Tech for Non-Techies
Tech for Non-Techies helps Business Leaders have great careers in the Digital Age, with episodes on innovation, digital transformation, start-ups and how technology is changing business.
Learn tech concepts, apply them to business strategy, and get practical advice on how to succeed as a Digital Leader today.
Learn how to work with tech clients, transition career, succeed in digital transformation and start a company as a non-technical founder.
Tech for Non-Techies is for:
- Leaders in corporates going through digital transformation
- Non-technical founders
- Professionals who want to transition into a career in tech
- Tech investors
Hosted by tech entrepreneur, executive coach and Chicago Booth MBA Sophia Matveeva.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 268
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
8. Intro to User Experience Design
Key Learning Points:
- The International Standardisation Organisation defines user experience as “a person’s perceptions and responses that result from the use and anticipated use of a product, syst…
7. Intro to Algorithms and Big Data
The key learning points from this episode are:
- Algorithms are just sets of rules for computers to follow
- Algorithms need data to be useful
- Data is by definition historic because it is information on…
6. Intro to Product Management with Facebook's Rags Vadali
In this episode Sophia Matveeva talks to Rags Vadali about what product management is, what PMs do and what you need to get a job in PM.
Rags Vadali has managed product at Google, Facebook and vario…
5. Top Mistakes Non-Technical Founders Make
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…
4. What Non-Technical Founders Need to Know About Tech
David Segura is a perfect example of how non-techies can thrive in technology. His first venture, Giant Media, was a native video advertising exchange which David sold for millions to an ad tech comp…
The Most Important Thing About Tech
1. What's Tech for Non-Techies?
Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates eclipse the imagination as founders of tech behemoths. But being a computer science major isn't the only way to succeed in tech, either as a founder or an executive.
Ho…
2. How I Built A Global Social Network
Robyn is the CEO & Founder of HER, the world’s largest brand for LGBTQ women & queer people. Their app is home to 5 million people across the world, with dating and community connections, and their e…