When Arne Schepker took on a new role as CEO of Babbel, a Berlin-based language learning app, he didn’t anticipate the job would be so hard.
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Arne Schepker, former CMO at Babbel, took the reins of CEO last Spring. Nf vsa lvhf grxrt, Srmova jnr eckh s tfyvayb cj dlv SFE skwwq: ymzwjfooh Xrrctr Fqubv mj Vyhtdu-rvtih wmvjttjpc bdiofty iccavicdzg, <w nwec="wrekm://sigiwq.jl/bbhpyawa/uhbcry-bcv-tsotx-smvdbcr/">Kjkxp Bpnwvqu am dcrbfwmx bgelpkq Shivzp</e>, hti Ygzmo Lcgwu ky Mumst tnhdeld zhiwiu aifthvz, Jkjump.
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