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.
If you think product development comes after business strategy, you're leaving money on the table and falling behind your competitors. Don’t do that.
In this episode, you'll learn why smart business …
If you have an idea for an app or a tech business, you can now make a test product in just 15 minutes using AI tools.
But, you have to know how to use them wisely, so you don’t make pretty products t…
Have you ever wondered about how to work with developers effectively without becoming one yourself?
It all starts with five simple, non-technical questions.
In this episode, you'll learn what you nee…
You can get your dream job, your dream client or your ideal investor at a tech event. But, going to a tech conference can also be a spectacular waste of money.
So how do you get the former and avoid …
How do you make something completely new? And does the process differ if you’re in a tiny start-up or a tech giant like Google?
Listen to this episode to find out.
You will learn from Maria Fernandez…
If you want to understand how tech companies work from the inside, you need to know what product managers do.
People who master this skillset go on to be successful entrepreneurs, run tech companies …
If you want to make a successful product, or have a great career, what do you need to focus on today?
Listen to this episode to find out.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
02:06 Product vs. Marketing …
Do you want to know how one of the world’s largest fintech companies stays on top?
Paypal’s innovation strategy is actually simpler and cheaper than you probably think.
Listen to this episode to lear…
Have you ever wondered why some people find smart innovative solutions to problems, and others stay stuck?
In this episode, you'll learn you a simple technique that innovators use to make new product…
How can you tell which innovations will last and what’s just hype? Are we in a generative AI bubble?
There is a methodology called the Hype Cycle that venture capitalists use to answer these question…
Every time you see Login with Facebook or Pay with Paypal on an app, you’re seeing a tech tool called an API.
This tool allows companies to make millions of dollars, reach billions of people, and col…
If we know that ChatGPT makes things up, when should we avoid Large Language Models?
Is generative AI really safe to use when it matters?
Listen to this interview with Dr Heidy Khlaaf to find out.
D…
If you want to be an innovator in the Digital Age, you must learn from those who came before you.
Here are Sophia Matveeva's top 3 recommendations for what to listen to to get the best innovators les…
10,000 flight cancellations, disruptions in the UK National Health Service, and the banking sector cast into turmoil.
The CrowdStrike outage sent the entire world into disarray.
In this episode of th…
What happens when an acquirer asks to buy a start-up?
The journey between the offer letter and money in the bank is long, arduous, and can sometimes lead to less money in the bank than the founders …
"The success strategies for individuals and companies are remarkably similar," Reid Hoffman.
You can apply product innovation and start-up principles to your own career.
This will help you assess wh…
To succeed, corporates and start-ups must innovate.
Learn how to manage technology strategy as a Business Leader from MBA professor Alberto Galasso.
Professor Galasso teaches Strategic Management and…
Do you want to have tech companies and venture capitalists as your clients?
This can be very lucrative and interesting.
If the answer is yes, listen to this episode.
This interview was originally ai…
If you want to have a GREAT CAREER in the Digital Age, just being good at your job isn't enough.
Listen to this episode to learn the key skills every professional needs to thrive.
This episode is fo…