Startup life, the next chapter — SEVEN SENDERS

Boris Diebold
SEVEN SENDERS Techblog
2 min readJun 27, 2018

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Beginning of this year, I started my second chapter of startup life in Berlin.

What did I do before ?

The previous four years have been awesome.

As part of the executive team at Babbel, I helped scale the company to one of the most successful tech companies in Europe, growing to millions of paying subscribers and scaling up the from 100 to almost 500 in Berlin and New York.

It was a great journey, but somehow the most enjoying moments I had in the earlier days of scaling the company.

So — what next ?

For almost 20 years, I worked hard with 2 months off being the maximum that allowed myself a few times (and often a lot less).

I always dreamed of doing a longer sabbatical — which I now made reality: 6 months.

Why SEVEN SENDERS ?

I decided to join SEVEN SENDERS since it ticked all my boxes on what I was looking for in my next professional challenge:

  • CTO position in a promising startup/scaleup
  • possibility to shape product, tech as well as the company itself
  • an industry i like and interesting product & tech challenges
  • current size between 50–100 people overall
  • a good existing tech team >15 (I am not a coding CTO anymore)
  • significant business growth potential
  • solid financials and business model
  • enough runway (preferably recently closed Series A or similar)
  • strong no BS founder team (not just a bunch of kids with money playing)
  • experienced management team (or planning to hire)
  • good sense of humour and fun at work
  • nice office in Berlin
Some pictures from Seven Senders office in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg

How did it turn out ?

After 6 months, I can honestly say it has been an excellent decision.

We are ramping up business, product, tech, team and the overall company — while building a great culture and enjoying an awesome environment in the heart of Berlin (see here for nice views of the area where our office is located).

We are building a diverse team with people from all over the world that are excited about building the leading delivery platform.

As Berlin is Europes #1 tech destination, it is easy to convince promising candidates to relocate. Especially since cost of living is still quite low compared to other major tech destinations).

​As my journey continues, I will launch further posts…

Interested to join us ? Check out our team and open positions.

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Boris Diebold
SEVEN SENDERS Techblog

CTO@HeyJobs — formerly CTO@SevenSenders, CTO@Babbel, Senior Manager@Accenture