{"podcast":{"title":"Leman Tech Leadership Podcast","slug":"leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357","podcast_index_feed_id":7045357,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6343272/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast--6343272","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4982bc323b348940ab5d4a08c6dc9c37.jpg","author":"Aleksandra Lemańska","episode_count":197,"summary":"Leman Tech Leadership Podcast Welcome to the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, your ultimate guide to developing exceptional tech leadership skills. Whether you're a seasoned tech leader or just stepping into a managerial role, this podcast is designed to provide you with actionable insights and best practices to create a thriving work environment that people won't want to leave. Learn how to do it with host Aleksandra Lemańska, CQ Technology Leadership Mentor & Speaker. Founder @LemanSkills, Co-Founder & Board President @Startup Community Poznan Foundation, Host @Leman Tech Leadership Podcast. She is the creator of the CQ Leadership Method: a battle-tested framework that helps tech leaders communicate with precision and lead without burnout. Join Alex as she delves deep into the secrets of effective leadership, from mastering essential tools to implementing cutting-edge techniques. Each episode brings you invaluable knowledge, practical advice, or unique perspectives through engaging interviews with leaders who have experiences and lessons to share. Discover the dos and don’ts of tech leadership, learn about the habits that drive success, and gather strategies to foster a motivated…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T12:19:11.454164+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357"},"episode":{"title":"#194 | Why Co-Founding with Your Brother, Detaching from Your Product, and Staying in the Code Makes You a Better Leader w/ Piotr Karwatka","slug":"194-why-co-founding-with-your-brother-detaching-from-your-product-and-staying-in-the-code-makes-you-a-better-leader-w-piotr-karwatka","published_at":"2026-09-10T03:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357/194-why-co-founding-with-your-brother-detaching-from-your-product-and-staying-in-the-code-makes-you-a-better-leader-w-piotr-karwatka","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/194-why-co-founding-with-your-brother-detaching-from-your-product-and-staying-in-the-code-makes-you-a-better-leader-w-piotr-karwatka--74874421","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74874421/194_why_co_founding_with_your_brother_detaching_from_your_product_and_staying_in_the_code_makes_you_a_better_leader_w_piotr_karwatka.mp3","summary":"▶︎ #194 | Why Co-Founding with Your Brother, Detaching from Your Product, and Staying in the Code Makes You a Better Leader w/ Piotr Karwatka @Open Mercato In this episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra sits down with Piotr Karwatka, Co-Founder of Open Mercato, a 100% AI-engineered open-source framework for building enterprise CRM and ERP applications. Piotr has spent 26 years in technology, starting with freeware desktop software he built with his brother Tomasz as teenagers. Together they grew Divante from a two-person company to over 300 people before a successful exit, co-created Alokai (formerly Vue Storefront), which raised the largest VC round in Poland at the time, and built Callstack, the well-known React Native contributor, which also ended in an exit. They are also business angels with over 40 portfolio companies, including ElevenLabs. The conversation opens on one of the questions founders ask most often and answer least honestly: can you really do business with family? Piotr's answer is grounded in 26 years of data. The single most important factor was not love or loyalty but culture: specifically, the decision to always treat the company as a product separate from themselves. Piotr and Aleksandra then dig into delegation, control, and the specific fear that drives most early-stage founders to micromanage: not personality, but margin. When you have no financial runway, and every client matters completely, over-controlling is not a character flaw; it is a survival response. The episode also covers the question of whether tech leaders should stay in the code, and Piotr is unambiguous: yes, and anyone who told him otherwise gave him some of the worst advice he ever received. 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