Tech for Non-Techies

Learning notes from this episode:

• Always work with designers before hiring developers. 
• Come to UX designers with a problem you want to solve, rather than a feature list
• When you're thinking of ta…

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Good product managers

• Know the market, the product and the competition
• Take full responsibility for the success of the product
• Marketing counterparts to the engi…

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• To get into product management, you need to build a product. I doesn’t have to be a full mobile app. You can start with something very simple, like a blog or a ne…

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• Asaf Navot does not have a technical co-founder at Home Made. His first technical hire was a Product Manager, not a CTO.
• When you are considering investing your t…

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• There is a difference between technology enabled businesses and deep tech businesses. Technology enabled businesses use tech to deliver a product or service cheap…

Lessons from this episode:

• These lessons are based on Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs.
• "The reason Apple can create products like the iPad is that we've always tried to be at the interse…

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• There is a difference between deep tech investing, such as bio tech, and investing in commercial and UX innovation. For deep tech, you absolutely must have deep t…

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• Non-technical founders are the interface between the product team and the users. They focus on making the right product, not getting the product right.
• Setting th…

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• The Silicon Valley unicorn model of growth at all costs is not applicable to all tech startups.
• "Camel companies" can survive a drought, i.e. they were created in…

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• The time to transition into tech is now, as lockdowns have moved our lives online. You can do this with a job change, or by investing or starting your own tech ve…

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• The design process begins with questioning whether a product needs to exist in the first place. Start with research and customer interviews before you build a pro…

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• As a non-technical founder, you don’t need a technical co-founder, but you do need a web of tech experts to advise you.
• Learning to admit that you don’t have all …

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• Outsourcing can be done in 3 ways: with an agency (focus on design), a development shop (focus on engineering) or a product studio (holistic approach to the entir…

Learning notes from this episode:

• Prepare to pitch to a technical co-founder as you would to an investor: have a plan, understand your market and know your target customer
• Choices developers make …

Learning notes from this episode:

• Networking is key to making a career transition. Meet people who are doing the job you are interested in and learn from them.
• To transition into a PM role, start …

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• If you want to transition into Big Tech from a non-technical career, start by working on digital initiatives 
• Use storytelling and public speaking to stand out in…

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Learning points from this episode:

• Product strategy sets the vision of the future trends for your busin…

Learning notes from this episode:

• Product managers define "the what, the when and the why of the product," - what the product is, what the priorities are within the product and why it needs to exi…

Key learning points from this episode:

• The tech sector is growing exponentially, so the time to invest in tech is now.
• A decade ago only 1 company out of the top 10 companies in the world by marke…

Key learning points:

• AI is already changing industries and the economy by making simple operations run faster
• A business model is how a company aims to create and capture value
• An operating model …