Developer to CTO: Leadership Skills for Scaling Startups
Published 7/2025
Duration: 10h 50m | .MP4 1920x1080 30 fps(r) | AAC, 44100 Hz, 2ch | 8.69 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Published 7/2025
Duration: 10h 50m | .MP4 1920x1080 30 fps(r) | AAC, 44100 Hz, 2ch | 8.69 GB
Genre: eLearning | Language: English
Your CTO Preparation Journey - Five Critical Modules
What you'll learn
- Master rapid team scaling strategies and technical hiring frameworks for high-growth startup environments
- Develop investor communication skills to articulate technical strategy and progress to stakeholders
- Build decision-making frameworks for technical leadership under pressure and resource constraints
- Create culture-building systems that maintain team cohesion during exponential growth phases
- Implement strategic delegation approaches that scale technical excellence while expanding team size
Requirements
- 5+ years software development experience with entrepreneurial aspirations or current startup involvement
- Currently in or seeking technical co-founder, CTO, or senior technical leadership roles in startup environments
- No prior startup experience required - designed specifically for technically skilled professionals entering startup leadership
- Basic understanding of startup dynamics and commitment to rapid-growth technical leadership challenges
- Willingness to implement high-pressure decision-making frameworks and scaling strategies in startup context
Description
Are you a technical co-founder or aspiring CTO ready to scale from startup to successful company but feeling overwhelmed by the unique leadership challenges of high-growth environments?You're not alone. Most technical leaders excel at building products but struggle with the rapid scaling, investor communication, and culture-building demands of startup leadership.
This comprehensive course transforms developers into confident startup CTOs throughproven frameworks for scaling technical organizationsin high-growth environments. Based on Andrew Murphy's decade of technology leadership experience and his successful Tech Leaders Launchpad program, you'll gain the strategic leadership skills and rapid-scaling expertise needed to excel as a startup CTO.
What makes this course essential for startup success?Unlike generic leadership training, this course addresses the unique challenges faced by technical co-founders and CTOs in scaling startups. You'll learn rapid team scaling strategies, investor communication frameworks, and technical decision-making under pressure - all while building the culture and processes that support exponential growth.
Your CTO Preparation Journey - Five Critical Modules:
Module 1: Developing Your Leadership MindsetMaster the fundamental transition from startup developer to scaling CTO. Understand what leadership means in high-growth technical environments, identify the key skills for effective startup leadership, and learn to balance technical innovation with business scalability. You'll embrace your CTO identity and develop the leadership philosophy needed for rapid-growth scenarios.
Module 2: Staying Productive as a LeaderNavigate the productivity challenges of startup leadership while maintaining technical excellence. Learn proven time management strategies for high-pressure startup environments, master calendar management in chaotic growth phases, and discover when to say "no" to maintain focus on scaling priorities. You'll develop systems to balance firefighting with strategic technical leadership.
Module 3: Delegating and Managing Tasks EffectivelyTransform your approach to rapid team scaling by mastering strategic delegation. Understand what success means when scaling from 5 to 50+ engineers, learn the crucial difference between accountability and responsibility in startup contexts, and develop ownership in your expanding leadership role. You'll gain frameworks for delegating during rapid hiring while ensuring code quality and team cohesion.
Module 4: Building Trust and Communication as a LeaderDevelop the communication skills essential for startup CTO success. Learn to navigate investor relationships and board communications, master the frameworks for handling rapid performance scaling and feedback, and discover how to build trust in high-pressure, high-stakes environments. You'll understand the critical importance of transparent communication in startup technical leadership.
Module 5: Communication and Influence SkillsElevate your CTO impact through advanced communication and influence techniques. Understand how to communicate technical strategy to non-technical stakeholders and investors, learn to provide technical vision that aligns with business goals, and develop skills in influencing across the entire organization. You'll master the communication strategies that separate successful startup CTOs from those who struggle to scale.
What Makes This Your Startup Leadership Advantage:
This course follows Andrew Murphy's proven progression specifically designed for startup technical leaders. Each module addresses the unique challenges of scaling technical organizations, from rapid hiring to technical debt management under growth pressure.
Total Learning Experience:Over10 hours of comprehensive video contentwith startup-focused exercises and downloadable frameworks.
What You'll Gain:
Strategic frameworksfor scaling technical teams from startup to growth-stage company
Practical toolsfor rapid decision-making and technical leadership under pressure
Proven strategiesfor communicating technical vision to investors and stakeholders
Rapid-scaling techniquesto avoid the common pitfalls that derail startup CTOs
A clear roadmapfor building and leading high-performing technical organizations
Who this course is for:
- Technical co-founders and aspiring CTOs who need to scale from startup to successful company leadership
- Experienced developers entering startup environments who want to excel in high-growth technical leadership
- Current startup technical leaders struggling with team scaling, investor communication, and rapid decision-making
- Ambitious technical professionals with entrepreneurial aspirations seeking CTO-level leadership skills
- Senior engineers and technical leads interested in startup leadership roles and scaling technical organizations
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