He Was Afraid to Talk to People – Then Pulled Off a Landmark Czech Exit (Exclusive Interview + Video)
Tomáš Krátký went from running a Prague software house to selling his company to IBM. After a management buyout set him on the path to co-founding Manta—a data lineage platform—he relocated to the United States, scaled into Fortune 500 enterprises, and eventually closed one of the most valuable exits in Czech history. “I was afraid to speak English. I was afraid to talk to people. I still have social anxiety—even right now, speaking to you. But you learn to push through it. Over time, that fear starts to fade,” says the entrepreneur.
Tomáš Krátký went from running a Prague software house to selling his company to IBM.
After a management buyout set him on the path to co-founding Manta—a data lineage platform—he relocated to the United States, scaled into Fortune 500 enterprises, and eventually closed one of the most valuable exits in Czech history.
“I was afraid to speak English. I was afraid to talk to people. I still have social anxiety—even right now, speaking to you. But you learn to push through it. Over time, that fear starts to fade,” says the entrepreneur.
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