S1 - Episode #12: Peyman Pouryekta - Co-Founder and CEO - The House of Creative Entrepreneurship
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About Peyman:
Peyman Pouryekta is the Co-Founder and CEO of The House of Creative Entrepreneurship, a company that helps creative entrepreneurs around the world grow their businesses.
He has extensive experience working as the CTO and Director of Engineering in different companies, co-developing AI-operated products for the real estate industry and organising IT Departments. Peyman holds a Master of Arts in Management and has worked in the IT industry since 2005. He identifies as a quiet leader and has held several management positions at start-ups as well as consulted companies to identify and implement fit-for-purpose solutions.
Synopsis:
In this episode of The Technology Leadership Podcast, Peyman Pouryekta discusses creative entrepreneurship and how to assess if your start-up ideas are sustainable in the long term. We learn the importance of expanding your knowledge beyond your zone of genius, the critical role of soft skills and decision-making abilities and why it’s important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of every team member before designating responsibilities. Having led several start-ups, Peyman explains the most significant lessons he’s learned along the journey and what engineering leaders and entrepreneurs of the future need to look up to.
Key Takeaways:
Learn to work out if your start-up idea really will take off: Does your idea solves a problem? Do you have the team and resources to build the idea? and Does the market really needs your idea?
Discover more about Neural Jam - the e-learning community that educates people on new technology and business skills.
Hear about how interdepartmental knowledge and cross-functional skills can help significantly in your career.
Unpick why communication is an essential skill to have if you aim to grow into significant roles in your company.
Understand how career growth becomes even more straightforward if your individual goals align with your company’s vision.
Discuss the importance of knowing the strengths and weaknesses of every member of your team.
Consider why you should give your employees the space to think and act freely for optimal performance.
Find out why as a leader, you need to focus on your entire company - including every department and how micromanagement could hamper growth.
Episode Outline:
[00:39] - Introduction to Peyman
[06:43] - Peyman explains what he does currently and how he chooses companies and start-ups to partner with or invest in
[09:34] - How Peyman chooses the start-up ideas to back
[11:24] - Introduction to the creative entrepreneurship learning platform, Neural Jam
[13:40] - Discover more about Neural Jam
[16:16] - Peyman current tech stack and why he’s chosen those technologies
[17:59] - Learn about the new tools, libraries, and frameworks that are emerging in the market
[24:06] - Peyman explains the possible skills and situations that helped him scale up into senior positions in organisations
[28:13] - Learn about career growth, learning and how to find your path
[31:01] - Book recommendations from Peyman
[34:09] - Skills needed by engineering leaders today and why being cross-functional is an important for every engineer
[36:32] - The need for soft skills in engineering leaders
[38:13] - Consideration of how communication and problem-solving are vital skills among engineers
[39:55] - Peyman talks about the biggest challenges faced by him in his career
[43:00] - Reflections on the most important responsibilities of a CTO
[45:40] - Discussion of the biggest challenges to engineering leaders of the future
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