Pursuing a stable job and embarking on a business venture are two distinct paths that necessitate distinct skill sets and attitudes. While a secure job provides certainty and stability, launching a business requires one to take risks and handle ambiguity. It takes a lot of courage, determination, and resilience to jump into a new venture, especially when it involves leaving the comfort of a stable job. One must be prepared to take calculated risks, be adaptable, and embrace the challenges that come with entrepreneurship. As a result, this course of action is not for the faint of heart, and those who choose to undertake it must be ready for the ups and downs that come with it.

The heart of an effective entrepreneurial leader lies in possessing a combination of essential qualities, including a clear vision, passion, resilience, and empathy. Like Thierry, his journey as a firefighter created his desire to become a leader. Such leaders inspire and motivate their team members to work together towards a common goal. They exhibit resilience to navigate through challenges and adapt to changing circumstances, all while remaining empathetic towards the needs of their team and customers. Overall, the best entrepreneurial leaders set the tone for their organization by creating a positive, innovative culture that fosters growth and success for everyone involved.

Writing custom software is risky and very difficult, especially when managing scope and making clients happy all the time. During Andrew’s ten years of experience, finding the right people has helped his business grow and make his clients happy. Andrew Draper is the CEO and CTO of Tripleview Technologies; they help their customers build thriving local communities that enrich people’s lives​ by supporting the critical community services​ with their innovative technologies.

Technology nowadays is one of the most critical factors in the success of any company, regardless of what company it is. No matter the size of your enterprise, technology has both tangible and intangible benefits that will help you make money and produce the results your customers demand. Technological infrastructure affects the culture, efficiency and relationships of a business. It also affects the security of confidential information and trade advantages.

The mental health and the psychology of every single leader will determine their ultimate performance, whether you are going to be a high-performing, mediocre, or low-performing leader. Psychology is the most important factor in order to become a very good tech leader.

Cybersecurity focuses on protecting computer systems from unauthorized access or being otherwise damaged or made inaccessible. Information security is a broader category that protects all information assets, whether in hard copy or digital form. It's also known as information technology security or electronic information security. The term applies in various contexts, from business to mobile computing, and can be divided into a few common categories. Network security, Application security, Information security, Operational security, Disaster recovery and business continuity, and End-user education.

Every leader in a business organization talks about how they need to run a digital transformation, but only some know exactly what it means. Well, one of the purposes of this podcast is to make things easier for CTO’s, CIO’s, and even CEO’s to work toward the same vision in the company.

In its simplest sense, software development outsourcing describes an arrangement in which an organization chooses to hire an external software development agency to effectively carry out all the tasks of a software development project that could be done in-house instead. Software outsourcing is the practice of a company handing over the control of a particular business process or project to a third-party vendor that is qualified and capable of handling the required business tasks.

One way to maximize an organization's profits is understanding the software development play. Software development has enabled businesses to grow exponentially. Businesses rely on many applications to create schedules, manage payroll and deliver products. Software development allows companies to adopt the latest applications that increase productivity and improve customer satisfaction. Understanding what a successful software development initiative entails can help your organization integrate the appropriate application while reducing downtime.

The reason why we make technology is to automate business processes and create sustainability for growth, so that sales and marketing can actually deliver better products and services and create growth for the organization. So without growth, technology is meaningless.

When we go into the technology sector, people tend to think that we are just working on technology, computers, or code. But technology, at the end of the day, involves human connection, because humans invented it. It’s important for tech leaders to understand that they are working with wonderful souls and people working together creating that technology that is going to help your business thrive.

It’s not cheap to incorporate a tech organization into your business. Having bad tech leaders can bring your company into bankruptcy, but a good tech leader can make the tech department a profit center. There are many factors that need to be considered in the tech organization; one is to have a good culture, to have the right leadership, and good decision-making. This makes Tech Leaders one of the top priorities in any company.

Being a former CIO & CTO, David Mansilla created the Leaders In Tech Podcast because he saw a need in the market to help business owners/entrepreneurs to understand the importance of technology in making their companies successful. This podcast is for all the wonderful leaders in business and in technology that are making amazing differences in their organizations.