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December 27, 2022

The best people advice of 2022 from Europe’s top founders and operators

Sifted rounded up some useful tidbits of advice on managing teams and implementing people policy


Dr Barbara Zesik, chief people officer at Omio

It would be an understatement to say it’s been a difficult year for startups — with many figuring out how to extend runway, adjust their team sizes and raise funding when investors are tightening their belts.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH region and the future of work, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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