There’s something magical about being at a 5-star hotel in Bangkok to talk business nerdery with 300+ location- and time-flexible founders. Actually, scratch magical and replace that with “not normal.”

We’re back from DCBKK, our annual founder pilgrimage to Thailand. Here are 5 insights that made us go “hmmm” all week long.

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CHAPTERS

(00:00:44) Back from Bangkok with 5 Insights
(00:03:27) Why It’s So Hard to Describe the DC
(00:07:18) DCBKK: High-Level Overview
(00:09:02) Insight #1: Choose Your Hard
(00:12:57) Insight #2: Fractional Hiring
(00:17:23) Sponsor Break: Smash Digital & SPP.Co
(00:18:57) Insight #3: 10x Pricing with 1 Feature
(00:22:31) Insight #4: Simple Event ROI System
(00:25:25) Insight #5: Our Messaging Kinda Sucks
(00:27:00) Rapid Fire Bonus Insights and Upcoming DC Events

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