DevTool 101 and evolving role of co-founder Explore the evolution of both a product and the role of its co-founder in this CTO podcast featuring David Cramer (co-founder + CPO @ Sentry). You will discover the pros and cons of each stage in Sentry's journey (open source -> bootstrap -> VC) and why David's role evolved (CEO -> CTO -> CPO). Listen to find out ? Why his role has evolved: CEO -> CTO -> CPO ?‍? DevTool Marketing 101: Inspiration, Attention, and Conversation ? How to monetize open source ? How good branding and design can make an "unsexy" product cool ? The power of ..read more

Platform Engineering for Global Company Discover how to leverage platform engineering ?️ for convenience, standardization, automation, and reduced cloud costs in this CTO podcast featuring Boyan Dimitrov (CTO @ SIXT). SIXT is a leading global mobility provider serving customers in over 100 countries worldwide. Despite being 100 years old, Sixt proudly identifies as a "tech company ?‍? with a car rental ? attached to it." With 800 tech employees globally, they have spent the past eight years standardizing and modularizing their tech stack to achieve unparalleled scalability. Listen to find out ..read more

Transformative AI, Build/Buy AI, Business Opportunities and more Get ready for the AI industrial revolution ? in this CTO podcast episode featuring a roundtable of AI AllStars! So much is happening in AI, and you want to be part of it - that is why we asked Jonas Andrulis (Founder and CEO of Aleph Alpha), Rasmus Rothe (Co-founder of Merantix and its AI Campus) and Johannes Schaback (CTO of SumUp) to share with us a broad overview of what CTOs need to know about upcoming AI revolution. Turns out, we aren’t waiting for AGI - we are working on Transformative AI which is in reach for us all. Ready ..read more

Intuition over Data-Driven, Hooks over Towel Rails and Profit over Revenue Trust your intuition, you will gain a lot from this CTO podcast featuring Jason Fried, co-founder and CEO of 37signals, a company known for having groundbreaking policies and products (Basecamp, HEY, Once, etc.). He is also bootstrapping hero and author of multiple books (Getting Real, REWORK, REMOTE, It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work). Listen to find out: Intuitive? over ‘data-driven’ ?decision making Hook ? vs Towel Rail ?: The Power of Simple, Versatile Products CEO-CTO Relationship: How to counteract the negativi ..read more

A CTO’s Primer to Value Flow, Continuous Stewardship and Decoupling in Time Lead a more humane and effective organisation with inspiration from Matthew Skelton, co-author of Team Topologies. Inspired by system design?, cybernetics? and neuroscience ?, Team Topologies allows CTOs to structure their teams in a more humane way that reduces cognitive load ? while increasing user value ?. Listen to find out: Value Flow?: What, why and how to find it Team Topologies?: The 3 team types,1 grouping, and 3 interaction modes Why Continuous Stewardship ? is important in software Decoupling? in Time: Amaz ..read more

SLIs,SLOs, SLAs - The WHY, WHAT, and HOW Embrace the Site Reliability Mindset with Alex Ewerlöf, Sr. Staff Engineer @ Volvo Cars ? and SRE thought leader. Understand how the different aspects of site reliability work together ? and when you need a DevOps vs. Platform Team vs. SRE. Find out how to set your own Service Level Indicators (SLI), Service Level Objectives (SLO), and Service Level Agreements (SLA), as laid out by the creator of the Service Level Calculator. Listen to find out: SRE ? vs. DevOps ⚒️ vs. Platform Engineering?️ Service Level 101: How to set SLIs?, SLOs ?and SLAs ? Washing ..read more

Leadership Unlearnings, Metrics, Mindshifts and Communication Let’s become better Multipliers ✖️ in this CTO Podcast featuring Pat Kua, former CTO of N26 who by popular request now helps CTOs Level Up themselves and their teams. As a sought-after expert in helping ICs transition to leadership roles, Pat shares leadership gems with CTOs. Listen to find out: Why you should fly high ?️and dive deep ? Why even ICs need leadership skills ?‍? Maker⚒️ to Multiplier?️: What you need to unlearn when you move into management. How to communicate: CRY Principle, Translate into Foreign Tongue ?.. And TCP ..read more

Radical Transparency in Salaries, Decisions, and People Discover the power of radical transparency? with Charles Gorintin, CTO of Alan (a French InsurTech) and founding force behind Mistral. He may work in a regulated space, but there is nothing typical about Alan’s setup when it comes to internal matters. Public Salary Framework ✅Searchable Board Meetings ✅4 Managers for 90 FTE✅ Listen to find out: Why the Manager Role is split into Leads?‍? and Coaches ? How Transparent Compensation ?works with public Salary Levels and Performance Reviews How he hires ?: talent density, culture add and more ..read more

Cybersecurity for CTOs in 2024 Let’s hack cybersecurity in 2024 with Melanie Rieback, Co-founder & CEO of Radically Open Security, the world’s first not-for-profit cybersecurity consultancy with a focus on PenTesting?. Melanie is on a mission to fix cybersecurity consulting by putting people before profits and empowering internal teams “how to fish” ?. Tune in to hear about the current cybersecurity landscape from the person who not only authored a viral RFID paper (“Is Your Cat Infected with a Computer Virus?”), but also PenTested Tor, Homebrew and Greenpeace. Listen to find out: What is ..read more

Leveraging Your Tech Knowledge as CTO: Staying Hands-On and Readying for IPO Embrace the technical side ? of the CTO role with Allan Leinwand, CTO of Webflow ?️ who has combined technical know-how with great products on every layer of the OSI Model: from setting up HP’s first ethernet, CISCO’s early networks, building the world’s first CDN at Digital Island, and continuing up the stack to enterprise cloud ☁️ (ServiceNow), social gaming​​ ? (zynga), communications ? (Slack), eCommerce ? (Shopify) and now webdesign ?(Webflow). Listen to find out; Why deep technical knowledge ? allows better pro ..read more