In Steps 3, 4, and 5, you will learn the proper way to plan and prepare for development of your Minimal Viable Products (MVPs).
 
When defining Minimal Viable Products (MVPs), what most people think is correct is to reduce the number of features (for example from 10 features to 5 features), but it is not enough to simply reduce the number of features.  We will teach you how to define your MVPs based on your time and cost constraints.

Have you ever wondered how the exact same project can be estimated to cost $10K and $50K and both estimates can be completely valid and legitimate?  

The details of WHAT and HOW you build your product matter a lot.

You must plan your MVPs based on your time and cost constraints so you can launch quickly and inexpensively, and so you don’t build more than is necessary. For this to work, your development teams, whether in-house or outsourced, need to be trained in how to build products with Lean and Agile methodologies.

Your team will need to understand how to make decisions from the Learn early, learn often, learn cheap perspective…and many technical people are very uncomfortable doing this…they want to build the perfect solution that scales to millions of users, or use the “shiny new” technology that THEY want to learn and get experience in. But what you need to do is determine the minimal viable product that you can launch with and launch as quickly as possible and then refine, scale, and iterate from there.

In Steps 6, 7, 8, and 9, you will learn how to hire A-player developers that fit into your company culture and if you decided to outsource or off-shore the development, how to ensure that you don’t lose your money.

Every person in a startup is essential and when one is not performing to their full capacity, it creates delays and often times results in the decrease of the entire team’s morale, diminishing everyone’s productivity potential.



We will teach you our 7-Step Hiring Process that you can use to hire technical people, even as a non-technical person. You will also learn our framework for creating a culture for your startup and tips and techniques for working with outsourced and offshore development teams.
 


You will also learn how to manage your development process using the agile project management frameworks that I’ve refined over many years, to make sure you can deploy code quickly and efficiently and have the flexibility to be able to adjust the product roadmap if the need arises.  

The idea here is to increase the rate at which you are releasing new product features and/or improved functionality.  You will learn how to go from releasing every 3-6 months to 2 weeks to 1 week, to multiple time a day product releases, so you can launch early and often, which allows you to learn and iterate a lot faster.

Finally, you will learn how to implement a scaling strategy so you don’t waste money scaling too early but are prepared for when growth happens.

In Step 10, you will learn how to how to test the MVP with actual users that will be using your product, how to define your KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), what behavior analytics you need to track, and how to implement them so that instead of guessing, you can use data to make product improvement decisions.

Implementing behavior analytics will allow you to understand what specific parts of your application users use the most, what delights them and what makes them frustrated, what brings them back to using your application, and why they might not be coming back as often as you’d like.

All these new data points help you make decisions.

• Which one of your existing features needs to be improved and how?
• What new features and functionalities would make the product “stickier” so more and more of your existing customers use your product on a regular basis and recommend and refer new users to you.

Data-driven decision making to improving your product is transformational.

Instead of guessing what features to focus on to get more users to use your product, you will have data that will inform you on exactly what the next functionality is that you should be testing and implementing…preventing you from spending a lot of resources building the wrong things.

OPTION 1: IDEA STAGE PATH

Goal: Validate your idea, learn the tech process, and plan your MVP in 10 weeks.
We will walk you through every step to validate your idea and build and test a clickable prototype of your solution. We will also help you level up as a founder, make it easier for you to attract the right talent for your team, and teach you all the steps of the development process so you are prepared to manage your team. You will be able to build your tech product effectively and efficiently without wasting thousands of dollars to mistakes...extending your startup’s runways. No prior tech experience required!

10 week schedule (click title for details)

• Weeks 1 - 4: VALIDATE & REFINE YOUR IDEAS & IDENTIFY BEST PAYING CUSTOMERS
• Weeks 5 - 6: BUILD & VALIDATE A CLICKABLE PROTOTYPE OF A SOLUTION
• Week 7: LEARN THE PROPER WAY TO PLAN & PREPARE FOR DEVELOPMENT
• Week 8: LEARN HOW TO HIRE & HOW TO MANAGE YOUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
• Week 9: LEARN DATA & ANALYTICS TO MAKE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS
• Week 10: WRAP UP

OPTION 2: MVP OPTIMIZATION PATH

Goal: Become more lean, agile, focused, and efficient in 10 weeks.
We will walk you through every step to help you level up as a leader of your startup by teaching you how you can optimize your startup’s product development process. You will learn how to systematically revamp the way you manage your teams and projects and iterate to success faster, without wasting thousands of dollars to mistakes....extending startup’s runway. On average entrepreneurs can cut their product development costs by up to 50%. No prior tech experience required!

10 week schedule (click title for details)

• Week 1: LEARN TO VALIDATE & REFINE IDEAS FOR NEW FEATURES
• Week 2: LEARN TO BUILD CLICKABLE PROTOTYPES FOR NEW FEATURES
• Week 3: LEARN THE PROPER WAY TO PLAN & PREPARE FOR DEVELOPMENT
• Week 4: LEARN HOW TO HIRE & HOW TO MANAGE YOUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
• Week 5: LEARN DATA & ANALYTICS TO MAKE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS
• Weeks 6-10: YOUR PROCESS OPTIMIZATION IMPLEMENTATION
  In weeks 1-5, you will be learning the entire 10-Step TechSpeak process from beginning to end, so you can see the big picture behind the process, how each step in the process feeds the next one and sets it up for success…all steps are connected.  Now that you understand the whole process, in weeks 6-10, you will focus on implementing and incorporating the concepts of the TechSpeak process into your existing process so you can optimize your current process and save up to 50% on your product development costs.

You can join the 10 week expert-led skill building experience at any time.

When you register, you will get access to the curriculum immediately.

You will be able to schedule a 30 minute call with Nelly and she will help orient you and set your deadlines based on your chosen Path (Idea Stage Path or MVP Optimization Path)

Every week, you will be assigned coursework where you will learn the material and take 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 bring your work and questions to the live office hours where you will be working with a facilitator (currently Nelly) who will check your work, give you feedback, and answer any questions you may have to continue your momentum and to make sure 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. You will be able to do your work at your own pace, come to the live session prepared with concrete questions or examples of what you want to accomplish, and come with your personal sticking points.

You can attend one, two, or three office hours, depending on your needs.

After the 10 week expert-led session completion, you will continue to be a part of the online TechSpeak community of entrepreneurs through our Slack group. 

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.

You will also have an opportunity to join our weekly group coaching sessions at $97/mo and will have access to discounted fractional CTO services that are available to all TechSpeak graduates.

After you complete the 10 week expert-led session, you will receive a Certificate of Completion that you can use to show your potential investors, partners, and accelerators that you’ve de-risked their investment. 

We will schedule 10 week expert-led cohorts 2 or 3 times per year.

Do you know other entrepreneurs who might be interested in being a part of a cohort?  Please invite them to apply.