--- title: Christie Whitehill — How you can start your own tech business description: This episode on The Make It Happen Show features Christie Whitehill, trailblazing techpreneur and Founder of Tech Ready Women. image: https://www.the-entourage.com/hubfs/15.%20YT-MIH_Thumbnail_CW.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://www.the-entourage.com/the-make-it-happen-show/christie-whitehill-how-you-can-start-your-own-tech-business#main-content) [Operations](https://www.the-entourage.com/the-make-it-happen-show/tag/operations) [Entrepreneurship](https://www.the-entourage.com/the-make-it-happen-show/tag/entrepreneurship) [Product](https://www.the-entourage.com/the-make-it-happen-show/tag/product) # Christie Whitehill — How you can start your own tech business 34 minutes [**](https://www.the-entourage.com/the-make-it-happen-show/christie-whitehill-how-you-can-start-your-own-tech-business#podcast) ##### [Previous Nima Yassini — Best advice to improve your business' conversion rate](https://www.the-entourage.com/the-make-it-happen-show/nima-yassini-best-advice-to-improve-your-business-conversion-rate) ##### [Next Aaron Smith — Best franchising advice from Australian success story](https://www.the-entourage.com/the-make-it-happen-show/aaron-smith-best-franchising-advice-from-australian-success-story) [ Apple](https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-make-it-happen-show/id1448453250?i=1000439047458&utm_campaign=Make%20It%20Happen%20Show&utm_source=website&utm_medium=christie-whitehill-ep-page&utm_content=apple-logo) [ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SGA4u0tg6LgtzjtTV4hf5?si=RUs0M-eCSvyizjlcoLfc2A&utm_campaign=Make%20It%20Happen%20Show&utm_source=website&utm_medium=christie-whitehill-ep-page&utm_content=spotify-logo) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhHjgyfS61E&utm_campaign=Make%20It%20Happen%20Show&utm_source=website&utm_medium=christie-whitehill-ep-page&utm_content=youtube-logo) ## How to become one of Australia's leading techpreneurs Despite having no technical background or training, Christie Whitehill has made a name for herself as a trailblazing techpreneur in Australia. She is the Founder of Tech Ready Women, an education platform that provides women with world-class digital training programs, and other incredible ventures in the tech field including what was once named Australia #1 dating app. Sounds incredible, right? If you also want to get started on your tech journey, get your notepad out, and get ready to take a lot of notes. Christie runs through the exact steps you need to take from idea to market research to prototyping to hiring a dev team to getting a product out into the market. This is a massive episode for all future techpreneurs out there and even current ones who just aren't getting it right. Check it out on The Make It Happen Show today to hear how she made that happen and how she leads hundreds of women in Tech Ready Women to help them make it happen too. ![15. 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