• 10-Minute Tech Talks: How Tech Entrepreneurs Fail and How You Can Avoid It

  • By: Jonathan Kersting
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10-Minute Tech Talks: How Tech Entrepreneurs Fail and How You Can Avoid It

By: Jonathan Kersting
  • Summary

  • Are you an entrepreneur building a technology company and looking to grow fast? This show teaches and inspires entrepreneurs to build better companies by learning from the failures of other tech companies and entrepreneurs. If you're striving for rapid growth while avoiding the mistakes that have led others to failure, this podcast is designed to help you stay on track. Avoid the devastating mistakes that tech entrepreneurs have made, which led their businesses to collapse. Hear from tech, business, and entrepreneurial experts detailing what goes wrong while you're in the throes of building your venture and how to avoid it. Learn how to overcome adversity and make your tech company a long-term success. If you’re ready to grow your tech venture quickly and avoid pitfalls, start listening today. Plus, get weekly tech insights, trends and inspiration to keep you on track or open up new business possibilities.
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Episodes
  • Trump Tariffs: How Tech Entrepreneurs Can Survive and Thrive
    Apr 2 2025

    Have tariffs from the Trump administration put your business on the edge?

    In today's ever-changing market landscape, the introduction of new tariffs poses both a challenge and an opportunity for tech entrepreneurs. If you're feeling the pressure and uncertainty these changes bring, you're not alone. This episode zeroes in on how technology entrepreneurs can navigate these rough waters without capsizing their businesses.

    Valuable Takeaways

    Strategic Supply Chain Diversification: Discover how diversifying your supply chains can mitigate risks associated with tariffs and contribute to business sustainability.

    Dynamic Pricing and Customer Loyalty: Learn the art of strategic pricing and maintaining transparent communication with your customers to enhance loyalty even when prices fluctuate.

    Operational Optimization for Cost Reduction: Uncover key strategies to streamline operations, reduce waste, and negotiate better terms with vendors to absorb and offset the impact of increased costs.

    Unlock Your Business's Full Potential Today

    Don't let market uncertainty dictate your business's future. Play this episode of "10 Minute Tech Talks" to equip yourself with actionable insights and strategies to confidently navigate through the tariffs and secure your business's growth.

    Produced by the Pittsburgh Technology Council, this is a podcast for tech and manufacturing entrepreneurs exploring the tech ecosystem, from cyber security and AI to SaaS, robotics, and life sciences, featuring insights to satisfy the tech curious.

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    6 mins
  • Hack-Proof Your Startup: Essential Cybersecurity Secrets for Tech Entrepreneurs
    Mar 31 2025

    Are you leaving your startup's digital fortress wide open to cyber threats? In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, entrepreneurs are unknowingly exposing their businesses to devastating cyber risks that could destroy years of hard work with a single vulnerability.

    10 Minute Tech Talks welcomes cybersecurity expert and Founder of Echelon Risk + Cyber in Pittsburgh Dan Desko to bring you some top insights to not fail. Listen and:

    1. Learn how to identify and patch critical security gaps in your source code before hackers exploit them

    2. Discover why cloud platforms aren't automatically secure and how to properly protect your digital infrastructure

    3. Understand the importance of continuous, professional cybersecurity monitoring for your tech startup

    Hit the glowing PLAY button now to arm yourself with expert cybersecurity strategies that could save your startup from a potentially catastrophic digital breach.

    Produced by the Pittsburgh Technology Council, this is a podcast for tech and manufacturing entrepreneurs exploring the tech ecosystem, from cyber security and AI to SaaS, robotics, and life sciences, featuring insights to satisfy the tech curious.

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    9 mins
  • Three Key Quick Steps Tech Entrepreneurs Need Before Hitting Global Markets
    Mar 26 2025

    Are you exploring going global with your business, but don't the best way to really start?

    In this super-fast episode of 10 Minute Tech Talks, Host Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council walks you three three quick steps as you prepare to take your business overseas or across the border.

    He cites key info from the U.S. Commercial Services' latest article article in TEQ Magazine that provides a step-by-step guide for the tech entrepreneur looking to go global. Hit that awesome PLAY button and read the entire article right here for full details.

    Produced by the Pittsburgh Technology Council, this is a podcast for tech and manufacturing entrepreneurs exploring the tech ecosystem, from cyber security and AI to SaaS, robotics, and life sciences, featuring insights to satisfy the tech curious.

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    4 mins

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