alphalist now runs two membership paths. CORE for the CTOs who already carry the whole thing. NEXT for the ones on their way there. Same network, different rooms — and a real path between them.
What's said here doesn't leave the room.
No stage, no hierarchy, no vendors.
Everyone here is solving a version of the same thing.
From people who shipped it, not people who read about it.
Pick by leadership stage, not by job title. If we think the other room fits you better, we'll say so during review — nobody gets rejected for applying to the wrong one.
SENIOR_TRACK
€399 / YEAR
For experienced CTOs, VP Engineering leaders and senior technology executives who lead technology at company level.
EMERGING_TRACK
€199 / YEAR
For emerging CTOs, first-time technical leaders, founders taking on technology and engineering leaders growing into the role.
| MEMBERSHIP | alphalist Core €399 / year | alphalist Next €199 / year |
|---|---|---|
| THE_COMMUNITY | ||
| Private Slack communityYour own channels, invite-only | Core channelsclosed to Next | Next channelsclosed to Core |
| Who's in the room | Scaled-stage CTOs, VPs of Engineering, senior tech execs | Emerging CTOs, first-time tech leaders, technical founders |
| Regional channelsNorth · East · South · West | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared lounge channelsOptional, cross-tier. Always opt-in. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pitch channelEarly-stage founders meet investors | As investor | As founder |
| EVENTS | ||
| Online masterclasses & AMAs | Includedfull archive | Includedfull archive |
| CTO Dinners & Roundtables | Includedall cities | €99 per seat5–10 seats per event |
| CTO Summit | Included | — |
| code.talks conference ticket | 50% discount | 25% discount |
| CAREER | ||
| Job board | Post & browse CTO and senior tech roles | Browse senior roles shared from Core |
| Partner product deals | ✓ | ✓ |
| GROWTH | ||
| Application reviewBy our member ambassadors | Ambassador vote | Ambassador vote |
| Path into CoreSelf-nomination, any time | — | Included |
| READY? | Apply for Core | Apply for Next |
Both memberships live in one Slack workspace, but the channels don't overlap. Core conversations stay in Core. Next has its own space to ask the questions nobody asks in front of their board.
The only places you meet are the lounge channels — and those are opt-in on both sides. Direct pitching across tiers isn't a grey zone here, it's against the code of conduct.
Apply, get reviewed by our ambassadors, and land in a room of people solving the same problems you are this quarter.
Office hours, peer channels, senior roles from the Core board. The stuff that actually moves a career, not a certificate.
Team scaled, title changed, or you simply outgrew the room. Same ambassador vote as everyone else — no waiting list.
FAIR_BILLING Upgrade whenever you're ready, not at renewal. On the day you move up we charge €399 minus what you already paid for Next, calculated pro-rata by day. No double payment, no waiting for your cycle to end.
Yes. Next members self-nominate for Core at any time, and you get pro-rata credit for what you already paid.
No. The only shared spaces are the lounge channels, and both sides opt in.
Yes — a limited number of seats per event at €99, first come first served.
You're not. If Core isn't the right fit yet, you get an offer for Next instead. But if the persona isn't fitting at all, we might reject it completely.
Ask someone who has already done it.
That is the fastest and safest way forward. And when nobody has done it before, you figure it out together.