Building Community, Leadership, and Growth with Barbara Derkowska and Wiktor Sobolak

10/10/2025 58 min Episodio 4
Building Community, Leadership, and Growth with Barbara Derkowska and Wiktor Sobolak

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Send us a textBarbara Derkowska (Fractional CMO) and Wiktor Sobolak (Head of Product at Text) join me to talk about building Warsaw's best growth meetup from a small group of friends to a must-attend tech event.We cover:How they created a community-first event that actually delivers value (not another networking circus)Whether university still matters in 2025 - and what you should focus on insteadThe reality of leadership: why it's lonelier than people think and how to not burn out being everyone's umbrellaFollowing your energy instead of your passionWhy "good products sell themselves" is complete BSTwo people who actually build things instead of just talking about them. No fluff, no guru nonsense - just real experience from the trenches.