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persnickett · 9 months
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A9. Who was your first ship? B4. Who is your current favourite author? What is their best story? B6. What is your favourite story trope? Why? B9. Who is your OTP? C6. Is there anything in canon that made you want to quit the show? What was it? Why did you hate it? [tmr] D10. What is one story idea you really want to read but no one has written yet?
-💖 {currently having heart broken & repieced by the blood culmination}
Hellooooo and thank you for the ask <3 A9. Who was your first ship? Hmm. Had to go back all the way to live journal to check that one but I think it depends if it means romantic ship or not? My first fanfiction was supernatural fanfiction featuring the brothers but my first ship must have been Dom x Brian from the Fast and Furious series. I haven't had the heart to revisit it since we lost Paul (10 years this year!?!) and I think I'm most comfortable that way. Then I went through my (10 year) die hard phase then ended up here, not a lot of history to share, really! B4. Who is your current favourite author? What is their best story? Tolkien is my favourite author always and we all know his best story lol. I think this means on ao3 though so I'd say I tend to revere the things I can't do, so my favourite things are poetic descriptions and stunning world building. Which means I have to recommend my two darling loves Tattered_Dreams and singtome. I haven't read all their stories yet - all gifts to myself for when I finish tbc! - but I can tell you that Hard Rock/Callisto is singtome's opus (be ready for angst) and though it was never finished, the world building in Amalgamation by Tattered_Dreams once had me so enthralled I nearly broke my ankle on it (true story, I stood up after reading it, not realizing my leg had gone to sleep and rolled my ankle. I limped for a month and people made Newt 2.0 jokes, it as fab and absolutely 100% worth it).
B6. What is your favourite story trope? Why? Oh god. I'm... this very contrary person who tries to avoid tropes (not possible, everything that can happen is a trope) and write each story as 'it's own thing' so I have a hard time answering this. Idiots to lovers? Probably? I don't think it's quite miscommunication that I write (though I hear that irritates some people to the nth degree lol) but my characters are always a bit dense to signals, or reluctant to risk falling in love or believing their interest is actually interested. So slow-ish burn I guess, though I don't have many long fics besides the obvious exception. Characterization and inner thought narration style are my favourite things to prioritize in writing so I think it's all the over-analyzing that makes it fun and satisfying for me to write out. I also like bed sharing kljasfkas lol. (Edit: I just realized I answered this as a writer out of habit and this is a reading quiz. So I have maybe already answered my favourite things to read with poetic word choice and fantasy/sci-fi worldbuilding above but my favourite tropes to read probably are the same as the ones I like to write. Slow burn definitely, with a lot of characterization that feels well thought out and true to canon, and I also enjoy the compartmentalization in any type of courtesan/sex-worker fic, or any adjacent situation where the characters have an 'arrangement' . Anything where characters can be getting it on but thinking the other feels nothing for them and their feelings are unrequited heh - usually most simply because the act could be part of their job. It's probably because it just feeds a slow burn in a realistic feeling way for me. Characters' thought processes feeling Realistic is a big priority for me in a good, satisfying read. Marriage of Convenience is always one that usually works for me much better than Fake Dating for this reason, too. A green card or insurance fraud gives the whole act a Reason characters are working so hard at all the lies other than just. Fooling people lol.)
B9. Who is your OTP? Still Newtmas.✨ C6. Is there anything in canon that made you want to quit the show? What was it? Why did you hate it? [tmr] I saw the movies first and then read the books simply because I needed to write fanfic that would save Newt. It was actually a really funny experience because I had never seen something and felt the distinct NEED to create for it, or fix it, before (and I had sort of drifted from fanfic, only writing a short one a couple times a year, and I hadn't had a new obsession in years). All my other ships I had come to backward, ie. I felt a need to write, and found characters that would suit what I needed and then dug in. Newt's character and his tragedy really took hold of me. And I felt I needed to know the books in order to write acceptable fanfiction. I nearly didn't make it through them. Dashner himself has admitted to the gender issues that I felt were prevalent and toxic all throughout the books so that was pretty difficult for me, but the book I nearly didn't finish was tfc. The torture of a 4 year old child and the way it read like fanfic of his own work were not doing it for me lol. D10. What is one story idea you really want to read but no one has written yet? OOF lol I want to read all the stories and have so little time, so I don't feel equipped to answer this one at all. I hope everyone writes the ideas that come to them! Writing and reading are both such powerful experiences that everyone should have the pleasure of indulging in at least a little bit in their lifetime. <3
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AN AUTHOR'S JOURNEY: @klarolineagainnaturally [ao3]
A little tribute for blessing this fandom with all of your beautiful creations. Here is a list of some of my favorites fics you have written! Thank you, Lottie! 
FICS MENTIONED: 
Grazing
Summary: Canon Divergent- Caroline and Klaus start an affair after finding out Tyler’s cheating, and this leads to a series of event that favor this beautiful OTP.
Before We Meet Again For the First Time
Summary: Klaroline Drabble Request Fulfilment for yelenablackwidownatasha on Tumblr: Please do Caroline and Klaus meet when Caroline was younger, but he changed her memory or something. In the present, Klaus is giving them back! If you could.
The Most Damning Reason
Summary: Prompt:"We got paired up in this project together and oh fuck i’ve been harboring a crush on you for like two years what do i do now (mutual pining included)"
Psychedelic Kicks
Summary: 1969. The Summer of Love. Klaus Mikaelson has flown across the pond to attend the prestigious Harvard Law School. "Coincidentally", his brother Elijah could not find him an apartment in time, leaving him to stay with a group of Americans. Among those Americans is the perky, yet demanding, Caroline Forbes. A hippie dippie love story with life-changing events.
Bored of Games
Summary: kc + enemies + everyone thinks we hate each other but we’re secretly hooking up/dating behind their backs.
The Welsh Dragon
Summary: Leading a double life wasn’t the dream Caroline pictured, nor was hunting down a creature that could be undoing...in more ways than one.
Two Slow Dancers
Summary: Inspired by Mitski's Two Slow Dancers. Caroline Forbes would be the first to admit she hadn't exactly kept in touch and that her reasoning was irrational at best, but she could handle a ten year reunion! Absolutely! She was definitely not worried about running into the love of her life that had left her heartbroken, no! Caroline Forbes was stronger than that.
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itsjustaphase-mom · 5 years
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Queer Eye: Umbrella Academy Edition
so the phrase “Luther on Queer Eye” came to me and I freaked out and uh yeah this happened... i basically wrote up how the Fab Five would help the Hargreeves siblings (its under the cut cuz it’s l o n g) (also Karamo signs them all up for therapy i didnt write that for each one because they all need it so bad) (oh also warning i dont know shit about anything these men are experts in so constructive criticism is appreciated thx xo)
Luther
Tan- surprisingly, Luther doesn’t seem to have any issue finding well fitted clothes, so Tan would probably just work on style- add some colour and prints, teach him how to make his torso look a bit smaller with the cut of his clothes and stuff like that
Antoni- big man need big food...find recipes that satisfy the monkey body??
Jonathan- Help that man deal with his monkey body!! shaving is an option buddy
Karamo- help him get over his leader complex and ALSO i was thinking about the fact that he doesnt realize how bad his siblings (namely klaus and vanya) were abused?? and that’s why he’s always brushing them off like that because he thinks his experience matches theirs even though he had superstrength and was their dad’s favourite...he just never stopped to consider that  they had it so much worse so fill him in karamo plz
Bobby-He needs space, he’s a big man. Bobby’d be able to hook him up with stuff that was big enough to help him feel normal sized again (and also they’d hopefully help him find an apartment because he doesn’t need to live in that house)
Diego
Tan-he needs some colour in his life... also imagine Tan finding outfits that can hide his knives better that just sounds hilarious
Antoni-please antoni this man ate a raw egg....help him
Jonathan- He has some scars on his face but they make him look cool (and I think he feels that way too) so Jonny could give him tips to cover em but i dont really think he’d want em...he’d probably just tell him to moisturize
Karamo-help him grieve Patch, he barely got a chance to with all the apocalypse nonsense
Bobby- he’d make Diego’s place look cool and edgy but also be hella functional it would look so cool
Allison
Tan-she’s absolutely gorgeous and all of her outfits are stunning and honestly he has his work cut out for him with the next one so it’s his day off
Antoni- he’d teach her how to make some real good stuff that she can teach Claire how to make!! it’d be so cute!!! Maybe Claire would join em!!!! guys!!!!!!
Jonathan-give her the haircut that Emmy has please for the sake of the gays i am begging you
Karamo-he’d help her get her daughter back (i know that’s out of his paygrade but shhh) and teach her parenting techniques to use instead of her powers
Bobby- he’d make her a chic, childproof home and it’d be the best
Klaus
Tan-fashion is a spectrum that ranges from Klaus to that guy in season one (?) that said his style icon was Frasier... Tan would be simultaniously LIVING for Klaus’ outfits from a proud gay dad perspective and appalled by the things he wore...he’d find a balance that was very gay but more befitting a 30 year old man (would Klaus actually wear it? probably not. he’d diy that shit and the look on tan’s face would be priceless oh my gosh im crying at the concept yknow the end when they all sit down and watch their routine? Klaus would go through his closet and look directly into the camera, holding up the “new and improved” clothes while tan just loses his mind)
Antoni- teach him how to make easy, good food. He needs some quick, simple, healthy recipes for when he’s not feeling it okay wait now im thinking about klaus getting addicted to cooking as a way to occupy himself when he gets too close to relapsing and guys guys guys we have a CONCEPT here oh boy i might have to do smth with that
Jonathan- honestly he’s pretty good? Probably a haircut and also GIVE HIM ROB’S NATURAL CURLY HAIR
Karamo-help him get sober. and help him learn that he can be more vulnerable, he doesnt have to laugh off everything. He doesnt have to hide everything. he needs to get help sometimes. also get him to do yoga because i feel like he’d love that for some reason??? idk the idea just popped into my head and i think he’d be a big fan
Bobby-give him a place that’s functional and neat, but with his sense of style. Quirky and artsy. Very easy to clean and keep organised, because his stuff is in such a state of disarray.
Five
Tan-just like.... go buy clothes that aren’t your old school uniform? Something that is befitting of a 58 year old man but doesn’t look too off on a 13 year old’s body... I feel like Tan and Five would be bros
Antoni-teach him that he cant survive off coffee...also teach him how to make his own damn coffee instead of whining about it all the time
Jonathan- Teach him how to shave and just generally take care of himself properly because he didnt have anyone to do that the first time around im not crying youre crying
Karamo- Make him less of a dick. It’s okay to hurt, and it’s okay to be confident but you dont gotta be an asshole about it. also maybe discuss delores.
Bobby-he needs a study with lots of space to write lmao ooh imagine the style is inspired by all his favourite time periods, whatever those may be that would be so cool plenty of antiques in that place
Ben - ok i know no-one but karamo could really do anything cuz he’s a ghost but pretend they could
Tan- he needs that colour boy he’s too emo (for Tan, i fully support emo rights)
Antoni- uhhhh he hasnt eaten in like 10 years feed him smth good
Jonathan- He’s perfect so nothing to change tbh
Karamo- honestly Ben is the most well-adjusted??? and he’s dead?? idk what karamo would really do besides getting him therapy
Bobby- He needs a place for himself!! There’s theories that he doesnt exist without Klaus which tbh I kinda believe so even then Bobby could incorporate a little space for him in Klaus’ place... get him some bookshelves!!
Vanya
Tan-absolutely nothing, her style is impeccable... ok fine tan would maybe make it more gay and fit better, accentuating what she wants instead of hiding everything under the baggiest shirts she can find
Antoni- comfort food that’s healthy (what? do i hear vanya and klaus bonding over using cooking to cope???)
Jonathan-GAY HAIRCUT UNDERCUT OR SMTH (but also her hair is adorable so i kinda dont want him to cut it......)
Karamo-help her realize she’s gay, just look at her karamo... but also work on her self esteem because shit dawg that could use some work
Bobby-fix up her apartment!! make it sleek and cool with hints of violins everywhere and also make it brighter because that colour scheme cannot be helping her depression
uh so yeah this was just me ranting for no reason lemme know what you think lmao
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hartlessfiction · 6 years
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can you rec me some good stuff??
Oh boy! I’m not sure what you’re looking for when you say ‘good stuff’ but I’ll do my best!
Supernatural- Destiel
Anna’s Dad by @mscaptainwinchester​
Raiting: E - Word Count: 35,000When Charlie talked him into joining the prom committee, Dean was not happy about it. He’s not even interested in going to prom, let alone planning it. But a meeting at committee chairman Anna Novak’s house changes all that. When Dean meets her smoking hot dad, a punk gothic god covered in the most alluring tattoos, it alters his entire perspective. Now he’s hanging out with Anna all the time and finding every excuse to flirt with her gorgeous dad.Castiel Novak swore off romantic relationships when his mate died a decade ago. Now he writes novels, throws lavish Halloween parties, and drinks with his fuck-buddy, Meg. When he meets Anna’s stunning friend, Dean, all his determination to keep emotions out of the equation goes flying out the window. Now it’s all he can do to keep his hands to himself in the face of relentless temptation.Will Dean ever get to see how far down Mr. Novak’s tattoos go? Will Castiel get over his hang-ups and let Dean in? Or will they both go their separate ways without ever knowing if their explosive chemistry could be more than just a tryst behind the pool shed? Featuring sexist classmates, a champion robot named Leia, growly alphas, and a prom theme from Hell (er… Hogwarts).
One Thousand and Ninety-four Days Verse by @envydeanwrites​
Rating: E - Word Count 3,313 - Series w/ 3 fic’s still growingIn which Dean and Cas are in prison. Castiel Novak, murderer, cell mate and servicer. He doesn’t do it because he has to, he does it because he loves it. Nobody makes Castiel Novak do anything. Not in this joint.
Queer Eye for the “Straight” Guy by JessJesstheBest
Rating: G - Word Count: 6,945“Hi, and welcome to Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: celebrity edition. Where instead of the Fab Five, who are all experts in their fields, you have me, Dean Winchester, a bisexual hockey player who is slightly above average at these things.”
“Today’s victim is Castiel Novak: world renowned etymologist specializing in honey bees. His latest research publication is receiving all kinds of awards so he’s going to have a little celebration tonight. That’s where I’m here to help.”
Good Hands by aileenrose
Rating M - Word Count: 13,238Cas is the owner of a failing—and falling apart—B&B.
Dean might be able to help with that. Dean’s good with his hands.
Unexpected by @bloodandcream​
Rating E - Word Count: 3192Grunting, Castiel squirmed, pulling at the handcuffs until they hurt. Flinched as Dean stroked a hand gently down his thigh, took him into that lying mouth, soft heat and wonderful pressure as he sucked down, down.
Somehow, this was the most unexpected turn of the night yet.
In It For The Long Haul by @ltleflrt​
Rating: E - Word Count: 25,495Long haul trucking can be a lonely business. Sure, Dean can chat up other drivers on the CB, and when Sam’s not in class or drowning in homework he’ll let Dean talk his ear off on the phone. But it’s still hours and hours of staring at the road and scanning the radio dial for local stations because he’s too lazy to upgrade the truck to satellite radio. And then a flirty waiter in a 24 hour truck stop restaurant sits down with him to chat while he eats his dinner, and suddenly his life no longer feels quite so empty.
Photography doesn’t pay much, and insomnia is a bastard. Which is why Castiel accepts his cousin’s offer of employment at the truck stop restaurant. The graveyard shift is perfect for his fucked up sleep schedule, and Gabriel doesn’t mind if he sneaks a free meal now and then. Besides, all the most interesting people come into the restaurant in the middle of the night. Including the gorgeous man with the sad green eyes that makes Castiel want to pull out all the stops to make him smile.
The Dic Pic Verse by @dangerousnotbroken​
Rating: E - Word Count: 67,550 -Multi Fic Verse CompleteIn which Dean Winchester gets an unsolicited dick pic from an unknown sender which is both totally not disappointing in that it’s a really nice dick pic, and incredibly disappointing in that it’s clearly a downloaded picture of his favorite porn star.
There’s absolutely no way it’s actually this porn star sending it to him, right?
Right?
A Flash of Black and Gold by @osirisapollo​
Rating: G - Word Count: 2,094Gabriel is acting very strange when Castiel gets to the Great Hall for breakfast. It’s easy enough to ignore, until Dean Winchester starts acting strange as well.
Wisteria by @unforth-ninawaters​
Rating E - Word Count 3,379Tumblr ficlet written in response to the prompt: So what about witch or mage dean who accidentally enchants his plants in a spell gone twisted. So what about witch or mage dean who accidentally enchants his plants in a spell gone twisted. The kinkier the better.
The Guy by @mscaptainwinchester​
Rating: E - Word Count 2,803Castiel’s boss is convinced that he would be perfect for her son, and is determined to get him to come to the Christmas party so they can meet. Castiel is still hung-up on his first and only one-night-stand. Or more specifically his dick.
The Unspoken Rule by @spnhell​
Rating E - Word Count 14,205Dean’s just a boy the first time he travels, wrenched through time and space only to be found by a strange man, one that never seems to age no matter how many years pass. He grows up with Cas, with their snatched moments in the spiral of time, and what starts as friendship eventually starts to grow into something more.
Revealed by Valinde (Valyria)
Rating: E - Word Count 10,822When a ritual backfires and Dean ends up with wings, they reveal things that he’d much rather keep hidden. Prompt fill.
And Cause After putting this whole list together I’d like to think you’d want to read my fic’s too… so:
Magical Misconceptions by @hartlessfiction
Rating: G - Word Count: 7,991This came about from the following prompt on Discord, which was then playfully dubbed the ‘NotAWitch!Cas’ Verse: “Me, in my cottage, in front of the wood stove, sipping tea. Looking outside, my bees are pollinating my expansive garden. My goats and chickens and cows are happy and safe. I feel content with my choices and my future. I unconditionally and recklessly love myself. The local children believe I am a witch"  The prompt is in first person POV but the fic is not written in the first person, it’s from Cas’s pov. I hope you enjoy this warm and fuzzy holiday season themed fic with so much beautiful art by FoxyMoley.
That’s Why I’m Your Sweetheart by @hartlessfiction
Rating: T - Word Count: 2,839Dean didn’t think his life could get any better. He had the mate of his dreams, a really nice apartment in the heart of the city, and a comfortable position at one of the leading architectural firms. At least that’s what he thought when he stepped off the elevator after a long, late shift at the office. The smell of cookies baking is supposed to make a man feel happy and hungry, but to Dean’s sensitive nose it sparks a warning bell. There’s no other explanation for it, Cas is stress baking.
The Battle by @hartlessfiction
Rating G - Word Count: 770The silence should have been Gabriel’s first sign that something was off. When you have two six-year-old boys in the house, it should never, ever, not even for one moment, be quiet.
Teen Wolf -Sterek 
(only cause i’ve been really into this recently)
Parallels by inatshej
Rating: E - Word Count: 21,299Stiles slowly pulls in a mouthful of curly fries, dumbly focused on the task.’'It’s weirdly homoerotic how you do this,” muses Derek, eyeing him.Stiles chokes and Derek’s lips curl up into an almost smile. It’s so easy to get the reaction he wants from Stiles.“Yeah, it’s disgusting, Stilinski,” says Jackson, looking at the boy with distaste.Derek turns to him, letting his eyebrows rise. “And who asked you, Whittemore?”Jackson glances at him, surprised. “I’ve just agreed with y-”“No one cares,” Derek interrupts him. “Fuck off.”
Love Runs Wild by DevilDoll
Rating: E - Word Count: 9,494“You’ve got a hickey on the back of your neck!” A Neckz 'n Throats story.Or the one where Stiles shows up fro work as a model for Neckz ‘n Throats with a hickey on his neck and Derek doesn’t take it well.
Free Consultation by DevilDoll
Rating E - Word Count: 12,691Stiles Stilinski, professional knotting surrogate. Derek Hale, lonely Alpha.
Hunger by DiscontentedWinter
Rating: M - Word Count: 55,382Beacon Hills.Two lost souls.A homeless boy, a lone wolf, and people who will stop at nothing to destroy them both.
Do Not Go Gentle by MojoFlower
Rating: E - Word Count: 195,867Derek Hale, Beacon Hills Alpha and Dom, wakes up in a dark cell already housing another captive – a mute, traumatized sub with a cruel collar around his neck. His only goal is to get them both free of their brutal circumstances; but even as he tries to get his young companion home, a bond between them grows. Nothing comes easily: danger and harrowing echoes of their ordeal shadow every step they take.
Red Witch by rootbeer
Rating T - Word Count: 34,271The red hair of a banshee. The red eyes of an alpha. The red hoodie of a mage. The red of fire burning.Derek Hale has been a prisoner to the hunters since they burned his family alive. But now someone has come to save him: skinny, defenseless Stiles–147 lbs of skin and fragile bones. Turns out, sarcasm isn’t his only weapon.
The One with the Mail-Order Brides and A/B/O Dynamics by Stoney
Rating: E - Word Count: 16,149Wolves aren’t meant to be alone. Laura tells Derek this repeatedly. Which… is why Derek knows he’s losing his mind, as Laura has been dead for more than six years. Wolves aren’t meant to be alone.And so he sends away for a companion. JUST for a companion, not for a mate. The universe, however, has a different plan in store for him.
Ok Nonny, I hope that tides you over for a while…. 
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tristanleggett · 5 years
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The Ingredients of Successful B2B Marketing. The Case of Warsaw’s Software Houses
Poland is growing to be an IT hub, moving past the “outsourcer” stereotype and designing its own success story. Warsaw is leading the way.
10Clouds, SoftwareMill, Polidea are Warsaw's software houses that sit at the core of its vibrant IT development.
These companies are only the tip of the iceberg, an iceberg that wants to disrupt the outsourcing world.
While we are based in Krakow, the eternal Warsaw sibling rival, we can’t help admiring the intense competition between the two IT hubs. So far, there are no losers in this competition. It’s a hard-fought battle where the whole ecosystem goes stronger, innovation by innovation.
So, what are the forces that fuel up this environment? What makes Warsaw a magnet for IT investors? How did the aforementioned companies grow so fierce?
We shall answer all of these questions in our 4 blog posts series, beginning with this one.
We’ll tell inspiring stories about digital marketing, employer branding, social media strategies and more.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Warsaw’s IT Environment
Warsaw's Software Houses
10Clouds - From Stunning Product Design to Flawless Code
Polidea - We Create Business Stories Through Technology
SoftwareMill - Your Software Team
Wrap up
Warsaw wants to challenge the IT Outsourcing status quo.
Let bygones be bygones.
It’s time for new ways of doing business, where the humane mingles with the technologies of the future.
So, let’s follow the footsteps of 3 Warsaw software houses on their way to growth.
Warsaw’s IT Environment
Now, let’s see what makes Warsaw so appealing in the IT outsourcing market:
Income tax exemptions: the amount of tax exemption granted depends on the value of the investment, its location and the size of the company
Warsaw is Poland’s main economic and business hub, pretty obvious for a capital
The largest office market in CEE: everyone wants to open an office here. More than 60% of the demand for office space in Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow, and Sofia – during the first half of 2017 came from the outsourcing sector.
Highest R&D index in Poland: the index calculates the number of new entities registered in the REGON list per 10 k inhabitants. The Warsaw average for 2009-2015 was 169, followed by Poznan (158) and Wroclaw (144).
Second largest Polish market for BPO, R&D and IT, considering players employing at least 1000 persons
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Business friendliness: Warsaw ranks 3rd in FDI’s report European Cities and Regions of the Future 2018/19. FDI is a service developed by the Financial Times, providing industry-leading insight and analysis, mostly investment related.
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Local talent pool: the highest in Poland according to McKinsey's report "Poland 2025: Europe’s new growth engine"
30 Fortune Global 500 investors have business services centers (BPO, SSC, IT, R&D) in Warsaw, employing 18,500 people.
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The largest academic center in Poland: In the QS EECA University Rankings 2018, the University of Warsaw (the country’s largest) came in 6th among 200 of the best universities in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia region.
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Warsaw is the second most attractive Polish city for relocation, according to PWC report
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Acceleration programs and accelerators that pave the way for startups to contracts and VC investments: Founder Institute, StartUp Hub, Huge Thing, Warsaw Accelerator, ReaktorX, Google Campus, MIT Enterprise Forum CEE, Fab Poland by Orange
60+ tech meetup groups, with members ranging from 100 to 4000+
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Warsaw's Software Houses
In 2017 15,000+ new businesses were established in Warsaw. According to Startup Poland Foundation, every fourth Polish startup is created in Warsaw.
Innovation lays just around the corner: from cloud computing, VR, AI, blockchain to IoT, every company wants a bite.
Next, in our story, we’ll try to unbox the marketing and branding strategies of 3 pillar companies of IT outsourcing in Warsaw.
10Clouds - From Stunning Product Design to Flawless Code
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Website: https://10clouds.com/
No. employees: 100+
Revenue: EUR 3M+ (2016, Financial Times)
Technologies: AngularJS, React, Python, Javascript, Django, Vue, Node, Elixir
Services: web development, mobile development, product design, blockchain
Verticals: business, healthcare, entertainment, education
Key clients: Baidu, Asmodee, StepStone, TrustStamp, Skedulo, ZappRideShare, Coinquista
Offices: Warsaw (HQ), Poznan, Wroclaw, Atlanta
Reviews: 4.9 - Clutch (30 reviews), 3.4 - Glassdoor (7 reviews)
CEO: Maciej Cielecki
Featured in Deloitte’s CEE Tech Fast 50 in 2017, 10Clouds has increased its revenue by 316% during 2013-2016.
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The criteria Deloitte uses for its CEE top is a strict one:
Annual revenues of at least €50,000 in each year between 2013 and 2016.
Develop proprietary technologies/spend a significant amount of capital on R&D
Have an ownership structure that excludes majority-owned subsidiaries of strategic entities.
Financial Times is making its own top of the fastest growing companies in Europe. 10Clouds ranks 480, with a 4-year revenue increase of 333%.
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In our next blog post, we’ll look at the marketing strategies that power up such a growth: we’ll dive into content strategies, branding efforts, and community engagement.
But, until then, you can understand the 10Clouds way of doing business by listening to one of their happy customers, now an evangelist:
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Client testimonial - working with 10Clouds
Polidea - We Create Business Stories Through Technology
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Website: https://www.polidea.com/
No. employees: 60+
Technologies: Node, Django, React, AWS,
Services: mobile development, web development, UX design, IoT, cloud computing, VR, augmented reality
Verticals: healthcare, finance, consumer goods
Key clients: Philips, Dolby, HP, StepStone, Estimote, Genentech, Applause, DaWanda
Offices: Warsaw (HQ)
Reviews: 4.9 - Clutch (8 reviews)
CEO: Grzegorz Kapusta
A Clutch awarded company, as a top app development company in Poland, Polidea is turning 10 this year.
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Learning and sharing are in the Polidea DNA, as its CEO proudly states. This is why they organized the MCE Conference, one of the largest tech conferences in Europe, for 5 editions.
The Polidea involvement with Open Source, meetups, and local initiatives simply reinforces their passion for community.
So, when you mix knowledge and the power of sharing, you might end up working with top players such as Philips, Dolby or HP?
We’ll see about that in our next blog post.
Until then, watch Grzegorz Kapusta speak about Polidea here:
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Video about Polidea
SoftwareMill - Your Software Team
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Website: https://www.softwaremill.com/
No. employees: 40+
Technologies: React, Java, Javascript, Angular, Heroku, Scala, AWS,
Services: big data, machine learning, blockchain, web applications
Verticals: messaging, finance & banking, energy, e-commerce, logistics
Key clients: Tipser, Knip, Zerigo, IP Integrated, Vocado, Attikis, Intellii
Offices: Warsaw (HQ)
Reviews: 4.9 - Clutch (9 reviews)
CEO: Tomasz Szymanski
SoftwareMill ranks 10 in Top Custom Software development companies in Poland, by Clutch. It’s closely followed by Infopulse, also Warsaw-based.
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What’s striking from the marketer’s point of view, is the abrupt expansion of website organic traffic during 2018. This means that SoftwareMill is going inbound.
It couldn’t be a coincidence, that the organic traffic is booming since Maria Wachal joined the SoftwareMill team as a Growth Manager.
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So, this was just a spoiler alert for what’s following in our next blog posts in the Warsaw IT Outsourcing series.
So, stay tuned.
Wrap up
It’s been almost 15 years since Poland has joined the EU. European funding has flown in all these years, empowering businesses all over the country. This led to huge economic and social transformations across Poland.
Warsaw was at the heart of all this.
In the last years, a new chapter is unfolding in Warsaw’s development.
A chapter wrapped in innovation and shared knowledge. It’s like a new “golden age”.
Companies like 10Clouds, Polidea and SoftwareMill are making a statement in IT outsourcing by rising to Deloitte and Clutch tops.
What statement, you say? Well, let me spoil this a bit for you. To make it a bit easier for you I’m gonna lay out here some of my learnings after so much research:
Don’t be afraid to experiment with your organization’s structure: remote teams, flat organizational structures could work for you, as it does for SoftwareMill. This might help your employer brand too.
Get your team members involved in content writing, who else would fit better to promote your company culture, products you’ve designed, or speak of your expertise with a certain framework? This is the case for all analyzed software development companies: SoftwareMill, Polidea, and 10Clouds.
Try hosting your blog on Medium, this way you can open up to a whole new audience - see SoftwareMill and 10Clouds. In their case, the strategy had another advantage: the social media traction went through the roof.
Slideshare - put here some amazing decks, it’s all about reaching out to new audiences. This is what’s getting SoftwareMill thousands of views.
Go offline. In a digital world, human interactions are deeply valued. Organize meetups (10Clouds), conferences (Scalar Conference by SoftwareMill, MCE by Polidea), make people speak about you (potential clients or employees).
Video content is the future! Use it for your client testimonials, for promoting your company’s culture. 10Clouds are really nailing this. Also, you can repurpose some of your content for Youtube, as Polidea does with some of its case studies.
Case studies are essential to prove your expertise. Combine them with testimonials and numbers that speak of the success of the product you’ve built (like in the case of 10Clouds).
Build open-source solutions: this is a new way of getting traction from a whole new audience. Take RxAndroidBLE from Polidea for example, a powerful tool for Bluetooth Low Energy coding, that has received 2000+ stars on GitHub.
So, did I make your curious or not?
Now, competition is fierce in Warsaw and outside of it. Poznan, Wroclaw and Krakow are also getting the hang of success. Their stories are included in our ebook "The Growth Marketing Secrets of Top European Software Houses - Poland Edition 2019".
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How to Get Your Wedding Published - In Partnership with Two Bright Lights
Are you wondering how to get your wedding published?  Of course you are!  Whether you are a couple, parent, or creative, seeing your wedding published online and in print is one of the most thrilling things that can happen!
Before starting my wedding planning business, I spent literally years looking at real weddings both online and in print. The couples looked gorgeously in love.  The weddings themselves were filled with inspiring details.  The wedding planners, photographers, and designers featured were my version of rock stars and teen idols!  As a planner, I studied the real wedding features, hoping to learn the secrets of how to create work worthy of showcasing.  
When I became engaged, I immediately looked to blogs and magazines.  Isn't that funny?  After all these years in the industry, I still wanted to see what was happening, an dreamt of having my own wedding shared by a publication that I loved.
But getting published isn't easy!  Every blog and editorial has it's own set of requirements and a preferred submission method.  Submitting one wedding could take hours, if not days.  Then I discovered Two Bright Lights, a professional platform that allows a wedding submission to be crafted one time, in one place, and then submitted to various publications, all from one dashboard.  Initially only offered to photographers (BOOOO!) I stalked them and broke their will.  The moment that the platform was available to planners I signed up, and am thrilled to say that ever since I have had a 100% published rate!  In fact, a number of my weddings have been shared on multiple blogs, which is always thrilling to me!  Plus, it makes my couples Internet Famous...And who doesn't want to be the envy of brides and grooms across the world!?!
In celebration of my upcoming Instagram Take Over with Two Bright Lights, I am giving you the best tips I have on how to get your own wedding published!
HOW TO GET YOUR WEDDING PUBLISHED
Top 10 Tips on Getting Your Real Wedding Featured Online & In Print
1.  Hire an established Wedding Planner.  If getting published is important to you, then you want to work with a wedding planner who has relationships not only with spectacular creatives, but with editors.  Your wedding planner will talk to you about your personal style, design the day, and then identify which publications are a match for your wedding.  Furthermore, your wedding planner should have the tools and know how to craft a well thought out submission, and to then present that work to the best of the best in the editorial world (with the help of TBLs, of course)!
2.  Photographer, Photographer, Photographer.  The art and eye of your photographer is the gateway to having your wedding published. How your photographer sees the world is important.  Are they bright and sunny?  Artistic with a flare for drama?  Are their images highly manipulated and edited, or are they gorgeous and show-worthy right from the start? Once you identify the style that you like, look for a photographer that has been published by top sites and in respected magazines already.  Not only will editors remember their work and want to feature them again, but they know what editors want in terms of details, formatting, and framing. These photographers often shoot things two ways - once for the couple, and once for the submission.  
3.  Details are everything.  Don't skimp on the little things.  These personal touches and extras are what make your wedding unique and feature worthy.  Love lemons?  Use them as your escort card holders, but also explain WHY they are important.  Make a list of 15 - 20 special elements that you are including in your wedding, and write a quick sentence or two about why this element was important for you to have, and how having it impacted your guest experience.
4.  Be Better Than A Knock Off.  We have all seen the same images on blogs, Instagram, and in magazines.  After a while, a trend of beloved element blurs and gets lost in the shuffle.  Therefore, if you want to catch the eye of an editor (and readers!) you need to be better than a knock off of the last 5 posts you liked.  This goes back to my own personal style motto, "Be timely, and timeless."   It's fine to have macaroons, or balloons, or any other element that you love as long as you interpret it and make it your own.  Don't be afraid to use things you love from your own home.  These items are sure to be personal, well loved, and unique.  
5.  Create a Fashion Story.  How many times have you been to a gorgeous wedding but the fashion falls flat?  People and publications love seeing the pretty, so work to create a couture look and feel.  There are phenomenally talented stylists that are available to you.  A wedding stylist will not only help you select wedding dresses and tuxedos, but they will also help with the selection of veils, accessories, and shoes.  Don't forget your bridal party!  Bridesmaids and groomsmen are equally important to the look and feel of the whole wedding.  Make sure that their attire compliments your couple's look, so that the group photos are stunnings and stylish!
6.  Hair and Make Up For All!  Brides.  Grooms.  Bridal Party.  Parents. Everyone that is going to be photographed at your wedding could benefit from having a professional touch up their look.  Avoid shiny faces and random fly away hairs but keeping you beauty team on hand for touch up before portraits and major moments.
7. Write and Epic Love Story.  I'll tell you a secret...I typically write my submissions stories before the wedding happens!  After all, I know what it is going to look and feel like, I know the order of the day's events, and I know all the players.  As a part of my timeline creation process, I write the couple's love story and give a little information about who they are, how they fell in love, and what brought them to this moment.  Then, I write about the wedding as if it has already happened.  This helps me walk through the day with a bird's eye view.  It's helpful as a planner, because it allows me to see any holes or potential problems and fix them in advance. But it also is a little bit of The Secret and visualization - I see the day as I want it to unfold. I know it will be perfect; I've seen it happen.  Then, when I am at the wedding, I look for authentic moments that will enhance the story.  I use my phone to jot down quotes and anything that I want to include in the text.  This makes the submission process so much easier!
8.  Get Organized!  Your photographer will take thousands (literally, thousands!) of images throughout your day.  Some of you will get only the highlights; say the top 300!  Others will give you access to all of them.  To submit your work properly, you want to get organized!  I create a folder for each wedding, and then subfolders for photos that include:
Getting Ready 
Details
Bridal Party
Ceremony
Formal Portraits
Reception
Highlights
Submission
Once I have my images organized, I copy my favorites from the Top 6 Folders and add them to Highlights. From here, I likely have over 150 images still in play.  To avoid being redundant or overwhelming to editors, I now cull the images down to the top 100 images.  These are then renamed in sequential order and uploaded to Two Bright Lights.
9.  Credit Your Creatives.  It's the right (and nice) thing to do!  You want to make it easy for editors to say YES to your feature.  By crediting as many creatives as you can, you allow the publication to see just how many wonderful people worked on your wedding, and you save them the trouble of having to track them down.  Be sure to include the name of the official name of the business, the individual you worked, and all contact information including the website, email address, and social media handles!
10.  Be Patient!  While not all publications require exclusivity, editors appreciate being able to break a story, so to speak.  Therefore, let everyone in your pro circle know that you would like to have the wedding featured, and ask that they keep your images off social media until  it's been officially shared by the blog that you have come to terms with.  Trust me, I KNOW how hard this is!!!  I have a stunner of a wedding that took place in December of last year, and I can't show a drop of it!  I am dying....
But I know that the pay off will be worth the wait!  The moment that the wedding hits my bride and groom will be internationally internet famous!  And the beyond talented teams that I worked with will earn the accolades and praise that they so deserve!
A big "Thank You" to my friends at Two Bright Lights for working with me so closely and for making sure that my work is always seen. 
If you are a wedding pro that has found this helpful please leave a note below!  And if you are a couple interested in wedding planning reach out to me NOW so that we can start designing and working towards getting your beautiful faces featured someplace fab!
Until then...xoxo...always...
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