An interview series from The Software House
CTO vs Status Quo
Project goals
To reveal how other CTOs secure Product, Engineering, and the Board’s support by making thoughtful decisions.
“[...] if you can leave it out of the MVP, then you should leave it out.”
Kurre Ståhlberg
CTO at Gubbe
"great coders who understand prompting can probably do 10x the velocity [...]"
Dimitris Kountanis
Head of Frontend at Native Teams
"You should know that the current generation of AI for BI is a quantum leap [...]."
Avi Perez
CTO & Co-founder at Pyramid Analytics
"Delegating responsibilities and putting trust in people are fundamental [...]"
Gertjan Oude Lohuis & Eric Klaasse
CTO & CPO/co-founder at CloudSuite
“I've had team members spend time in ambulances to learn about the job.”
Mark Rearden
Director of Digital Solutions at Dedalus UK
"You have to see change as an opportunity."
Jani Maljanen
Head of Engineering at Vaimo Nordics
Quotes
Some insights you can discover
“We got rid of the backlog and adopted what I call a lean roadmap. We have a list of problems, and we don’t have any features on it.”
Mika Peuralahti
CTO at Smartum 
“Instead of collecting hard requirements, you create (…) a rough outline of what you want to achieve. How you achieve that is up to you. Then you have six weeks to deliver the goods. If you run out of time, you downsize the scope.”
Ludwig Magnusson
CTO at Mediatool 
“I want to be sure that if a bus hits me, everything will be fine at the company. (…) My team has all the necessary knowledge, login access, and learning materials to keep work going.”
Majid Garmaroudi
CTO at Northfork
Insights
C-level insights that wow readers
Interviews
What would you like to learn about?
“[...] if you can leave it out of the MVP, then you should leave it out.”
Kurre Ståhlberg
CTO at Gubbe
"great coders who understand prompting can probably do 10x the velocity [...]"
Dimitris Kountanis
Head of Frontend at Native Teams
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