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6 things to ask before working with Eastern European tech companies from Poland 🇵🇱

𝟰. 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁?

Usually Polish tech companies will openly ask if you have any existing documentation or if you want them to prepare it. Often things related to the initial proposal are also considered part of documentation and so some companies may charge you for that even if (or especially if) you don’t decide to work with them. Ask openly about it before any work on any requirements, documentation or paperwork begins.

6 things to ask before working with Eastern European tech companies from Poland 🇵🇱

𝟯. 𝗙𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀?

The most common practice for the Polish domestic market is doing projects with a fixed price. However, there is a portion of the companies who, when cooperating with foreign businesses, will expect the time and material approach. Even if your country has certain typical practices related to each of these paying approaches, it’s better to establish the rules one by one when cooperating with a foreign tech company, and that goes for Polish tech companies as well.