Hey I'm Stephan. I'm your CTO coach.

I help you grow as CTO.


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"Everyone needs a coach."
Bill Gates

My CTO Book

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The book for all CTOs who want to be amazing

The thought-provoking book for CTOs. One idea on each page. 142 rules for your role. Easy to read, not a burden like most books for people with no time. Insights that you can enjoy and sometimes even smile (no joke!).

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Coaching in Deutsch and English

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"I have coached many CTOs and (co-)founders in thousands of sessions. I've seen many things and helped many CTOs. I can help you too."
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Stephan Schmidt the Amazing CTO Coach

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🦄 Experience

I have coaching several years experience with clients from 1 to 100 developers, hundreds of sessions, in bootstrapped, VC funded, fast and slow growing startups and enterprises.

Stephans Coaching Experience
Fintech
Energy
Healthtech
Proptech
eCommerce
Mobility
Fashiontech
HRtech
Consumer Electronics
Consulting
Agency

🚀 My Mission is to

empower, inspire and boost CTOs and make their jobs easier and happier. I believe we need to take back control so companies can benefit from technical achievements and innovations.

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"Stephan has a very quick grasp and a wealth of experience which he can call upon as appropriate advice. I find his competence in helping through self-reflection most helpful."
Mladen Miljic, CTO
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If you're a CTO, VP Engineering or Head of Development I want to hear from you: Book a free video chat with Stephan to find out about CTO coaching or ask any questions you have. Just drop me an email at stephan@amazingcto.com, on Twitter @KingOfCoders or on LinkedIn.

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About Stephan

As a CTO, Interim CTO, CTO Coach - and developer - Stephan has seen many technology departments in fast-growing startups. As a kid he taught himself coding in a department store around 1981 because he wanted to write video games. Stephan studied computer science with distributed systems and artificial intelligence at the University of Ulm. He also studied Philosophy. When the internet came to Germany in the 90 he worked as the first coder in several startups. He has founded a VC funded startup, worked in VC funded, fast growing startups with architecture, processes and growth challenges, worked as a manager for ImmoScout and as a CTO of an eBay Inc. company. After his wife successfully sold her startup they moved to the sea and Stephan took up CTO coaching. You can find him on LinkedIn or on Twitter @KingOfCoders

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