderπŸš€.

Initially, the main task was to deliver our message to the audience β€” the product we’ve made is valuable and easy to understand. From the early users, we received positive feedback both from partners and members. The partners say that VISXA is not just a marketplace but serves as a gateway between lawyers and travelers.

Immigrants and travelers are also happy with the platform. Now they don't need to waste time finding answers on Google or money on lawyers who may not be able to help them. VISXA can connect them quickly to professionals with the appropriate experience and expertise to solve their case.

Together with founders, we create products that help people solve their problems. If you'd like to know more about the products we've launched, visit our website and read about the startup stories we've developed with founders worldwide 🀝

https://youtu.be/3twoIPiMEh4
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"Cloud computing is precisely the provision of such services as server rental, database and software storage, analytics, and whatever you want with the cloud." – Sergei Stralenia, Software Developer at Paralect.

☁️ What's the difference between cloud and cloud computing?
☁️ What are cloud providers?
☁️ How has software development changed since the advent of cloud computing?

To find out the answers to these questions and many more, visit the Paralect Workshop Youtube channel and learn all about cloud tech and AWS from SergeiπŸ’‘
Before turning an idea into a product, it’s important to make sure that the problem this product solves really exists.

Sometimes a founder's enthusiasm for their idea pushes them towards launching an MVP before they truly validate the product ‼️

But how can they understand that the market needs their product? Alena Timofeeva, CMO at Paralect, shared her expertiseπŸ”.

β€œWe follow a simple formula β€” confirm a problem first and a solution later. Otherwise a final product may contain as many as two unfounded assumptions.” – Alena

Here's our product validation process:

1️⃣ The owner first shares the origin of the idea, talks about a personal experience or the experience that he has observed.

2️⃣ Our team starts working with the idea. We formulate several problem hypotheses which describe the most specific issues.

3️⃣ We build a script for a problem interview based on these hypotheses and find respondents with absolutely different ages, professions, backgrounds, etc.

The problem is valid if these interviews confirm that the problem really exists and the current solution needs to be improved βœ”οΈ

To validate the founder's suggested solution, we don’t even need to develop an MVP. We can create a low-code web page with a description of the idea and run paid + social campaigns.

Our ultimate goal is to get users to convert and sign up to try the product. If the ads’ conversion rate is low, we change the creatives, messages, and even channels. But if the sign-up rate is still low, we know we need to refine the solution a bit more.

Want to find out more details and examples? Read the whole article about the full framework we use to validate new ideas.

https://blog.paralect.com/post/quickly-validate-your-product-idea
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Meet Valeryia Kapashylava, our new Lead Generation Specialist!πŸ‘‹πŸ»

Valeriya likes to chat, and while working, she has to communicate a lot. But nevertheless, she does not really like to talk about herself.

She prefers to spend her time crocheting🧢 β€” as Valeryia says, she is a granny at heart πŸ‘΅πŸΌ

Also, she enjoys watching movies and reading books from the list β€œTop Books Every Educated Person Should Readβ€πŸ“š.

β€œI came to Paralect because I want to develop as fast as the IT-sphere.” – Valeryia Kapashylava.

Thank you, Valeryia, for joining our Sales Team! πŸ™ŒπŸΌ

If you want to become a Paralect teammate and πŸ’¬ discuss movies and books with Valeryia, visit πŸ‘‰πŸΌ join.paralect.com and apply!
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Sometimes Quality Assurance engineers know the product better than even the Founder and Product Owner. While testing the app, they see all peculiarities and figure out the deployment and meaning of each button and column.

β€œWe are like hunting dogs, and we are putting our noses in every corner of the product” – Natalia Puzikova, Head of QA at Paralect.

πŸ” To identify all the bugs and make the user journey as comfortable as possible, QA specialists understand all the details of each feature. And not only from the technical side β€” they test apps and websites as real users.

How do QA Engineers help make products betterπŸ‘ŒπŸΌ? Watch the full interview with Natalia Puzikova about the role of testers in our product teams.
There are a lot of developers at Paralect who can code a fresh product site from scratch. But now we'd rather use no-code or low-code platforms to save time ⏳ and reduce costs πŸ’°

For example, to validate an idea. To identify the users’ pains and test our solution, we just need a landing page created on a website builder. It reduces the time-to-launch from weeks of design and coding to a few days or even hours.

But which one to choose πŸ€”

John McTavish, Head of content at Paralect, has compared three no-code platforms β€” Webflow, Tilda, and Notion. We've used all three in different contexts and like them all for different reasons.

"It’s easier to test your idea quickly with a beautiful landing page and see how it performs β€” only your imagination limits you. " – Elena Sushkevich, designer

πŸ‘‰πŸ½ Visit blog.paralect.com and read the full article about the pros and cons of these platforms and why each one is a reliable option to validate new ideas.
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Time To Value is the metric that shows time from when a customer invests into the product "by signing up" to the time they get the outcome β€” their pain is solved βœ”οΈ.

We invited Rosi Bremec to the Paralect Workshop as a speaker to share her expertise on the importance of optimizing data for TTV.

Rosi is an expert with more than 20 years of experience in data. She is a Data strategist, Founder, and Co-creator of the Focus2Scale Framework, Advisory Board Member at Paralect.

"TTV is soo underrated but so worth measuring, and monitoring since an optimized user journey is the foundation of a scalable product." – Rosi Bremec

With an optimized TTV, startups can:

πŸ‘‰ get to the market faster;

πŸ‘‰ increase the customer retention rate;

πŸ‘‰ get faster feedback on the product;

πŸ‘‰ start earning revenues from the products as early as possible.

If you want to know how to optimize your product for the one metric that matters β€” TTV β€” watch the full video on the Paralect Workshop Channel.
As a rule, creating something simple is always more difficult.

Igor Krasnik, CTO at Paralect, thinks that sometimes engineers tend to over-engineer 🀯

Often there is no need to complicate the product, to add more variables and features during development, or puzzle over optimization at an early stage.

Beginners are taught that technology is the ultimate goal of the process. But, do not forget that most of the problems already have a solutionβœ”οΈ. And we need just to apply an already existing solution or make it even easier.

"If you're building a product β€” your end goal is a product, technology is just a powerful tool. If your goal is a framework, your goal is still a product β€” the simple interface that solves some common tech problem." – Igor.

Sounds insightfulπŸ€”? Read the full article with Igor's reasoning on igor.paralect.com.
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What is it like to work on a brand new product? We asked Sergey Lukashov, Vice Head of Engineering at Paralect, for an inside view πŸ‘€

"Well, you actually shouldn't be thinking about performance, or users, or data. Because there are no users yet, there is no data yet. So, it makes a lot of things much easier. But at the same time, it brings completely different challenges." – Sergey

What challenges does he meanπŸ€”? Watch and find out.

Catch the whole interview with Sergey about HealthTech and .Net Engineering on our YouTube channel ▢️ youtube.com/paralect
"I worked at another company for two weeks, and that was enough for me to realize that Paralect is the coolest place for me." – Evgenii Cherkes, Node.js Engineer at Paralect.

Evgenii decided to leave Paralect because he felt that he'd somehow "overstayed". He was curious to check out other companies.

But when he came to a new workplace, Evgenii realized that he missed our projects, Startup Summer β€” where he was a mentor, internal features, and, most of all, the Paralect community! πŸ€—

"When you do your best, your teammates here always notice it and somehow encourage you by giving new opportunities. Basically, it’s all up to you. If you really want to develop, there are all the opportunities for that." – Evgenii.

Fortunately, Mr. Bahrimchuk knew about all these issues, and one day decided to help Evgenii turn around 🚘

Welcome back, Evgenii! We are happy that our time apart was short-lived!🀍

https://youtu.be/QgDE4EdAgG8
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Paralect +1 with Pavel Sazon

Meet Pavel Sazon β€” new DevOps Engineer at Paralect!πŸ‘‹πŸ»

β€œWhy DevOps? Because it’s interesting and cool! In DevOps, there is no peak in technology β€” you can develop and learn something new every day. I like challenges. For example, I had an intention to get into tech” – Pavel Sazon.

Pavel gets inspiration from people✨, passion from traveling ✈️ and power from mountainsπŸ”

He dreams of visiting Japan and climbing Mount Fuji one day πŸŒ‹

In winter, Pavel spends his free time snowboarding and in summer β€” biking. But sometimes he prefers cooking to the extreme.

Want to join our team and snowboard πŸ‚ with Pavel and the Paralect Community? πŸ‘‰πŸ½ Follow the link join.paralect.com and apply 🀝
"A well-designed and properly prepared diagram helps us understand a topic more quickly and accurately than a table or some obscure data." – Lena Grechits, Designer at Paralect.

But how do we design a diagram that tells the right storyπŸ’­

Lena held a workshop on creating diagrams and shared her expertise with our Paralect teammates. She went deep on data visualization and explained:

πŸ“Š What are the most common types of diagrams?
πŸ“Š How to choose the best diagram for your product?
πŸ“Š Why are bar charts so popular among designers?
πŸ“Š What mistakes should be avoided with pie charts?
πŸ“Š How can you make any diagram better?

Watch the video to learn the answers to all these question.

But if you do not want to dive into these processes on your own, write us ✍️

Our professional design team will deliver the best design for your data 🀝

https://youtu.be/5PqGmtlIOt4
"The main lesson I learned in 2021 is that you should go outside and test your knowledge with people you don't know" – Igor Krasnik, CTO at Paralect

Professional development is tied closely to communication πŸ’¬. If you want to grow β€” and who doesn't? β€” there is nothing wrong with asking for advice and guidance.

Where's Igor get, and give, advice? From teammates on other projects, from sharing ideas on Twitter and other platforms full of creative people, and from connecting with people he'd like to learn from πŸ“Œ

But it doesn't have to be 100% digital. Go meet people β€” if and when possible β€” face-to-face at conferences, at events, and express your ideas. There, feedback is rapid and real and the people you meet can become long-time supporters and collaborators πŸ’‘

"But don't forget that not all advice is actionable. You should validate it and think about it yourself." – Igor.

What else did Igor learn in 2021? Check out the site he launched this year to share his ideas with the world β€” igor.paralect.com πŸ™ŒπŸ½.

https://youtu.be/hl-YAagD018
How has 2021 been for you?

For the Paralect Community, this year a ton of highlights ✨

First of all, there are more of us! There are already more than 160 Paralect Teammates. This year Alena Timofeeva, Head of Marketing, Victoriya Antonovich, Head of Design, Pavel Prata, Product Manager, Sergey Galuza, Chief Financial Officer, and lots more talented creators joined us across all our teams πŸ™ŒπŸ½.

More than 5 top specialists came back to Paralect, including co-founder Andrey Orsich πŸ’ͺ

We held a great Startup Summer course! πŸ‘©πŸΌβ€πŸŽ“πŸ§‘πŸΌβ€πŸŽ“ The students developed real products β€” VISXA and Nudge β€” and learned from 20+ mentors. VISXA and Nudge launched out of Paralect Accelerator Batch 1 πŸš€

A brand new show, Ship it and Sip it, was started by John McTavish. He interviews founders and teammates and shares their stories over 🍻.

Speaking of drinks, Misha Gagarin launched Bukhlonautica β€” the vlog where he shows how to make fantastic classic and modern cocktails🍸

And... πŸ₯ On to the main news. Today we are not just a product agency. We are a Venture Studio β€” the Paralect Launch EcosystemπŸ¦„.

Although this year was full of exciting events and news, some things have not changed. We are still the Paralect Community β€” a creative place where people are the true MVPs ❀️

https://youtu.be/buYXITqfQ6w
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Every year Paralect brings together hundreds of people around the world. We are like colorful lights of a festive garland, so different and so bright ✨

But nevertheless, we are together. We are the Paralect Global Team β€” a community of self-motivated, purposeful, dedicated, supportive, and friendly people ❀️

Today we congratulate everyone who make the Paralect Ecosystem constantly evolve towards the best company to work in and to work with.

We congratulate our teammates, all our partners and all the people we were lucky to meet one dayπŸŽ‰

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year! May this year be full of achievements, progress, adventure, and fun! 🎁
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β€œThe thing that we found out and we’re pretty sure that any company project, activity, initiative, new creative thinking, should have a dedicated person β€” or better a team. They just work on this project, think about it full time and work on improving it.” – Igor Krasnik, CTO at Paralect

At Paralect we solved this issue with the Accelerator ProgramπŸš€. The idea appeared while planning for Starup Summer β€” we decided not just appoint managers responsible for the products.

We searched for a founder with an idea. A dedicated person who would be passionate about the product and bringing it to life.

So, two great Startup Founders won the Paralect Accelerator competition β€” Julie from Nudge and Mohamed from VISXA. They were solely focused on their projects and have done a lot to move the products forward.

β€œUnfortunately, or luckily, we had a lot of new great company initiatives during this year. And we failed to get assigned people for all of them. But we’re going to fix that early next year, I hope.” – Igor.
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Olga Dubovskaya came back to the company after three years away. But not alone! Her family has grown β€” her wonderful girl Sasha was bornπŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸΌ.

Olga says that her professional QA skills were very valuable to her family during maternity leave.

β€œFor example, the skill of prioritizing tasks. In motherhood, a well-rested πŸ’€ mother is above all. In second place is a well-rested dad. And then everything else.” – Olga Dubouskaya, QA at Paralect

Welcome back, OlgaπŸŽ‰ We missed you!
We've already summed up the results of 2021, so it's time to share our plans for 2022 πŸš€

At the beginning of December, all the leadership team got together and discussed our plans and goals for 2022. It was an eventful week β€” full of inspiration, creative ideas, and ambitious destinations!

When the session was over, John McTavish asked all the participants about their core goals for 2022.

Watch the video for a glimpse into what we're aiming for in 2022. The year is going to be superbπŸ”₯

https://youtu.be/xuLBcrvSb8g
⛄️ New Year and Christmas are holidays that are usually celebrated with loved ones.

That’s why we decided to spend Christmas Eve together.

We received gifts from Santa πŸŽ… β€” we worked so hard for in 2021 β€” recalled the best moments of the past year and made plans for the next. We believe this year will be even more dynamic and productive πŸš€

If you would like to feel this cool vibe and spend 2022 with our Paralect Community, go to πŸ‘‰πŸ½ join.paralect.com and apply.

https://youtu.be/v_ELkL_bj4o
Teamwork, Transparency and Travel β€” Paralect CEO's Vision for 2022

During the strategic planning session, our leaders set more than 20 important goals for 2022πŸš€.

One of them β€” to make all the processes transparent and public. CEO Dmitry Schetnikovich sees this as a key way to find more like-minded people β€” both new teammates and partnersπŸ™ŒπŸ½.

But what goals did Dmitry set for himself? First of all, he would like to have more business trips 🌎 to connect with more partners and founders.

β€œNow it’s time to go to different levels. The ability to speak with other people, understand their ideas, and present our company is very important today. I think it’s just my responsibility β€” going forward. I will try to do my best!” – Dmitry.

BTW, the interviews with other Paralect leaders are coming soon⚑️ Subscribe to our social networks to see all our plans for this year βœ”οΈ

https://youtu.be/4JtbfYaUmDo
This is Pavel Prata, Managing Director at Paralect. He always believes in Unicorns πŸ¦„ and dreams of making startup founders happier ☺️

Pavel already drove the team to transform into a Venture Studio. And today our dreams came true! In addition to the Venture Studio we launched an ecosystem from Venture Studio, Accelerator and Fund.

Pavel and the whole Paralect team support founders from all over the world in the Paralect Ecosystem to help on their path to a life-changing startup. It's one click to become part of the Paralect EcosystemπŸ‘†πŸΌ

No matter if you've got just an idea or a product that's already launched, the Ecosystem can turn it into a growing, thriving startup πŸš€

Entrepreneurs get product development from scratch plus support in go-to-market and even fundraising.

Visit paralect.studio and choose the best option between Accelerator, Venture Studio and VC Fund and pitch your idea!

Make your startup dreams come true together with the team that believes in you πŸ™ŒπŸΌ

https://youtu.be/M8-jMYZ28TY