Jan 12, 2026 7 min read

🦧 Creating Meaning, Dictatorship, Culture Debt, Firing People, Moving Faster, Continuous Delivery, Managing Ego: TMW #464

Ever though about building your own business?

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Massive thanks to Zencoder for sponsoring this week's TMW - an AI Coding Agent Platform for seamless code execution and collaboration.

Hello, hello, hello, welcome to the week!

This Wednesday sees the return of our regular Community Bytes series, and in our first session we'll be joined by CTOs who have transitioned into founders of their own businesses. Join me, Hywel Carver of Skiller Whale, leadership coach Carol Palombini and Naman Muley of Utkrusht for an hour of insights and experience, lessons learned and advice for technologists looking to start their own thing. Tickets are free and the session will be recorded and available to members after the event.

The next session will be on January 28th, where I'll be joined by serial CTO Meri Williams, leadership coach Jossie Haines and Rob Zuber of CircleCI for a chat about leading with vision, inspiring and motivating teams. This will be a treat - grab your spot ASAP.

That's it, let's look at some links 😄

PS: We have a load of Mixer events coming up next week - take a look to see if we're coming to your city.

Andy @ CTO Craft

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