Startup is 90% sales. If the product is sellable then it's good, if not sellable then it's bad, irrespective of tech. Any business which has basic understanding for unit economics will thrive.

are you a tech investor? how has your career trajectory been and what do you look for in candidates in analyst/associate roles?

Growth Manager

Data Scientist

Most of the great VCs have a non-tech background. Don Valentine, Mike Moritz, Bill Gurley, etc.

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Any tech investor with nontech background? How did you do it? What skills to focus on?

Any tech investor with non-tech background? How did you do it? What skills to focus on?

Tech Investing with Non-Tech Background

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Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

I'm a 3rd year student looking for internship opportunities in December. I'm looking for potential full stack roles. I tend to work on scalable backend stuff and on the frontend side, I've worked on decent projects (mostly integrating ml models with a frontend). 

The thing is, I'm confused right now. I feel like it's better to start working in a startup as I don't have practical industry experience. My main issue right now is not knowing how to find startups or how to email them, what to include in the email and so on. I'm completely blank and new to applying for jobs and I'm looking for some input here on how to approach this.

Tips on finding startups for internship

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

I have been on this journey for a long time now. Lots of failure comes with loads of learning. Each step or initiative I took has helped me grow as a person, the business guy (ed-tech, media space), and also in terms of technicalities (full-stack product management, hardcore hands-on into technology and I love user experience)

Ps: currently running an edtech startup in pre-seed/seed stage

Feel free to ask anything, would be happy to help even personally

5 years of failure (Entrepreneurship) AMA

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Where are all the tech founders looking for non-tech founders? 🧐😂

Wherever I look, non-tech founders are looking for tech founders

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Is it okay for a tech enthusiast to not be interested in hands on coding full fledged or maybe not be an expert at it.

I feel that if I give more time and effort in learning new stuffs and tech, I can excel at my job as a software engineer and even upskil myself but after 4-5 years, I still love to learn things and be updated about latest tech and do projects of my own but at a lesuirely pace without the anxiety about job or any interview..

But since I was in school I had too much interest towards business, ideas, startups and now that I am 28, i feel i really want to take that leap of faith with my entrepreneurial journey.

I have couple of ideas I am quite passionate in the FMCG domain and couple ideas for tech based as well.

From my heart, i always am into tech whether with job or jobless. But I don't like hardcore coding and stuff now.. Kind of done with it..

So my question is, has anyone else felt the same?
Has anyone from tech sector plunged into FMCG sector with zero knowldge about that sector?

Has anyone with average knowledge in tech industry tried to build a hardcore startup around tech by hiring someone else?

Please share your experiences and advice and not from success stories of Rags to Riches that even I can find on Google😂

Need a reality check/advice.

Software Engineer

Okay I want to move to tech... Right now I'm an Ads Performance Optimizer with an MBA and want to pivot into tech. I don't know where to start what to do... 
People who have moved from non tech to tech please give me your valuable suggestions!

Non-tech to tech?

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I am from a non-tech background (finance guy to be specific). I am aiming big and want to start a fintech startup but I don't have any CS engineer friends to rely on. 

I invite you all to guide me how to find a tech co-founder or even a partial-CTO who can program my vision into an app and also maintain it until I can afford a full time one.

I know that I can get it done with any software company but I have trust issues in sharing my idea with a stranger (knowing that how easily can an idea be stolen).

How to find a Tech co-founder in a country known for its tech expertise?

Investment Banking Associate

A friend and I have identified a niche requirement for finance functions of listed Indian entities. We would need to build a tech platform which allows our clients to create some kind of a public web page, the contents of which would be managed and controlled by our back end. A SaaS / CRM solution.

Since we come from core finance backgrounds with primitive tech knowledge, please can you guide on:

- Would it be feasible to outsource the development of this software to an outside agency 
- What kind of employees would be need to hire once the platform is ready - they would need to troubleshoot, build on new features etc.
- What would the cost of development be? We are looking to self fund this venture and achieve some scale before seeking funding if required. 
- Any resources to read up to get better idea of tech? I have zero idea of languages, codes, platforms etc. 

Thank you :)

Tech guidance for non tech founders

Finance Consultant

Hey people,
   I am a software engineer. I am thinking of pivoting to leadership kind of roles like EIR, founders office, product manager, etc. 
   For people who are currently in such roles or know people in these roles, do you think people from tech(engineering) background, pivoting to this role at age of 24-25 yrs is advisable? Would people hiring for these roles see that I don't hold an MBA?
   What are the things about these roles I should be aware of?

Thinking of switching to non-tech(leadership) from tech

Consultant

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Hi fellows,

I am currently working in a non-tech project and i want to move to tech but I only have 1.5 years of experience and don’t have much skills in tech field.

I want to become data analyst. How to get to my goal? Can anyone suggest how to do or any skill that I can learn to get my goal ?

Can someone go from non-tech to tech background

Infrastructure Engineer

Hi, I am 28 YO currently working in a non-tech role. In few next years I completely want to switch to tech role (preferably SDE) for myriads of reasons but number one being my logical skills and and my love for creation. 
How should I start working on my skills? 
Currently I am in a foreign language profile and I have heard from my friends in UK that being bilingual really helps people in tech field. 
Please suggest ways for getting the degree or skills or both.

Non-tech to Tech

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Hi everyone,

The year end is here. It was a great year for my FIRE journey and I thought I'll share an update with you all.

With few days left in 2023, I've crossed 2.65 CR in net worth after touching 2 CR in May this year.

Here's the breakup:

Direct shares: 1.7 CR (this was the major driver of growth),
ELSS: 0.06 CR,
Company shares: 0.06 CR,
Real Estate: 0.4 CR (while it is between 42-45 now, keeping this unchanged from May),
EPF: 0.34 CR (interest for last year kicked in),
NPS: 0.06 CR (investing because I'm in 30% bracket, getting 14.8% xirr here),
SGB: 0.03 CR

The driver for growth has been a high saving rate.

In 2023, i've added 29.5 lakhs in equity, about 2.5 lakhs every month. 6 lakhs in company shares (US listed). The EPF and NPS savings are on top of this. My target was to save 36 lakhs in equity overall, and it's done! Targeting the same for next year. I'm aiming to cross 2 CR in equity before July 24.

Another change I did this year is that I've moved away from active advisory. I get the stock ideas from Twitter discussions, analyse them fundamentally and take bets based on the charts. I'm quite confident of my charting skills with max drawdown of 25-30% but upside of multiple x. I could capture 2-3 2x this year with sizable investment in them. I got this confidence after i could take my wife's account from 11 lakhs to 20 lakhs in about 2 years.

While the next year can be a huge bull run if BJP wins, I'm still trying to diversify. I'm planning to add a real estate of about 75 lakhs by paying 10%. This will help me leverage as well. The rental yield is the property is approx 5% and calculations show that I'll have to only pay 40-45% of the EMI and rest will be covered through rent. This should bring my equity exposure down from the current 65% to less than 50%. In this I'm trying to diversify and leverage while not denting my current equity corpus.

Suggestions welcome to make this FIRE journey better!

Thanks!

Crossed 2 CR and 2.5 CR in the same year

Project Manager

I got laid off in December. I want to keep my head high and have decided to retire just after 6 years in the industry. AMA

Laid off at Amazon.Not going back to SWE. AMA

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Hello peeps. I need genuine advise. 

I am a Talent Acquisition professional in startup with  2 yrs of experience. However, I want to switch in the tech field. I am skilled in Python   DSA and SQL. How are chances for me to get hired in tech?? What roles should I apply for?? My location is Pune.

Career Transition from non-tech to tech

Software Developer

Hello! As someone who works with startups (not in)and has a well paying job, I am often intrigued and keen to invest money (say a few lacs, and provide some mentorship) as a micro angel investor in early age pre series/ seed rounds,  to try my hand. Not talking about becoming a LP or joining a VC/PE. (I know the pros and cos, the glamour and the ugly pieces) . While there are some fintech startups where you can invest as low as 5000/- in a startup, I believe these aren’t for me. Any guidance on how I begin and any learnings?

P.s have posted under finance section too. But thought might get some guidance  here too!

Becoming a micro angel investor for investments?

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I have an interview with Titan Capital - Folks any tips would be highly appreciated!!!

Interview tips - VC

Hello! As someone who works with startups (not in)and has a well paying job, I am often intrigued and keen to invest money (say a few lacs, and provide some mentorship) as a micro angel investor in early age pre series/ seed rounds,  to try my hand. Not talking about becoming a LP or joining a VC/PE. (I know the pros and cos, the glamour and the ugly pieces) . While there are some fintech startups where you can invest as low as 5000/- in a startup, I believe these aren’t for me. Any guidance on how I begin. (Apart from- go out there and network with startup founders and events) ?

Becoming a micro angel investors.

Have a sister who's finished her Master's in Pharmacy, now she's more interested to get into tech rather than her own domain mainly because of the current salaries and growth in Pharma is quite small

So what would be a recommended path for such people, let's say to get a job in the next 6 months

For a Non Engineering background, what's the best strategy to get into tech?

Senior Data Engineer

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I'm looking to start my career in Fintech. Any advice for me? From where should I start?

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What would you suggest a person with no tech background should start learning given the current AI scenario and what to learn? For context I’ll be working mostly as a manager, I’m a marketing graduate with MBA from tier 1 college, but i want to know what things you need to learn to work in roles like PM or things you might need to know to build a tech company?

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