PMI Carolinas Virtual Meeting - "What Entrepreneurs and Startups Taught Me About Agile"
Dr. Sudhir Mehta is a FinTech executive turned educator, researcher, and author of Beyond the Garage: Building Startup Teams That Actually Work. With over three decades of experience leading technology and transformation initiatives in financial services, he now focuses on innovation at the intersection of entrepreneurship, team dynamics, and AI. Drawing from both research and real-world startup experience, Sudhir brings a founder’s lens to agile practices and organizational growth.
Learning Objectives
- Connect Agile to Real Startup Practice - Discover how entrepreneurs apply Agile principles in fast-moving, uncertain environments.
- See Agile Beyond the Frameworks - Recognize Agile behaviors—like iteration, feedback, and adaptability—in action.
- Understand the Power of the Pivot - Learn how founders make intentional course corrections under pressure.
- Apply Startup Lessons to Enterprise Agile - Bring entrepreneurial thinking to team dynamics, decision-making, and delivery.
- Reframe Project Leadership - Shift from control to enablement—leading like a founder, not just a manager