Put on your party pants! In this episode, you'll hear from Julie Novack, the CEO & non-technical co-founder of PartySlate. PartySlate is a platform that connects event professionals to people planning events.
During the pandemic, PartySlate had to quickly reinvent its offering, but...
“Come to developers with good research and understand your customer. If you don’t understand your customer, how can you expect the developer to build features for that customer?” says developer Ariana Waller, founder of Wally Tech.
Ariana works with non-technical founders and...
No code tools are a great way to build your first product, get it into users' hands and see if there is a business case. Once you've done that, you know what to invest in and why.
But, they are not a long term solution for many products. Listen to this episode what the no code movement is, how...
Whether you’re leading Netflix or a tiny start-up, you're going to develop similar skills. You will need to work with people who have different talents and skills to you, like your CTO or your tech lead.
Your job is to learn to ask the right questions and set clear aims, and then work with...
In this episode you'll hear from Beri Meric about how he built a global social platform as a non-technical founder. Beri began his career in banking, has an MBA from Harvard, and is drawn to big picture thinking rather than writing code.
IVY, a global content and community platform,...
In this episode, Sophia Matveeva spoke to serial entrepreneur and NASDAQ company board member Alexandra Charters Zubko. Alexandra co-founded Triptease, a global software as a service company with offices in London, New York and Singapore, which has raised $28 million in venture funding.
This is a...
When was the last time you said to yourself "today, I really want to use a glass?" Probably, never.
Yet, you've used a glass many times to solve the problem of bringing a liquid to your mouth.
In the context of technology, it’s so easy to think of a product as an app, or a site or an...
In this episode Sophia Matveeva covers the top five mistakes non-technical founders make, most of which she made herself.
The main five mistakes to avoid are:
- Don’t make developers your first hires. Your first hire should be a User Experience designer
- Don’t confuse...