My Favourite Failure: Estonia’s first CIO who needed open heart surgery after institutional failures pushed him to the brink - Taavi Kotka

 

Taavi Kotka is the Founder and CEO of Koos.io but he shot to fame as the CEO of one of the largest software development companies in the Baltics.

After he sold the company in a big money deal in 2012, he had a non compete which left him with time when he couldn’t work in the private sector.

He was appointed the first Chief Innovation Officer of Estonia whose role is basically to drive technological progress in the country. It gave him the opportunity to make a massive impact - a national one.

He and his team delivered in many areas but it came at great personal cost.

What happened?

 
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