10 Tips for Selling Ideas as a CTO

Learning to Sell is the Real Skill Needed for Top 1% Technology Leadership

Apr 24, 2025

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👋 Hello Technocrats!

So many CTO & VP of Engineering careers would take off like a rocketship 🚀 if they knew how to sell big ideas. But who can blame us? We’ve been deep in the technical weeds for way too long. The good news is that there is a way to become a highly influential tech executive. You just need to know these 10 tips 😃.

Cheers & let’s dive …

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