Analysis

August 10, 2022

Here’s how Europe’s CTOs are dealing with their biggest challenges

Five scaleup CTOs share what’s keeping them up at night


Narek Verdian, CTO at Glovo

Chief technology officers (CTOs) — the people responsible for the development and management of the tech behind every startup — are currently facing some tough challenges. 

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Tomas Vocetka is CTO at Omio
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Narek Verdian, CTO at Glovo
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Sam Mountford is CTO at Feast It
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Anisah Osman Britton

Anisah Osman Britton is coauthor of Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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