On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2019. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Sage ↗
In their words
work in life don't always have to be so compartmentalised sometimes the things that you're facing at work can help you sort through and cope with the things that you're facing in your personal life and sometimes the things that you're facing at home can help you to become a better manager better founder a better employee better teammate and better person overall
Around the web ×1
Quick answers
What is Sage Franch known for?
Co-founding Crescendo, a diversity-and-inclusion learning platform built into Slack and Teams, and writing as the Trendy Techie. She now leads AI enablement at Valsoft.
What was her TechTO talk about?
Leaving a corporate job while her mother was dying, the three tests she used to decide she was ready, and what running a company taught her about managing people. Presented in June 2019.
How did she decide she was ready to start a company?
Three things, as she told the TechTO stage: evidence the problem is real, financial stability to survive months of no income, and the bandwidth to treat it as a full-time job.