Why you always have competitors, and how to assess them effectively
Paul NebelApril 29, 2021
Don’t fool yourself into thinking you have no competition. Find out who they are and learn from them how to make yourself stronger.
Posts by Year
2021
April 29, 2021
Why validating business customers is a challenge, and how to effectively master it
Paul NebelFebruary 01, 2021
Validating your start-up idea with business customers presents more challenges you might imagine. Find out how to identify and interview your key stakeholders.
How can we help you? Meet the Geovation Engineering Team
Paul NebelJanuary 14, 2021
The engineering team is here to help all hub members. Find out how in this post.
Why and how to speak to potential customers to validate your idea
Paul NebelJanuary 01, 2021
Only your customers have the answers you need. The sooner you can speak to them, the better it will be. This post shows you why and how.
2020
Will the world love your new idea? Here’s a way to find out
Paul NebelDecember 01, 2020
You’ve had an idea and identified your niche. Now find out what your potential customers think by creating a landing page.
It’s a wrap!
Paul NebelNovember 01, 2020
Can you calculate your annual profit using just internet searches?
If you want to get there, I wouldn’t start from here
Paul NebelOctober 01, 2020
The innovation startup road less travelled: What to do before you know what you’re doing
My Experience at Geovation
Johann RajakarunanayakeSeptember 30, 2020
A graduate’s experience of Geovation
You are a question. What is the answer?
Paul NebelSeptember 01, 2020
An innovative startup is the embodiment of a question. Do you know what question your startup is asking?
Be Prepared
Paul NebelAugust 01, 2020
A non-technical founders guide to the accounts and artifacts you’ll have to create to bring your technical startup to life.
Walk a mile in your customers’ shoes
Paul NebelJuly 01, 2020
When you’re trying to establish problem-solution fit it’s really important to think like a customer, not a product owner
HTTP headers: The bare-knuckle fight of application security
Aymar BellJuly 01, 2020
The benefits of implementing HTTP security headers
If it’s not written down, it didn’t happen
Paul NebelJune 01, 2020
It can be difficult and tedious to write down your value propositions but it will pay dividends in the end
Why ethical hacking is relevant for start-ups?
Aymar BellMay 11, 2020
An explanation of the benefits of Web Application testing for start-ups
De-Rumsfelding, or Managing unknown unknowns
Paul NebelMay 01, 2020
If you’re not sure then test to find out. If you’re sure then test to show how right you are. You know what? Just test!
The Blueprint for Success
Paul NebelApril 01, 2020
Create a service blueprint, understand your process and discover your unique value
Learning to be a software developer, specialising in ethical hacking
Aymar BellMarch 26, 2020
An insight in the life of a junior software developer with a focus on cyber security
What’s the point of a Prototype?
Paul NebelMarch 01, 2020
What you can and can’t expect from a Prototype product
Why? comes after What!
Paul NebelFebruary 03, 2020
If your assumptions are too abstract you can’t test them. Use the Toyota ‘5-Whys’ strategy to make them digestable.
The Geovation Approach to Development for Startups
Paul NebelJanuary 01, 2020
How the Geovation Development Team works with the Startups on our Accelerator Programme
2019
The Value Proposition Statement is much more useful than it appears
Paul NebelDecember 01, 2019
It can seem limiting, almost simplistic, but the Value Proposition Statement can be very useful in concentrating the mind and achieving clarity.
What is the Value Proposition for?
Paul NebelNovember 01, 2019
Before we can build a solution we need to understand the problem. Then we can test how well our solution fits the problem.
Getting investment: The 3 C’s
Paul NebelOctober 01, 2019
How to get investors to listen to your startup idea.
2018
Modelling your data processing flow in QGIS
Max StephanDecember 12, 2018
An introduction to the processing modeler of QGIS. Based on a simple scenario the aspects of this tool will be discussed and a step-by-step tutorial of how t...
3 JavaScript Tools for Collaborative Editing
Paul NebelOctober 09, 2018
A short discussion of 3 JavaScript frameworks that can be used for collaborative editing using Operational Transformations
Getting started with the Data Science pipeline
Harry OdellSeptember 13, 2018
A beginners framework/introduction to the Data Science pipeline
UK Highway Maps Data Mismatch
Dr Yousaf Omar AzabiAugust 14, 2018
A script to find mismatched information of roads from different datasets providers to facilitate map updates and reduce the cost of gathering the information...
4D changes with Mapbox GL JS
Konstantinos DalkafoukisAugust 01, 2018
A demo that shows 3D changes over time using Mapbox GL JS
Dynamic Server-Side Clustering for Large Datasets
Paul NebelJanuary 30, 2018
Recent work for a startup leads to a method for compressing large amounts of location data (100K+ locations) server-side in order to reduce latency and incre...
2017
Downloading protected files from Google Cloud Storage
Sebastian OvideDecember 19, 2017
How to let users download files from Google Cloud Storage when they are not publicly accessible.
Introduction to MatchMyRoute - an app for matching up experienced with inexperienced cyclists
Max StephanAugust 16, 2017
Geovation does not only support project of their programme members, but we also work on our own projects. MatchMyRoute links into our current annual focus of...
UX Ideation and Requirements Workshop for designing with start-ups
Chris HallJuly 11, 2017
At Geovation we play the role of a start-up accelerator – that means we bring start-ups into our programme and provide them funding and expertise to develop ...
Introducing Tippecanoe Directory Support
Joy Shan-Chun KuoJune 07, 2017
This post describes how we have modified Tippecanoe to achieve directory support.
Build Your Own Static Vector Tile Pipeline
James GardnerMay 19, 2017
Following on from Tiler, this post looks at the low level commands necessary to generate vector tiles from scratch. I’ll also describe how to use attributes ...
Introducing Tiler
James MilnerMay 14, 2017
An introduction to Tiler, a config oriented vector tile pipeline