Carbon Five Sponsors Tech Inclusion 2020: The Next Wave of Leadership
We’re excited to announce our sponsorship of Tech Inclusion: The Next Wave of Leadership, an all-virtual conference in 2020, hosted by Change Catalyst on October 13-15.
Finding Meaning in Mentorship at Scale
Last month, Carbon Five New York participated in Tech: NYC’s Summer Bridge 2020 program in coordination with local nonprofit, El Barrio’s Operation Fightback. Summer Bridge is the nation’s largest youth employment program, giving some 35,000 disadvantaged NYC teens and young adults paid experience along with an opportunity to build important life skills and get exposure to new …
Carbon Five Roll Call: Mandy Valladares, Senior Product Designer
Carbon Five Roll Call is a new blog series introducing you to your next team of product managers, designers and software engineers. Learn more about us and how we can help support your next project. Meet Mandy! Name: Mandy Valladares Title: Senior Product Designer Hometown: San Francisco, CA Carbon Five Office: New York
Greenfield Projects: Seven Ways to Set Yourself Up for Success
Greenfield projects have a hidden set of needs — and each one can be an opportunity for growth if handled well! But if handled poorly or if not handled at all, these pitfalls can perpetuate and multiply across the lifetime of the project, taking you further and further away from your treasure and further into the endless cave of despair.
The Future of Digital Healthcare: Interview with Nick Altebrando from AbleTo
The health and wellness industry is being forced to quickly adapt to new norms faster than ever before. Telemedicine and telehealth services are now on the rise. Contactless patient care and remote check-ups are becoming routine. Customer needs and behaviors are changing almost daily. So what does this mean for the future of health and …
New to Mobile App Design? Six Things to Know for Your Next Mobile Project
At the start of any project, one of the first things to consider is what technology solution the product should be built for. A website? A mobile app? Should it be for iPhone or Android…or both? As mobile apps lead the charge in user acquisition, the ability for a designer to solve problems for the …
Carbon Five Roll Call: Brandy Davis-Balsamo, Managing Director
Carbon Five Roll Call is a new blog series introducing you to your next team of product managers, designers and software engineers. Learn more about us and how we can help support your next project. Meet Brandy! Name: Brandy Davis-Balsamo Title: Managing Director Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL Carbon Five Office: New York City
Story Nanoslicing
It’s the start of a new project for our team, and we’re all excited to get development rolling. The Product Owner’s grand vision sounds great, but how do we get from that vision to the day-to-day detailed stories we’ll need to work on? We’re not about to go off into a cave to build in …
Carbon Five Roll Call: Dan DeCoste, Business Development Lead
Carbon Five Roll Call is a new blog series introducing you to your next team of product managers, designers and software engineers. Learn more about us and how we can help support your next project. First up, meet Dan! Name: Dan DeCoste Title: Business Development Lead Hometown: Richmond, KY Carbon Five Office: New York
Creating Successful Online Banking Products – Agile Growth Workshop Recap
Banking and financial institutions are rapidly working on digitizing products to stay relevant and better serve customers, but, the truth is, modernizing banking experiences is incredibly difficult. A digital project in the banking world is nothing short of an order of magnitude. The requirements behind developing successful banking products are staggering compared to the average …