Start a Company Without A Technical Co-Founder
No Technical Co-Founder? No Problem! How to bring your idea into reality without having someone to code it!
Created by Zvi Band
What you'll learn
- Gain the confidence to execute on an idea without having a technical co-founder on their team.
- Understand how a technical co-founder actually fits into the overall business.
- Have made at least a basic attempt at learning how to code.
- Will know how to work with outside resources to execute a technical project
- Will understand the basics of wire framing and product development
- Will know how to recruit a technical co-founder onto their team.
Requirements
- Have an idea that you know you want to start, and ideally have vetted it out by developing a business plan or using Lean Canvas.
Description
We have dreams of that perfect business idea. It’s amazing. It’s everything we know it could be. All we need is someone to build it.
And the dream dies there.
Well, no more.
- At the end of the course, students will:
- Gain the confidence to execute on an idea without having a technical co-founder on their team.
- Understand how a technical co-founder actually fits into the overall business.
- Have made at least a basic attempt at learning how to code.
- Will know how to work with outside resources to execute a technical project
- Will understand the basics of wire framing and product development
- Will know how to recruit a technical co-founder onto their team.
- Who should take this course:
- This course is for people who are passionately pursuing an idea of theirs, but lack the technical know-how to get started on building it.
- It’s also beneficial for entrepreneurs who want to have a better relationship with a technical co-founder.
- This course is not if you’re already a developer.
- What will students need to know or do before starting the course?
- Have an idea that you know you want to start, and ideally have vetted it out by developing a business plan or using Lean Canvas.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for people who are passionately pursuing an idea of theirs, but lack the technical know-how to get started on building it.
- It’s also beneficial for entrepreneurs who want to have a better relationship with a technical co-founder.
- This course is not if you’re already a developer.
Instructor
Developer, Founder, CEO
Zvi is the founder and CEO of Contactually, a venture-backed CRM for relationship- based businesses. An accomplished technologist and software leader, he previously led Workstreamer as CTO from its initial product development to acquisition. Prior to Contactually, Zvi ran a software consultancy firm, working for clients such as Ford, NYSE and Volkswagen. He serves as a mentor to two DC-based incubators—1776 and Acceleprise. He also founded ProudlyMadeinDC to promote DC entrepreneurship