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title: "Year In a Worklife of a Scale-up Chief Technology Officer - CTO Academy"
description: "Recently, we had Emily Castles, CTO at a scaling start-up, Boundless, joining us for her fourth CTO Shadowing session. She reflected on their journey over the past year and, by doing that, provided an exclusive look into the challenges of a scale-up Chief Technology Officer who has to recover from severe financial cuts and consequent team losses."
date: "2024-11-15T13:42:31+01:00"
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