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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Past guests on TMBA include Cal Newport, David Heinemeier Hannson, Seth Godin, Ricardo Semler, Noah Kagan, Rob Walling, Jay Clouse, Einar Vollset, Sam Dogan, Gino Wickam, James Clear, Jodie Cook, Mark Webster, Steph Smith, Taylor Pearson, Justin Tan, Matt Gartland, Ayman Al-Abdullah, Lucy Bella.
PLAYLIST:
Dan’s keynote from DCBKK 2024 “The Four Bricks”
The 3 hats of bootstrapping + Insights from DCBKK 2024
From Ex-Special Ops to 6-Figure Performance Coach ft. Itamar Marani
