The CTO role, as multifaceted as a pineapple pizza

I am currently the CTO of NUMA, one of the big players in the startup scene in Europe. The role makes me meet a lot of bright people, some that succeed and some that fail : founders, CEOs, CTOs, CMOs, CDO, COOs, CCO, CxOs.

What makes a great company ? The team, the product and the opportunity.

CTOs have to join both ends of “team” and “product” — when they start a company, CTOs have to build the product from scratch. It’s often hard to tell the difference between a CTO and a developer in a 2 people company.

But as the company grows, the role changes, constraints appear, team management becomes prevalent and the nerd in you might not be prepared.

So what does a CTO have to face every day, at different stages of a company ?

That’s what I’ll answer here, by having pizza with a bunch of them, from companies of completely different sizes.

Let’s get started, I’m hungry.

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