TechSpeak is an online learning program developed by a seasoned CTO, Nelly Yusupova, where she teaches entrepreneurs the most efficient & effective way to manage development teams and projects…all based on time-tested strategies and methodologies that she uses every day, on every feature, on every project, with every developer.

TechSpeak is a fast-paced, information filled program that will take you from apprehension and trepidation to energized and empowered. It will provide you with a roadmap to avoid costly technology mistakes and provide you with clarity, vision, and the ability to execute consistently on the right strategies…fast-tracking your success and save you years of expensive trial and error.

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned entrepreneur with a tech team, you will be able to learn a proven roadmap to accelerate your time to market. Every improvement in your process and team communications will have a great impact on your company's efficiency, speed, and bottom line.

All of the course materials including steaming videos, demos, PDF guides, checklists, and templates are within the online member portal so you can participate from anywhere.

The TechSpeak Self-Paced Program is designed for entrepreneurs and teams that want to learn the TechSpeak 10-step process and move through the learning as fast as possible…they create their own pace.  Self-paced learning program allows more flexibility as to pacing of the learning and they themselves take on the responsibility to remain focused and disciplined through it all.

In the self-pace program, individuals and teams go through the curriculum and the frameworks on their own and when ready, join the weekly personalized group coaching sessions (currently happening every Friday at 11am EDT).  

During the weekly coaching calls, they get answers to their questions, receive guidance and gain clarity, become highly motivated achievers. They become a part of a thriving community of like-minded professionals going through the TechSpeak self-paced program.  Students also have access to discounted 1:1 support with a fractional CTO, if they need it.  You can self-enroll in the TechSpeak Self-Paced program at any time.
 
The TechSpeak Accelerator is designed for entrepreneurs who would like to have a more direction oriented and structured experience with personalized guidance, advice, and accountability.  This means that it runs on a set schedule with a seasoned CTO guiding you every step of the way.
Every week, you will be assigned coursework where you will learn the materials and take decisive action on what you learn. You will be given templates, guides, and checklists so you can save time and focus on doing the work.
You will then bring your work and questions to our live group sessions where you will be working with a facilitator (currently me) who will check your work, give you feedback, and answer any questions you may have to further your momentum and to ensure you’re not getting stuck.

We will run the accelerator experience a few times a year.  The next cohort starts on October 10, 2024  

The Idea Stage Path & MVP Optimization Path of the TechSpeak accelerator will run in parallel and require participation in live sessions (which will be also available as recordings), working on assignments, and community interaction throughout the 10-week duration.
 
Every week, you will be assigned coursework where you will learn the materials and take decisive action on what you learn. You will be given templates, guides, and checklists so you can save time and focus on doing the work.

You will then bring your work and questions to our live group sessions where you will be working with a facilitator (currently me) who will check your work, give you feedback, and answer any questions you may have to further your momentum and to ensure you’re not getting stuck.

This way of learning is very effective as you will be able to watch the videos as many times as you want, pause when you need to, do your work at your own pace, and come to the live session prepared with concrete questions, or examples of what you want to accomplish, and with your personal sticking points.

We anticipate the following minimum commitment each week:
2 - 3 hours of live sessions
6 - 9 hours of work outside of live sessions
Total of at least 8-12 hours per week.

No worries! We’ve got you covered! Although we encourage live session participation, we do understand that things may come up and you may not be able to attend all live session. If you miss a session, a recording will be available to you.

The program is focused on software products from any industry and we believe that nearly any all expertise can be automated, systematized and scaled with software. 

Therefore businesses providing any type of services, consulting, or freelance that wants to build a tech product is a good fit.

If you don’t yet have a solid idea to pursue but would like to learn the skills necessary for when you have solidified your idea, the TechSpeak self-paced program is most likely a better option for you.

The 10-week accelerator pace and hands-on approach does not afford you the time you would need to validate and test multiple ideas. If you fall into this category, we recommend that you join the TechSpeak self-paced program.

Yes! In the Idea Stage Path, we’ll walk you through every step to validate your idea and build a clickable prototype of your possible solution. You'll also level up as a founder and learn all the steps of the development process and prepare you to manage a tech team effectively and efficiently.

Yes. If you already have an MVP in the market, you should choose the MVP Optimization Path of the accelerator to become leaner, more agile, more focused, and efficient, cutting your development costs by up to 50%.

We’ll teach you how to systematically revamp your product development process and iterate to success faster. Learn how to optimize your startup’s product development, manage your teams better, and cut your costs by up to 50%.

“Even though I have worked in Technology for years, I learned a huge amount of usable advice that I can apply straight away to improve my latest business. I would recommend this bootcamp to anybody either in or contemplating a startup".
James Sowry
Director, Radix Software

“I have a strong background in software & product development, but I still learned an enormous amount. Even if you are technical and work at a big company, you’ll learn tons of practical & innovative concepts that you can put to use immediately in your organization.”
Ben Vides
VP, Strategy Development at Acceller

“I’m a developer yet I learned a lot of leadership, CEO things at TechSpeak. This workshop is not just for “non-techie” people, it’s also for developers who don’t want to remain “code monkeys” for ever!
Shiva Manjunath
Full stack developer & entrepreneur 

“Had I known the information I learned at TechSpeak before, I wouldn’t just have a good exit, I would have had a GREAT exit.”
Josef Ruef
CEO of Verical.com & Mentor at Founder Institute

Yes! The team that learns together executes with one mind!  One of the biggest benefits of learning the TechSpeak process with your team is that you will all speak the same language (and process) and can hit the ground running by efficiently implementing the strategies that you all learn.

Yes, you can learn this process on your own and try to teach it to everyone else on your team, but not only is this going to be very hard because there are a lot of details in this training and this information is very difficult to teach, unless you are deeply familiar with the process...it is also time consuming to take on the responsibility for teaching everyone, rather than everyone learning the process at the same time on their own and be able to very quickly start working with the same set of principles.

Everyone on your team will have different experiences and will pick up different key elements from the same information and what I find is that when people learn this process together in parallel, they can teach each other these different key elements during planning and implementation of the concepts...pushing each other forward faster.

Team discounts:
2-5 people get 5% discount each
6+ people get 10% discount each

“I rescheduled surgery and missed an important family function to attend with no regrets. I’m sorry that I didn’t bring my entire staff!”
Susan Perry – CEO, Taylannas

“This is an entire soup-to-nuts workshop of everything you need to know to build a startup. This workshop would be great for the whole team!”
Ivy Eisenberg – Lean Customer Research/UX, Our Idea Works LLC

I’ve worked and mentored many entrepreneurs who have graduated from over 10 different accelerators and consistently see that entrepreneurs lack the knowledge of being able to execute on product development effectively…. accelerators assume that founders know it.

Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs:

• Don’t have the time to go to school or scour the Internet to learn all of the skills of product managers and project managers.
• Have technical leaders who don’t know an effective process based on Lean and Agile methodologies. This creates confusion, miscommunication, over building, delays, and dysfunction within their entire team.

Some entrepreneurs might know the Lean Startup terminology, but don’t actually know how to turn it into a process that their entire team can follow and execute on.

TechSpeak was designed specifically to address all of these issues and give founders and their teams a practical, actionable process that anyone from a team of 1 to a team of 50, or more, can execute and find product-market fit faster.

Our goal is to help our entrepreneurs learn these crucial skills without giving up ownership in their businesses and as such, we don’t offer funding nor require an equity stake in your company…you gain all of the knowledge and you keep all of your equity.

No. Any past experience will help, but, it’s, most definitely, not necessary.

The program is fast paced, but, I break down each process step-by-step and make sure everyone understands the material and as the curriculum is 100% online, you will be able to watch the videos as many times as you want, pause when you need to, do your work at your own pace, join the online sessions and get all of your questions answered and all of your concerns assuaged.

Again, you DO NOT need technical experience to participate. When I developed the program, I wanted to make sure that all entrepreneurs walked away with an entire product development process – starting with validating an idea, though planning & development, setting the company tone and culture, executing your plans, and using analytics to improve your product and scale.

Yes. The content of the program is location independent. We also will schedule the live sessions to accommodate as many time zones as possible.

Our goal is to have you pitch-ready so you can raise money to build your validated product…if you choose too.  You will be prepared to enter pitch competitions, pitch angel investors and/or friends and family, or even apply for grants.  We will provide you with resources to help you identify pitch competitions, investors, and grant opportunities.

Throughout the 9 weeks, you will be developing your pitch, practicing it, and refining it.

On week 10 you will be able to pitch your idea at demo day.

Also, as an intentional byproduct, throughout the 10-week program you will gain an understanding of how to sell and market to your customers, how to acquire customers, your sales and business model, and so much more.

After completing the Techspeak Accelerator program, you will continue to be a part of the online TechSpeak community of entrepreneurs through our Slack group. Our Slack group is a forum with other entrepreneurs who have gone through the TechSpeak self-paced or Accelerator program, so you can continue provide each other support and accountability. 

You will also continue to have lifetime access to the TechSpeak curriculum and the frameworks, templates, guides, and checklists so you can keep on working on them and optimizing your process as you continue to grow and scale.

Yes! After completion of the Techspeak Accelerator program, you will have an opportunity to join our weekly group coaching sessions at $97/mo.

You will also have access to discounted fractional CTO services that are available to all TechSpeak graduates.  The cost to graduates is $250/hr (vs $450/hr to everyone else) and there are no retainer minimums for graduates. Which means, you can book a session for as little as an hour when/if you need unbiased, high level, strategic advice from a Fractional CTO.

Yes! At TechSpeak, we are confident that you’ll get enormous benefit from the experience and we’re happy to back that up with our 90-day money back guarantee. See our refund policy for details.

If you follow and implement every one of the 10 steps in the process, it will help you think differently and on a whole new level. It will shift your thinking and shorten your timeline toward success. You will learn a lot of new concepts, terminologies, technologies and processes. So get ready to grow and have shifts in the way you lead, think, and work.

For Entrepreneurs:
If you own your own business, you may be able to expense the cost of the TechSpeak Accelerator as a business expense. Professional development, especially training that enhances your ability to run your business more efficiently, can often be considered a deductible business expense. This could include learning how to manage tech projects, improve your product development processes, and lead your team more effectively—all key components of the TechSpeak Accelerator.

To do this, you’ll want to ensure the expense is categorized correctly in your accounting software or records, typically under “Professional Development” or “Training.” Consulting with your accountant or bookkeeper can help confirm that this training qualifies as a business expense and is deducted properly on your taxes.

Investing in your skills through the TechSpeak Accelerator not only benefits you personally but can also contribute to the overall success of your business—making it a smart and justifiable expense.

For Employees:
Many companies support their employees’ professional development and offer reimbursement for training programs that enhance job-related skills. The TechSpeak Accelerator is designed to equip you with essential skills in managing tech projects and teams, making it highly relevant to roles in product management, project management, and leadership.

You can present this program to your employer as an investment in your ability to contribute more effectively to the company’s tech initiatives. It’s worth checking with your HR department or manager about the possibility of expensing this training as part of your professional development. If your employer has a budget for continuing education or training, they may be willing to cover some or all of the costs. I can also provide any documentation or details you need to help make the case to your employer. Just let me know!

Absolutely!  ! And, we look forward to the conversation book a call with Nelly by clicking here.