BONUS: From 0 to 1 where your tech venture will be by February Jan 18, 2026

If you're thinking about joining Tech for Non-Technical Founders, this episode is for you.

In this episode, I walk you through exactly what you'll be doing for the next 6 weeks—and where your app, platform, or marketplace will be by the end of February.

When you listen to this episode, you will...

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287: Why investors fund non-technical founders (and why they don't) Jan 14, 2026

It is harder to raise funding as a non-technical founder as a non-technical one.

Some of this is silly stigma, but some of it is reasonable risk awareness.

Investors aren’t worried that you can’t code.

They are worried you’ll burn through their money because you don't know how to get a tech ...

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286: Lessons from Meta and Google for non-technical founders in 2026 Jan 07, 2026

Even billion-dollar teams start simple first.

Rags Vadali's team at Meta gave small businesses in Brazil two phones—one red, one blue—and spent two months tracking every customer message in a spreadsheet.

No fancy tech. No code.

Just analog data collection.

That experiment validated what beca...

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285: From idea to revenue in 7 months: how this non-technical founder did it Dec 31, 2025

Most people assume turning an idea into revenue takes years. Turns out, that belief slows more projects down than tech ever does.

In just seven months, Noor Alderazi, founder of Tamam Technologies, went from idea to a live product with paying customers.

No technical background. No bloated deve...

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284: The unexpected upside of becoming a tech founder (before you ever “succeed”) Dec 24, 2025

Most people think the upside of building a tech company comes after success.

Turns out, a lot changes long before that.

The moment you start building something technical, your professional gravity shifts. Doors open. Conversations change. People listen differently. 

Some offer to pay you for y...

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269: 4 Non-technical founders who built billion-dollar tech empires Sep 10, 2025

Most founders think you need to be technical to build a billion-dollar company.

But some of the world’s biggest tech giants were started by people who never wrote a single line of code.

In this episode, Sophia Matveeva unpacks the journeys of four non-technical founders who rewrote the rules of...

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265. From vodka shots to Y Combinator: how a non-technical founder built a global tech company Aug 14, 2025

If you’re a non-technical founder building your first product, this episode is for you.

In today’s lesson, Robyn Exton shares the real story of how she went from branding agency employee to founder of a global tech company — without writing a line of code.

She didn’t raise millions on day one. ...

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262. Why the CEO is the most dangerous person in a tech startup Jul 16, 2025

Most startup CEOs think they’re the visionary.

But in today’s episode, you’ll learn why the CEO is often the single biggest threat to team productivity — and how to avoid becoming one.

Based on a real conversation with a seasoned CTO and a sales leader who’ve scaled startups to exit, this episo...

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258. Why you need a brand before you need an app Jun 11, 2025

Most founders dive straight into building — features, user flows, no-code tools — before they’ve nailed the strategy that actually drives traction: brand.

In this episode, Sophia Matveeva shares why brand must come before product, especially for non-technical founders building tech-enabled busin...

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257. Why bad work wins Jun 04, 2025

 

Analysis paralysis is BORING. And it doesn't get you results.

Most founders think they fail because of the market, the product, or the pitch.

But the real killer is a slow mindset.

In this episode, Sophia Matveeva shows you why bad work beats perfect ideas — and how shifting your mindset ca...

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256. Top mistakes non-technical founders make & how to avoid them May 27, 2025

 

If you’re building a tech product but don’t have a technical background, this episode will save you months of wasted time and thousands in unnecessary spend.

In this re-release of one of our most popular early episodes, Tech for Non-Techies founder Sophia Matveeva shares the 5 biggest mistake...

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255. What Most Startup Support Gets Wrong — and How to Fix It May 21, 2025

 

From accelerators to corporate venture capital, most startup support structures fail to deliver. Investor and entrepreneur Andrew Ackerman explains why — and what founders and corporates should do instead.

With over 70 investments and hundreds of founders mentored, Andrew brings rare perspect...

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