🧭 The CTO Journey

From Pre-Seed to IPO, which Type of CTO does Your Company Need?

There's 10 types of CTOs, those who understand this joke and those who don't. Which one are you, and which one does your company need?

Mar 11 •

Fred de Villamil

Why CTOs Should Add Emotional Intelligence to Their Skill Set

Great CTOs debug emotions, not just code

Mar 4 •

Fred de Villamil

Your 60 First Days as a CTO

A Roadmap for Success

Feb 18 •

Fred de Villamil

How I Failed My First Investor Presentation (and How to Master Yours)

Demonstrating The Engineering Value Proposition

Feb 11 •

Fred de Villamil

Strategic CTO vs. Tactical CTO

A Leadership Balance

Feb 4 •

Fred de Villamil

Nailing Your Scale-up CTO Interview

How to interview the company you're interviewing for

Jan 14 •

Fred de Villamil

Welcome to Lead & Scale

A newsletter for CTOs, from startups to scale-ups

Jan 7 •

Fred de Villamil

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