Become a world-class CTO and start shaping the future with our online immersive trainings.
March 2021 edition is now closed. Join the waiting list now to be the First to be notified
Become a world-class CTO and start shaping the future with our online immersive trainings.
March 2021 edition is now closed. Join the waiting list now to be the First to be notified
If you are dreaming of developing a better world, this is your path. First is the Executive Program where the best CTOs share their professional experience deeply to allow you to be a human leader that uses tech to have a positive and real impact. From Engineering Manager to CTO, if you can imagine, you will reach there.
If you are a manager specialized in technology and you are looking for a transformation that can boost your career in the right direction, congratulations: you are in the right place! The Lidr’s First Program coaches emerging executives to become leaders and allow them to have a great and huge impact in the world. As we say: better leaders for a better world.
The Lidr’s First Program is a huge development opportunity not only in terms of personal and professional growth but in terms of building a global network. Everyday new CTOs around the world join our community in order to grow, to learn, to share and of course have fun together. This is a key asset that will follow you forever. Becoming a leader at Lidr means taking part of an unforgettable and collective journey. See you inside!
As we mentioned before, we stand for a better world, that includes your career path. At Lidr we commit to your never-ending growth and ever-increasing success, that’s why we will keep there after the program. That’s just the beginning of the transformational journey you’re about to start. As alumni, our strong community and experts network will be there for you, and you will always have VIP treatment in any of our services, from exclusive discounts to priority access.
Digitalization is growing exponentially after COVID.The offer doesn’t cover the demand, so the salaries are increasing from an already-high salary. And the great thing is that in these roles, the salary grows at a higher rate than in development roles.You can get a lot of professional opportunities. Our secret weapon as developers is to be able to understand the machines. Lidr will help you understand people too. The most demanded professional of the following 50 years will be those able to build a deep connection between technology, and people, and make it work together to impact in the world. Add the business piece and you have the golden triangle of the CTO, the unicorn every single company, small or big, is looking for.
Our secret weapon as developers is to be able to understand the machines. Lidr will help you understand people too. The most demanded professional of the following 50 years will be those able to build a deep connection between technology, and people, and make it work together to impact in the world. Add the business piece and you have the golden triangle of the CTO, the unicorn every single company, small or big, is looking for.
Who is going to guarantee that startups grow and succeed in the long run?
Fridays 18 – 21 h CET Saturdays 09 – 13 CET
March – October with vacation periods (Easter week & Summer)
A secreat place devirtualize colleagues and mentors, work as a team and take the immersive experience to another level.
Demo day plus six mentoring sessions.
Fridays 18 – 21 h CET Saturdays 09 – 13 CET
March – October with vacation periods (Easter week & Summer)
A secreat place devirtualize colleagues and mentors, work as a team and take the immersive experience to another level.
Demo day plus six mentoring sessions.
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Lifetime access to all challenges: + 150h
content recorded in live sessions + material.
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1 week of retreat in a secret place in Catalonia to devirtualize colleagues and mentors, work as a team and take the immersive experience to another level.
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1 extra mentoring session after the master so you can solve any real problem that you face and have not seen in the master.
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Resources pack: Templates and contacts lists to facilitate your work as a technology leader, carefully curated by our mentors:
Contacts of the best providers for each need.
Ready-to-use documents: NDA, partner agreement, meeting documents, checklists and much more
Curated content from the best leaders to get to the point with your professional development.
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The possibility of being a consulting CTO and have the first professional experience without leaving your job, starting at 60 €/h.
Don’t take our word for it. Know others that have already lived the Lidr experience and started their journeys to leadership
Join now other top tech professionals from companies around Europe:
Google (Switzerland) Jeff (Spain) Unlockit (Portugal) and more
You are an experienced developer and now manage small tech teams. You are looking to grow in the management ladder (Eng. Manager, Director) or you want to lead your own way as CTO in early-stage startups.
You are an outperforming developer that has progressed as Individual Contributor. Now you are looking to have a bigger impact moving to management or starting a career as CTO.
After an impressive career as developer, you ended up being CTO in a small company (maybe the circumstances required, maybe it’s what you were looking for). But you feel overwhelmed by the role and you miss some core skills and guidance to succeed.
If any of those roles resonates with you, Lidr’s First Program can help you to achieve your professionals goals
“Our only job is to leave each person better than we found them”
Thanks to the commitment and the strong professional background of our mentors, we had the possibility to co-create and develop together the next level of executive tech education.
EVERYTHING you will live during the course are real startup cases based on the knowledge and experiences of these mentors, top-notch leaders that contributed to build and grow some of the most successful companies around Europe.
Badi, Koa Health
Carto
Dropbox
Colvin
N26
Meraki
Typeform
WuakiTV, The Hotels Network
Wefox, Paypal
Badi, Koa Health
Carto
Dropbox
Colvin
N26
Meraki
Thanks to the energy that all the mentors put together during the co-creation process to define a premium remote and immersive experience, you will learn and work at the same time. The timetable has been designed to be combined with your family, friends and work hours, because we believe that to be a great leader stress is not acceptable, so don’t be afraid to combine your work with your building future process. We collected the learning methodology has been crafted to be a truly transformational journey.
You will learn to connect the dots, to find the right help, to collect and apply feedback, to take context-based decisions, to negotiate, to prioritize, to get buy-in for your ideas, to reflect, to coach, to inspire, to lead. Basically you will learn to learn, so you can keep growing at the same pace the rest of your life.
After this warm-up, the real program awaits you. Following a time-based narrative, you will become a CTO recently hired in an early-stage startup. Over 20 weeks you will grow with the company, learning the right things that are needed in each stage. Through immersive challenges that reflects some of the most critical problems you will face in the real world, you will evolve from that recently-hired CTO to an inspiring leader that runs a 15+ high-performing team responsible of a digital product used by millions around the world.
You will learn to connect the dots, to find the right help, to collect and apply feedback, to take context-based decisions, to negotiate, to prioritize, to get buy-in for your ideas, to reflect, to coach, to inspire, to lead. Basically you will learn to learn, so you can keep growing at the same pace the rest of your life.
Tech leads
Senior architects
First-time CTOs of early-stage startups
Tech leads
Senior architects
First-time CTOs of early-stage startups
We will take of your career and we will support you, this our promise and our commitment.
Álvaro Moya, Lidr’s Founder, is convinced that mentoring is key when focusing a career for anyone who aspires to be a leader in tech. For this reason, you can schedule a free mentoring session to focus your efforts and begin to chart the path that will lead you to the fulfillment of your dream: better leaders for a better world.
Please, in order to get the most out of it, find below more information in order to prepare the session:
Prepare your career mentoring so we can recognize you are a top-performer motivated to face the challenge, and that you are committed with the work you need to do.
We are going to be really transparent with you and highly selective. We are followers of people who can immediately apply learnings to their day job.
The program lasts for 22 weeks.
The next one will be from end of February to mid of October 2021.
This is a program for senior professionals with experience in the software industry, from tech leads to Product Owners; fluent in English, and available to commit at least 12 hours of work per week.
Our program includes a 7-month training with top-notch professionals under an immersive approach + 1-year access to our exclusive community + lifetime access to our job board + lifetime access to our content + program perks
From leadership skills to architectural design, you will face immersive challenges around the most common and important topics a tech leader deals with in early stage startups. Check the whole program above
We firmly believe distributed workforces will shape the future of work, so are we and so are our students. We don’t forget the importance of live interactions though; some of our sessions are hosted in Barcelona in case you can attend
The program lasts for 22 weeks.
The next one will be from end of February to mid of October 2021.
This is a program for senior professionals with experience in the software industry, from tech leads to Product Owners; fluent in English, and available to commit at least 12 hours of work per week.
Our program includes a 7-month training with top-notch professionals under an immersive approach + 1-year access to our exclusive community + lifetime access to our job board + lifetime access to our content + program perks
From leadership skills to architectural design, you will face immersive challenges around the most common and important topics a tech leader deals with in early stage startups. Check the whole program above
We firmly believe distributed workforces will shape the future of work, so are we and so are our students. We don’t forget the importance of live interactions though; some of our sessions are hosted in Barcelona in case you can attend