Extending Your Development Team
I had a conversation recently with one of our AI/ML engineers at Tekkon, and a few things he said stopped me in my tracks. The Tekkie started getting into AI in 2015. There was no formal AI schooling in Nepal at the time, so he taught himself through Coursera and Udemy, enrolled in one of[…]
A conversation with Joel Duckworth, CTO at Crewmojo The Setup Crewmojo (based in Sydney) is a performance management platform built by a small, tight engineering team. Like most startup CTOs, Joel was being pulled in two directions at once: writing code to ship features, and doing the architectural thinking the business actually needed him for.[…]
New Free Guide – A Founder’s Guide to Working with Remote Developers! Hiring remote developers can feel risky – especially if you’ve been burnt before. Maybe you worked with a freelancer who disappeared, or struggled to get visibility into the process. Maybe things just didn’t click. But here’s the truth: remote isn’t risky when it’s[…]
How do you build a high-growth company that doesn’t burn people out? In episode 5 of the Startup Today podcast, Flic Manning shares the lived reality of running ventures while managing chronic illness and invisible disability – and shows why inclusion, psychological safety and founder well-being are strategic advantages, not “nice-to-haves”. We compare Silicon Valley[…]
In Episode 4 of Startup Today, we were joined by organisational architect and delivery expert Erin Clark to dive deep into the art of communicating with developers, why the Waterfall model still has a place in modern delivery, and how purpose-driven products like Stories Unseen come to life. You can also catch the episode on[…]
As AI tools become more accessible and powerful, expectations for developers are shifting – sometimes in useful ways, and sometimes in ways that distract from what actually matters. I recently ran a survey on LinkedIn and Facebook to gather community insights to better understand what founders and tech leads expect from modern devs in the[…]
In Episode 3 of Startup Today, host Matt Ainsworth sits down with Carl Maiorana – digital-transformation specialist, founder of 5Y, and former co-founder of No Code Odyssey – to unpack how modern founders can harness no-code platforms and AI to reduce time-to-market and ship with confidence. Carl draws on 20+ years in financial services, real[…]
Earlier this month on May 16, Friday, we hosted Tekknite, our annual flagship event that brings together the entire Tekkon family for a night of celebration, reflection, and connection. Held in Kathmandu, this year’s Tekknite was a special one. The evening began with a formal session where our leadership team shared Tekkon’s key milestones, celebrated[…]
In this episode, Matt Ainsworth (Sales Manager at Tekkon ) is joined by Kale Miller, founder of Prometheus AI and host of The Small Business CTO podcast. Alternatively, check out the episode on Spotify too! Together, they dive deep into what building a strong data culture looks like from the earliest days of a startup’s[…]
AI is everywhere – from workflow agents that triage tasks, to outbound voice bots booking meetings, to predictive analytics that forecast churn before it happens. For startups today, you might be feeling the pressure too, to either go AI-first or at least “get AI on the roadmap.” But here’s the truth I don’t see many[…]
