EP 144 Successfully Lead Technology Teams and Projects Without Being Technical
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Are you building a tech startup without having a tech background or prior tech experience? Our guest, Nelly Yusupova, is a CTO with over 18 years’ experience leading companies to...
show moreOur guest, Nelly Yusupova, is a CTO with over 18 years’ experience leading companies to technical excellence.
A start-up tech advisor, outsourced CTO, and the creator of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, Nelly is on a mission to help entrepreneurs minimize technology mistakes.
Through her online masterclass TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, she provides the roadmap to successfully manage technology teams and projects, without being technical or knowing how to code.
Just recently included in Fast Company’s, “League of Extraordinary Women,” Nelly has been at the forefront of the women’s online movement since 1999 and is a Wall Street Journal’s “Woman on the IT Fast Track.”
Nelly is a speaker and presenter for many organizations and major industry events including: Women’s Enterprise Center, NY Entrepreneurs Business Network, Small Business Summit, BlogHer, Social Media Jungle, Mom 2.0, BlogWorld, and has been featured in INC Magazine, NBC Today Show, Fast Company Magazine, SmartMoney, TechRepublic and more.
Nelly dives deep into what you need to know to successfully lead your tech team and tech projects even though you're a non-tech founder!
To grab Nelly's generous 15% discount on her classes, visit: https://techspeak.co/classes and use code Startup15.
To learn more about TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, please visit: https://techspeak.co
Be sure to follow and connect with Nelly on social media:
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Facebook: https://facebook.com/digitalwoman
00:00 - meet Nelly!
06:00 - how Nelly fell in love with tech (BTW: she didn't know how to turn the computer on in her first day of computer science class!)
12:40 - the day Nelly fell in love with entrepreneurship
15:55 - be brave enough to say YES - Stitch That On A Pillow!
26:30 - ideal example of reiterating as a founder - Andelicious Moment
30:00 - meet TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs
41:20 - TechSpeak's 10 Step Process for creating a tech product
47:20 - how to avoid scope creep
48:44 - why you need to use agile product management vs. waterfall product management
50:00 - the biggest mistake founders make when outsourcing tech product management
57:20 - outstanding Founder Advice: I will figure things out
Thank you for carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!
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