Tap into practical insight from industry experts
Your team can tap into its full potential by sourcing best practices from leaders in the industry. Mainmatter's experts would love to accelerate your growth by sharing their hard-won insights into sustainable development.
This is what success looks like
Our interview series goes behind the scenes to uncover the path to successful product development from an insider's perspective.
Louise Deverell-Smith, Founder of Daisy Chain
simplabs' founder Marco Otte-Witte interviewed Louise Deverell-Smith, Founder of Daisy Chain, a recruitment platform connecting candidates with employers offering flexible work roles.
Kenneth Larsen, Engineering Manager at CLARK
simplabs' founder Marco Otte-Witte interviewed Kenneth Larsen, Engineering Manager at CLARK, a company that offers digital insurance management services.
Daniel Beutler, Executive Coach and Advisor
simplabs' founder Marco Otte-Witte sat down for a conversation with interviewed Daniel Beutler, an executive coach and advisor and former President of Trainline International.
Melanie Aronson, Founder of Panion
simplabs' founder Marco Otte-Witte sat down for a conversation with Melanie Aronson, founder of Panion, an all-in-one community management platform that helps to grow, engage, and unite communities.
Roman Leuprecht, co-founder of Uniki
simplabs' founder Marco Otte-Witte talks with Roman Leuprecht, co-founder of Uniki. The IT solution develops a cloud-based app platform that makes it possible to get secure global access to numerous cloud applications.
Yoran Brondsema, co-founder and CTO of Sutori
Simplabs' founder Marco Otte-Witte talks with Yoran Brondsema, co-founder and CTO of Sutori, a collaborative instruction and presentation tool for the classroom that transforms lessons into collaborative learning experiences.
Khalid Maliki, co-founder of Tykn
Marco Otte-Witte and Khalid Maliki, co-founder of Tykn, talk about how shared ownership and self-organization of development teams are critical for a strong culture and increased efficiency.
Aymeric Augustin, CTO of Qonto
Marco Otte-Witte talks to Aymeric Augustin, CTO of Qonto, about the disappointment that Agile is in reality and what effective and sustainable development processes look like in a Scale-up environment.
Peter Arnold, CEO and co-founder of EnterAnGo
Marco Otte-Witte talks to Peter Arnold, CEO and co-founder of EnterAnGo, about typical challenges their team faced around long-term planning and predictability.
Joel Kelly, founder & CEO of Eve
Marco Otte-Witte talks with Joel Kelly, founder & CEO of Eve, about development processes and the importance of engineering and product teams working closely together the entire time.
Karol Domagalski, founder & CEO of Upfit
Marco Otte-Witte and Karol Domagalksi, Founder and CEO of Upfit, talk about development processes and the importance of supporting people's growth by sparring and mentoring.
Christina Roizheim, co-founder of not less but better
Mar High, director of product design at simplabs, talks to Christina Roitzheim, co-founder of not less but better, about how her team goes from idea to release.
The three pillars of successful digital product development
Marco Otte-Witte shares best practices for digital product development in the areas of planning and preparation, process and collaboration, as well as infrastructure and practices.
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Workshops
We teach teams like yours how to build sustainable products that work well today and keep working well tomorrow.
Design system kickoff (interface inventory)
with Mar High
Create an interface inventory of your digital product, and align with your team on how to prioritize refactoring using a design systems methodology.
Digital product strategy workshop
with Mar High, Marco Otte-Witte
A clear product strategy is essential to get as much value as possible for your time and investment. In this workshop we will collaborate to formulate a clear product vision, establishing a blueprint for your digital product's development process. This workshop is a great kickoff for an MVP project.
Effective Git
with Chris Manson, Marco Otte-Witte
Git is at the center of modern pull request-based development workflows. Mastering it makes teams more productive and developers' jobs more enjoyable.
Hands-on Ember.js
with Ricardo Mendes, Marco Otte-Witte
Two or three-day hands-on Ember.js workshop. We cover all relevant aspects of the framework from the CLI to routing and components, ember-data, and testing.
Product design sprint
with Mar High
Using Google's framework, we will answer your most pressing business questions through design, prototyping, and testing with real users.
