#93 - The Technical CTO + Readying for IPO feat. Allan Leinwand // CTO @ Webflow
Jan 18, 2024•53 min•Ep 93•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Embrace the technical side 🔧 of the CTO role with Allan Leinwand, CTO of Webflow 🖱️ who has combined technical know-how with great products on every layer of the OSI Model: from setting up HP’s first ethernet, CISCO’s early networks, building the world’s first CDN at Digital Island, and continuing up the stack to enterprise cloud ☁️ (ServiceNow), social gaming 🎮 (zynga), communications 💬 (Slack), eCommerce 🛒 (Shopify) and now webdesign 🎨(Webflow).
Listen to find out;
- Why deep technical knowledge 🧠 allows better products
- How a monolith can combine individual code ownership and great deploy times 🤔
- How to attract 🧲 talent with a ‘boring’ stack (+ Innovation Lab 101)
- How to embrace the role of a pre-IPO CTO 🧑🚀🚀
- How to stay technical as a CTO 🧑💻
- Why he ships small fixes from their #UX-Papercut channel
Listen here: https://alphalist.com/podcast/93-allan-leinwand-cto-webflow
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