Tech Entrepreneurship with Falon Thomas | Ep. 124

• FaLon shares her origin story: a high school internship at her city's IT department where the CIO was a Black woman. Seeing someone who looked like her in a powerful position made her realize tech was achievable.

She was very helpful, very sweet, had a big, you know, awesome office. And I was like, this is something I could want for me.

• After working in telecommunications and IT, FaLon attended a 3-month coding bootcamp, then worked at Red Hat as a software engineer. She built websites on the side for friends and family, which helped her build a portfolio and testimonials before leaving her job.

You need to have, you know, the bills don't stop. That's the problem.

• The 60-day coaching program teaches women how to launch a tech business without quitting their jobs. The first 60 days focus on foundational work (LLC setup, branding, offerings), while the final 30 days emphasize client acquisition and revenue generation.

• Setting up an LLC
• Defining service offerings
• Building branding and logos
• Networking and client acquisition
• Hiring and managing talent to deliver work

• FaLon emphasizes that her program teaches women to be the CEO or 'quarterback' of a tech business. Participants don't need coding or design skills—they need industry knowledge and leadership ability to manage technical teams.

Everybody is not a coder. Everybody can't be, right? You have HR people, you have marketing people, you have design, you know, people who actually make the interfaces.

• FaLon recommends committing at least 10 hours per week. She notes that people already spend time on entertainment and scrolling; redirecting even a portion of that time can change your life trajectory.

If you're truly committed, you're going to find those 10 hours, right? Because you're doing 10 hours doing something, whether it's watching TV or Netflix or, you know, scrolling through the feed.