10-Minute Tech Talks: How Tech Entrepreneurs Fail & How You Can Avoid It
by Jonathan Kersting
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How Powercast's Wireless Power Tech Became AI's Missing Nervous System
How Powercast's Wireless Power Tech Became AI's Missing Nervous System
About this podcast
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 went wrong in famous tech busts and modern-day meltdowns so you don't follow the same path.
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 with our fan-favorite episode: Don't Fall In Love With Your Technology.
Episodes
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- How Powercast's Wireless Power Tech Became AI's Missing Nervous System · 9 minEveryone's building bigger AI models, but what good is a brain without a nervous system? In this episode of 10 Minute Tech Talks, Jonathan Kersting sits down with Powercast CEO…
- The Future of Power Doesn't Need a Plug · 8 minWhat if you never had to plug in your phone, swap a sensor battery, or think about charging the thousands of smart devices around you? Pittsburgh's Powercast has been building…
- VR Isn't Dead. It's Growing Up! · 9 minIs virtual reality fading away or preparing for its next big breakthrough? Schell Games founder Jesse Schell has been developing VR experiences since the early 1990s, long before…
- Can a Video Game Save Your Life? · 7 minCan a video game help save someone's life? Pittsburgh's Schell Games is proving that gaming technology can do far more than entertain. In this episode of 10 Minute Tech Talks…
- Build First. Raise Later: Titan Robotics' Growth Story · 9 minCan paying customers help fund the technology behind your next stage of growth? Titan Robotics' Stuart Lawrence explains how early seed support, government-funded development and…
- When the Big Deal Falls Apart: Titan Robotics' Pivot · 10 minWhat happens when the contract opportunity you're counting on stalls? Titan Robotics' Stuart Lawrence shares how anticipated Air Force contract awards ran into resistance—and why…
- The Tech Founder Who Sent 10,000 Emails to Land One Customer · 9 minWhat does it take to build a tech company from scratch? For Ben Taylor, co-founder and CEO of SoftLedger, it started with frustration, a piece of printer paper, and an idea for a…
- What Is Your Tech Business Really Worth? The Wealth Gap Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know · 10 minWhat determines what your business is actually worth? In this episode of 10-Minute Tech Talks, host Jonathan Kersting of the Pittsburgh Technology Council sits down with…
- The Tech Entrepreneur's Guide to Exit Planning and ESOPs · 10 minHow will you eventually exit your business? In Part 2 of our miniseries with Christine Robinette and Bryan Reft of Fragasso Financial Advisors, host Jonathan Kersting of the…
- Skin in the Game: How Tech Entrepreneurs Build Loyal Teams · 9 minEver wonder what the smartest tech companies are using to win the talent war—besides just bigger paychecks? In this episode of 10 Minute Tech Talks, Jonathan Kersting of the…
- Teaching AI How to Write the Right Code IS the Next Breakthrough in Software Development · 9 minCan AI Really Make Developers 100 Times Faster? Artificial intelligence is changing software development at an incredible pace, but the biggest breakthroughs aren't coming from…
- Entrepreneur Boot Camp Part 3: Can AI Fix a Broken Operation? · 9 minCan AI Fix a Broken Operation? AI can automate almost anything. That doesn't necessarily mean it should. In the final installment of the 10 Minute Tech Talks Entrepreneur Boot…
- Entrepreneur Boot Camp Part 2: Can Your Business Survive Its Own Growth? · 9 minCan Your Business Survive Its Own Growth? Landing the big customer sounds like the dream. Until the order hits, everybody panics and suddenly you're talking about hiring 20…
- Entrepreneur Boot Camp Part 1: Can You Turn What You Know Into a Business? · 9 minCan You Turn What You Know Into a Business? At some point, experience stops being just a résumé and starts becoming an asset you can build around. In Part One of the 10 Minute…
- Tech Entrepreneur Insights: Screens Everywhere, but Which Ones Actually Create Value? · 9 minScreens are everywhere. They fill stores, trade shows, stadiums, museums and just about every available wall in Las Vegas. But here is the bigger question: Is that screen…
- Digital Transformation Therapy: Entrepreneurs Need to Get Aligned Before They Build · 9 minBefore your company invests in a new website, touchscreen, application or digital experience, there is one deceptively simple question to answer: Does everyone agree on what you…
- From Prototype to Payoff: Using AI to Build, Scale and Prove ROI · 10 minEvery entrepreneur has had this moment: you have an idea, you can see the product in your head and you know there is a market problem to solve. Then reality arrives with a…
- Beyond Vibe Coding: Building AI Apps That Don't Break · 8 minWhat happens when your AI-built app looks amazing, but it is not ready for real customers? That is the question we are tackling on this episode of 10 Minute Tech Talks with Adam…
- Growth Code: Tech Entrepreneurs Need More Cowbell! · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 3Can having more fun actually help build a more serious company? In this episode of Growth Code: How to Crack the Inc. 5000, Dan Desko, Founder of Echelon Risk + Cyber, explains…
- Growth Code: Tech Entrepreneur Hiring Lessons From Echelon Risk + Cyber · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 2How do you build a high-growth company without hiring a team full of clones? In this episode of Growth Code: How to Crack the Inc. 5000, Dan Desko, Founder of Echelon Risk +…
