# Steve Taplin

> Tech CEO, serial entrepreneur, and author of Fail Hard Win Big. Thirty ventures in — leadership, entrepreneurship, and shipping software that actually works.

Steve Taplin is CEO of Sonatafy Technology, author of Fail Hard Win Big and The Backlog Illusion, host of Software Leaders Uncensored, and a Forbes Technology Council member.

## Pages

- [Home](/): Steve's work, books, podcast, newsletter, and how to book him to speak.

## Optional

- [The Tech Dilemma newsletter](https://www.thetechdilemma.com): Weekly newsletter on leadership and entrepreneurship.
- [Book Steve to speak](https://www.bookstevetaplin.com): Speaking inquiries.
- [The Backlog Illusion workbook](https://thebacklogillusion.com/): Interactive workbook for engineering leaders.