Tech for Non-Techies

Making a prototype is a key step in your journey in bringing your tech idea  to life. Begin with UX research, which we covered in last week’s episode.

With your research done, it’s time to move on to…

The prototyping process is the first step in the product development journey. To go from idea to live app, site or algorithm, you need to test it with target users.

A good prototype can get you fundi…

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• APIs are tiny snippets of code that allow one tech product to be integrated into another tech product. For example, each time you see Login with Facebook in a web…

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• The bit of an app or site you interact with is called a front end. If you can touch it, swipe it or speak to it, it is a front end. The front end is a computer t…

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• The new breed of tech successes today value people who have a strong understanding of the user, not only engineering. 
• Many of the technologies underlying the pro…

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• Technical debt is the mess that gets left over from writing code and should be regularly cleaned up in order for the engineering team to work properly.

• Alexandr…

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• A product is a solution to a problem someone is experiencing. The goal of your product is to solve that problem.  
• Different products focus on different metrics…

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• Venture capitalists have three main jobs: sourcing deals and investing, raising capital for their own funds and helping the start-ups in their portfolio.
• Early st…

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The no code movement is the idea that you can build a digital product using existing tools, which you assemble together without writing any of your own code. It in…

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The tech CEO's job is to work with other people who have different skills to reach a clear business aim. It is not to supervise everything or do everything themselves. 

You can use te…

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Beri’s first hire was a designer, not a developer. He found her through via a recommendation. This is the best way to hire product talent.

Beri has never had a techn…

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• The server is like a brain: it is a processing organ. But, just as a brain needs sensory organs to give and receive information in the form of a mouth, eyes and ear…

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A product is a solution to a people problem. Before even contacting a product team, take time to investigate the people and the problem.

Marketers and designers go t…

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• While there are more apps on the Google Play store, Apple apps account for 70% of all revenue generated on Apple and Google combined.
• Apple users are wealthier th…

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• An algorithm is just a set of instructions that you put into a computer.
• JS created a prototype of his algorithm using a spreadsheet. The aim of his algorithm was …

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• A product is a solution to a people problem
• Companies that are successful over a long period of time understand the problem and make new solutions for it
• A compan…

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• Developers write computer code to make the design come alive. The vast majority of apps will need to have a front end and a back end.

• Front end developers crea…

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• Venture capitalists are investors in startups, but they also have to raise money from investors. Investors that invest into VC funds are called Limited Partners, …

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• FREE training: The Non-Technical Founder's Int…

Learning notes from this episode:

• Work with designers first: your first hire should be a user experience designer, not a developer.
• You don't need a CTO co-founder, but you do need a technical lea…