Elkhan Shabanov was born in the Soviet Union, and started out in the tech world. He eventually left tech to try some other types of businesses, but eventually returned. He has done a few early stage startups in the past, in particular in the 3d printing space before it was cool. Six years ago, he joined his current venture. Outside of tech, he enjoys traveling, and is in a competition with his daughter to see how many countries he can visit. When he reads, he prefers to go back to the books he has read and enjoyed before, and being in Texas, he is a big fan of grilling out on his big green egg.As I mentioned, six years ago Elkhan joined a company that wanted to be more than a software development shop. He and the founder of the company wanted to build a company that did more than throw bodies at a problem - but actually because a long term partner to their clients.This is the creation story of Digicode.SponsorsSpeakeasyQA WolfSnapTradeLinkshttps://www.mydigicode.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/elkhanshabanov/Our Sponsors:* Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com* Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com* Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORYSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Just like with any product, after launch, start looking at it and trying to identify ways to make it more valuable. You can call it by different names, but the bottom line is the more valuable is your product, the more people are ready to pay for it, and the longer they will be using it, especially considering that we live now in an age of subscription and a license-based product.
If we use that analogy to our service, increasing value and stickiness is probably the most obvious strategy. My name is Elkan Shabanov. I am CEO of Americas at DigiCode.
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He eventually left tech to try some other types of businesses, but eventually returned. He has done a few early stage startups in the past, in particular in the 3D printing space before it was cool. Six years ago, he joined his current venture, but outside of tech, he enjoys traveling and is in a competition with his daughter to see how many countries he can visit.
When he reads, he prefers to go back to the books he has read and enjoyed before. And being in Texas, he's a big fan of grilling out on his big green egg. As I mentioned, six years ago, Elkin joined a company that wanted to be more than a software development shop.
He and the founder of the company wanted to build a company that did more than throw bodies at a problem, but actually become a long-term partner to their clients. This is the creation story of DigiCode.
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