#33: Startup vs. Corporate Development, an Inside View with Aleksandar Orlic from Penta

We chatted to Aleksander Orlic, CTO and co-founder of Penta, about his insights on the pros and cons with both startup and corporate approaches to product development and innovation. Penta is a digital bank for businesses across Europe based in Berlin, Germany.

Aleksandar has over 20 years experience as a software engineer, architect and product manager having worked from startups to banks multi-national corporates. Along the way we discussed:

Why corporates struggle with rapid change and fast-moving innovation

The pros and cons of life as a developer at a startup

How instability is a valuable asset of innovation