As an entrepreneur, learning how to code goes a long way, far beyond just having the ability to code a product. In this talk, I share several non-techical reasons to why you should learn how to code, even if you have a CTO creating your product. This talk was given at Rails Girls Singapore 2014.

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3. Non-tech reasons to learn how to code

4. 1. Communicate with developers

5. You can’t hire for a job you know nothing about.

6. 2. Test ideas quickly

7. Fake it till you make it

8. Design is harder to learn

9. So you copy

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13. 3. Make better business decisions

14. How I wasted $10,000 :(
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15. 4. Fix non-tech related codes

16. On-page SEO, Copywriting, CTA

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