Columbia Business School / CBS Startups Week
Finding Your First Technical Partner: Co-Founder or First Hire?
In person · NYC; 12:45–2:00 PM ET
Speaking Engagements
Talks, panels and workshops with Nelly Yusupova
AI, entrepreneurship & technology leadership
Organizations I’ve spoken for
Coming up next
Artifact AI Week
AI-Ready to Scale
Virtual · 12:00 PM ET
Tech Ladies
Your AI Operating System: Scale Smarter with AI
Virtual; 1:00 PM ET
Artifact AI Week / TechSpeak
Build Your First AI Automation Bootcamp: Part 1
Virtual
Artifact AI Week / TechSpeak
Build Your First AI Automation Bootcamp: Part 2
In person · Gainesville area, FL; half day
Artifact AI Summit
Women in Tech and Entrepreneurship
In person · Santa Fe River Ranch, Alachua, FL
Past engagements
Explore my recent talks, panels and workshops.
2026
AcceleratorCON
Panel Vibe/Coding to Venture Scale
In person · NYC
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
AI-Ready to Scale: Build the Systems your business needs to grow
Virtual
Raising the Bar Conference
AI Ladder: From First Steps to Full Transformation
In person · Baltimore
HBSWA
The Real Reason Most AI Agents Get Abandoned
Virtual
Columbia Business School
Managing an Engineering Team as a Non-Technical Founder
Virtual · Zoom
Female Founders Bootcamp (FFB Summer 2026)
How Non-Technical Founders Can Build and Lead a Tech Startup
Virtual
HBSWA
10 AI Automations You Can Deploy in 30 Days
Virtual
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
10 AI Automations You Can Deploy in 30 Days (No Engineering Required)
Virtual
2026 Tech Ladies Virtual Summit
AI Ladder: from first steps to full transformation
Virtual
AI for Freelance Business Summit
AI Ladder: from first steps to full transformation
Virtual
Small Business Expo
AI Ladder: from first steps to full transformation
In person · Philadelphia
Entrepreneurship as a Radical Act Summit
How to thrive in the age of AI
Virtual
Panel for Creator Economy x Fractional Model: The Crossover
In person · NYC
APT Women Innovation Pitch Day
How to find product market fit quickly
In person · NYC
2025
Harvard Business School Women’s Association
AI Ladder: from first steps to full transformation
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
You Can’t Automate Chaos: fix these 5 bottlenecks before you even touch AI
Female Founder Collective
How Non-Technical Founders Can Build and Lead a Tech Startup
Black is Tech
How Non-Technical Founders Can Build and Lead a Tech Startup
Houston, TX
Black is Tech
AI Agents: Your Business on Autopilot
Houston, TX
Columbia Business School
How to Manage an Engineering Team as a Non-Technical Founder
Sloss.Tech
How Non-Technical Founders Can Build and Lead a Tech Startup
Birmingham, AL
Columbia Business School
How to Launch a Tech Venture as a Non-Technical Founder
DigitalUndivided
AI Agents: Your Business on Autopilot
DigitalUndivided
How to find Product Market Fit Quickly
NY Tech Week
Acquisition Ready: Sell Smart, Sell Strong
NYC
Roadmap to Billions
AI Agents: Your Business on Autopilot
NYC
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
AI Agents: Your Business on Autopilot
From Chaos To Clarity
Why Jumping from Idea to Build Is the Fastest Way to Fail
NYC
DigitalUndivided
How to find Product Market Fit Quickly
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SistahBiz
Sistahbiz Tech Speak Cohort 2025
2024
Woman Impact Summit
Unlocking Growth – How to Scale Your Business with Technology
StartupsExpo 2024
How to Speed Up Product Velocity
Virtual
DigitalUndivided Sessions
How to find Product/Market Fit Quickly
Virtual
2023
Women in Tech Global Conference 2023
Saying Yes to Things That Stretch You
2022
FounderX / Founder Institute
How to Speed Up Your Product Development & Outpace Competitors
Virtual
Founder Institute Montreal
How to Cut Startup Product Development Costs Up to 50%
Virtual
2021
Startup Grind Princeton
How to build an MVP without a technical co-founder
Virtual
2017
Columbia Innovation Forum — Columbia Engineering
Pitching investors and telling an effective story
2014
Oct–
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs bootcamp
2013
May–
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs bootcamp
In person · NYC; Columbia University, Uris Hall
Apr–
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs bootcamp
In person · Silicon Valley, CA
Apr–
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs bootcamp
In person · Phoenix, AZ
2012
Sep–
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs
TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs bootcamp
In person · NYC
2011
WISE Symposium
WISE Symposium speaker
In person · Liverpool, NY
2010
Women’s Enterprise Centre of Manitoba / ICTAM
Tech Café keynote
Small Business Summit
Small Business Summit speaker/panelist
In person · NYC; Digital Sandbox
2009
BlogWorld Expo
Social Media Marketing for Small Business
In person; location not recorded
2008
Social Media Jungle
Integrating advertising in social media
In person · Melville, NY
BlogHer Business
Microsoft Social Media Outreach Case Study — moderator
In person · NYC
