Let’s dive into 12 things to do to launch a technology startup after coming from a nontech background. This slideshare is the amalgamation of things that I tell our customers to do as they get on their journey to build their company. https://success.mindbowser.com/2mln

1. How To Launch A Tech Startup
Without A Tech Background

2. 1. Learning Basics Of
Technology
Yes, you can skip to learn
programming, but you have to
learn enough to be able to speak
with your team and get a feeling
of how they are doing.

3. 2. Learning Non-tech
Tools To Become An
Effective Manager
There are many tools that you can
learn to effectively manage your
team as a manager and CEO.

4. There would be some areas
where the team would look up to
you. Most important thing is
mastering your industry as the
team may totally rely on you for
that.
3. Understand Your
Areas Of Contribution

5. Learn the tools that you can use
to communicate your ideas. It can
be your expression in words, excel
sheets, and even sketches that
you can create.
4. Learning The Art Of
Visual Representation

6. Learn how to talk to customers,
how to communicate to
developers, how to measure
developer productivity.
5. Gaining Specific
Business Skills

7. Build a reliable network and
become friends with the people
who may be able to help. Actively
seek help on what you find
puzzling.
6. Ask For Help

8. Most accelerators have a lot of
mentoring and expert sessions
that can be very useful.
Accelerator programs can also
help you partner with corporates
for pilot-projects.
7. Get Into Accelerator

9. Books help you cultivate your
thoughts and learn from others
who have done it before. Books
from other entrepreneurs give
you ideas about the concrete plan
to launch and execute your
business.
8. Read Books

10. Choose your mentors and if
possible form an advisory board
with multiple people. Meet and
update your progress as per
cadence and take advice.
9. Get A Mentor

11. By learning about SDLC, you are
learning your development team
language and being able to direct
them to the right processes or
rather identify if a wrong practise
is being used.
10. Learn About Software
Development Lifecycle

12. As a nontech founder, you will
need someone who you can rely
on to be able to make technical
decisions and take care of the
technology aspects.
11. Have A Tech
Consultant/Virtual CTO

13. Hiring the wrong people is bad
for a company, but for a startup, it
is fatal. To prevent any loss due to
employees’ mistakes and
inexperience you need to hire the
correct way.
12. Hiring The Right
Team

14. In summary, building a technology company is hard but
not impossible. By taking the right steps and guidance,
you can multiply your own impact and for everything else
you can outsource or hire.

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