Creating a product could be a complex process, and it takes a mix of skills, including a technical background. The idea of this post is to help non-technical founders in this journey with questions that, based on my experience as a founder of a company, could prevent mistakes that clients made when they built a product. How deep is your understanding of technology? Being a non-technical founder, your main goal is not to learn how to code, but you must …
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Hiring is the most critical part of any team/organization/company’s business strategy. Without a great team, you have nothing. The title of the post is Hiring Rock Stars, and yes, that is what all startups want and what you should be looking for, but depending on the maturity of the startup and the stage it is in, it will definitely require a different focus in terms of the seniority and experience of the candidates you are going to be hiring. Startup …
In many cases, one of the founders usually became the CEO of the startup and scaled with it; that was not my case; there is no good or bad answer about this; it will depend on each entrepreneur. I always like to build startups/companies that do not rely on me, so from the beginning of Tekton, I was always looking for a new CEO. When we talk about a CEO meaning in business, it is the chief executive officer, the …
What is culture? The best definition I like is that an organization culture is what happens when the founder or leader is not there. I genuinely believe that the significant reason Why Tekton survived all the challenges we faced was because of the team we were able to have, and all this was thanks to our culture; we have a lot and some very critical issues along the way. In this article I will explain examples of culture, you will …