# Devika Blog

**🎙️ Steve Shelley – Building a $1B Tech Unicorn**  
Building a $1B Tech Unicorn Listen Now. Steve Shelley started his career cleaning planes and went on...

**Jordan McCreary: From >50 Studios to Scalable Tech**  
Listen Now. After a decade of scaling and operating over 50 fitness studios across four countries, Jordan...

**Devika Achieves AWS Generative AI Competency**  
Devika becomes the first Ingram Micro partner in APAC to achieve the AWS Generative AI Services Competency,...

**Paul Pisani: From Hospitality to $100M+ in Transactions**  
Listen Now. What started with a bill for some buzzers in a chicken shop became ClevaQ: a...

**Zeryab Cheema – Teenage Exit to Scaling with Amazon**  
Listen Now. At just 19, Zeryab Cheema sold his first tech startup for 7 figures. But instead...

**Evan Daly – How Glean Became a Global Fitness App**  
Listen Now. After a career-ending injury as a jockey, Evan Daly rebuilt his life from the ground...

**What Impacts App Maintenance Costs?**  
App maintenance costs are an often-overlooked part of running a tech business. From security updates to integrations...

**How We Took a Hosting Bill from $2.5K to Almost Nothing**  
A critical element of running your app is hosting. Hosting is the cost of running your app...

**Launching Build & Scale with Devika**  
We’re excited to announce the launch of Build and Scale with Devika, a new podcast that takes...

**Announcing Three Key Promotions at Devika**  
As Devika continues to scale, we’re excited to announce three strategic promotions that strengthen our leadership team...

**3 Hidden Features In Devika’s Logo**  
We’ve had this logo for five years. You’ve seen it on our site. In apps. Maybe...

**App Development Tips from Devika’s Delivery Manager**  
Everyone has an app idea, but few make it to launch on time or on budget. With...

**The 3 green flags that can secure your pre-seed investment**  
Seeking pre-seed investment? You don’t need revenue to raise. You need clarity. As a founder, navigating the...

**Why you shouldn’t use AI built apps … Yet**  
We’re hearing plenty of hype about AI-built apps. Quick, cheap, no-code promises are everywhere. But in reality,...

**Should You Rebuild or Keep Building? 🧠**  
🚩 The red flags we spot in tech products, and how to know if yours can scale....