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How to Hire a Developer & Manage the Software Development Process
Event Information
Description
What are the best ways to avoid problems whilst your software application is being built?
This workshop will take in an depth look at the answers to this question!
It's an unfortunate fact that the founders of tech startups often experience significant delays, stress and frustration as they collaborate with "techies" to get their software built. Tech and "business" folk often speak different languages, and see the same situations from very different perspectives!
This workshop is designed to address a range of management challenges as you become the boss at your tech driven business and need to think about hiring, and managing staff, monitoring performance and maintaining high productivity - both other people's productivity - and your own!
We'll look at ways to both avoid, and navigate around common management issues that arise when working with tech staff, so you can run your business efficiently and harmoniously!
Together we'll review strategies and discuss a range of useful management tools, and techniques which will draw on both practical experiences, case studies and relevant management theory.
We'll also discuss:
- Hiring CTOs, and where (and why) this often goes horribly wrong!
- Finding cofounders
- Using agencies vs. hiring developers
- What to look out for when hiring developers
- How to get the best from your tech staff
- The good, bad and ugly of what to expect during the hiring and manage,ent processes
- How to prepare yourself for a range of common challenges and work scenarios
The workshop will be led by K.N. Kukoyi, a software delivery specialist that has spent over a decade working with developers and ensuring that clients receive software products of the highest standard.
Kay will be sharing tips and stories, answering your questions, and providing insights that will save you a HUGE amount of time and energy as you build your tech business.
Learn how to hire and manage your developers the smart way!
Book your place on this workshop, and learn how to find great people to help you create a successful, high quality product... and how to avoid unnecessary stress and drama along the way.
Organiser Tech Startup Academy
Organiser of How to Hire a Developer & Manage the Software Development Process
What We Do
Tech Startup Academy™ is part of the Purposeful Group, which offers business, technology, training and consulting expertise to the startup ecosystem.
The Academy is a community and centre for learning which offers professional tech mentoring, consulting, and business guidance to software entrepreneurs, and tech startup founders around the world.
We support tech startup founders and software entrepreneurs, regardless of background, or experience and empower them by providing the information they need to start their tech businesses the SMART way through our specialist, modular workshops and 90 day programmes.
Regardless of whether or not you apply, or make it onto an accelerator programme, we are THE place to come to get clued up about starting your tech driven business, and to receive structured information that will give you the skills and knowledge to progress, and build your tech business step-by-step.
To date we have worked with tech entrepreneurs on 5 continents, and our books are available at Amazon marketplaces all over the world (https://author.to/knk).
Our workshops for entrepreneurs have been externally approved, and we are able to offer internationally recognised qualifications to entrepreneurs that complete core modules from our Tech Startup Academy™ Incubator Programme. We are also recognised as an adult learning provider by UKRLP.
We're here to help you increase your chances of success, and to support you on your journey from your initial idea, through to the launch of your software business!
Our mission
We still hear far too many horror stories in the tech startup ecosystem and we are on a mission to:
- Stop you wasting unnecessary time, money and energy as you start and build your tech business
- Decrease the stress and confusion around how to get started
- Explain in practical terms what you need to know, and do the SMART way, so you're not reinventing the wheel, or going round in circles
- Help you avoid the risks, and pitfalls that affect new tech entrepreneurs and limit their progress
- Provide you with resources and tools to support your business, and make it easier to run
- Help you make new connections and contacts to assist you on your entrepreneurial journey
Your event leader
Your event will be led by K.N. Kukoyi.
Kay is a tech startup mentor, speaker, and software delivery specialist with over a decade of experience working in professional tech teams and delivering multi-million pound web, and mobile projects for clients including Sky News, Barclays Bank, and the Money Advice Service.
Kay mentors at several startup accelerators, and is the author of 5 books for small businesses and entrepreneurs, including the Amazon international bestseller and #softwaresurvivalguide: "Don't Hire a Software Developer Until You Read this Book."
Other important information
1. We'll start at 6 p.m. on the dot. If you haven't arrived by then, we'll wait a while for you, but please be on time if you can.
2. Come prepared to learn!
We supply pens and notebooks, but if you prefer to, you can bring your laptop, tablet or other note taking tools, and you'll have access to our Wi-Fi.
3. In case you need to contact us, see the Contact us section below and drop us an email.
Contact us
Tech Startup Academy is part of the Purposeful Group.
You can reach us at courses[at]purposefulgroup.com.
Purposeful Products and Tech Startup Academy™ are registered as adult education and training providers with the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKRLP).
How to find us on the day
Turn into Buck Street and you will see a pub on the corner. We're a little further down on the same side of the road.
Buzz the intercom and ask for Kay / Tech Startup Academy.
