How To Communicate With Developers as a Non-Tech Founder - with Adele Theobald

Adele Theobald is building a new generation of people platforms, the first 'everything' app, and an ecosystem.

She’s got 30 years of experience in HR, working as a board advisor, Head Of People, HR Director, HR Consultant, and Ops Manager, across short and long-term projects.

Today we have Adele to share with us how to Communicate With Developers as a Non-Tech Founder.

In this episode, we cover the following:

00:00 Intro

00:42 Who is Adele

02:15 Is communication with developers different from non-tech team members?

04:25 Why find a freelance developer, not a solution for your product?

07:27 Why are wireframes important?

09:32 How does Adele understand that she needs to use wireframes?

11:35 If Adele had known about wireframes, what would change in her product, and its building?

13:18 What is the optimal frequency of updates from developers for Adele?

14:20 How has Adel's communication style with technical specialists changed through these years?

18:48 Resources from Adele that improves her communication skills with developers

20:19 How does Adele communicate with developers to make clear what needs to be done

21:26 What happens if you will speak with developers in "their" language

23:30 Founders don't need to understand all technologies that developers talk about

25:01 Does the founder need to become a technical officer or there are other solutions

30:33 How SaaS Insiders can help Adele

33:15 Advice from Adele exclusively for SaaS Insiders about communication with technical specialists

36:32 Get in touch with Adele

37:16 Conclusions

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Get in touch with Adele Theobald:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adeletheobald/ (LinkedIn)

https://www.idrivehr.com/home (Adel’s business)

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