Broadmic Startup Shortcuts

Have you ever been guilty of the following crimes: thinking that you could start a company if only you could find a developer? Hiring a developer—your aunt’s cousin’s son—because he’s cheap? Taking a ‘hands off’ approach to managing your developer team? Then you need to listen to today’s guest, Nelly Yusupova, the CTO for Webgrrls and founder of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, a bootcamp for founders. After a decade of hearing complaints from founders about how they were being “ripped off” by developers, Nelly designed the boot camp with the interests of the non-technical founder in mind. In this episode, Nelly reveals the biggest roadblocks new founders face building their product. She shares a clear and detailed roadmap for how to build great product, talks about the four most common mistakes made by founders, why she’s an advocate for the agile approach to product development, and how embracing failure can lead to success. Finally...Nelly shares her secret sauce, a 7 step ‘how-to’ guide to building world cl