DBT: Do Big Things
DBT Ventures advises and invests globally in software and consumer companies.
Each month we share: 1) one book summary, and 2) one research-backed article with our audience of 5,457 leaders.
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DBT: Do Big Things
DBT Ventures advises and invests globally in software and consumer companies.
Each month we share: 1) one book summary, and 2) one research-backed article with our audience of 5,457 leaders.
If you’d like to join us, please enter your email below.
1) book summary
2) research-backed article on technology trends, customer success, data science and leadership.
Exploring a few powerful ChatGPT use cases to help Customer Success professionals be more productive, e.g. Advanced Data Analysis, Plugins/Extensions.
Responding to America’s most popular song with data and resources in hopes to 1) add some objectivity to this ongoing cultural dialogue, and 2) offer potential solutions.
Dutch billionaire Frank Slootman is one of the most successful CEOs in history. One of my favorite podcasts, The Knowledge Project, recently interviewed Frank. He believes in “extreme meritocracy” and likens companies to professional sports teams. Frank could be described as ruthless, direct, and decisive with a “natural malcontent posture.” But there’s one thing he loves above all: winning.
Successful venture capital firm Craft Ventures was founded in 2017. Interestingly, 65% of the (massively) successful exits on their website occurred before the firm even existed. Let’s talk about how to most effectively—and of course ethically—craft a VC track record.
Insights and inspiration from Affirm’s 2020 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) report, along with our hearty support of the high bar they set for other companies.
For example, Affirm achieved a 12.5% YoY increase in female representation in Engineering & Product— a massive accomplishment!
Fictitious quote: "The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.” —Grand Master of Intent
Discipline is the harnessing of emotion and converting it into repeatable action. This article explores why startups tend to breathlessly excited about various initiatives that often peter out.
Top highlights from a superb interview with Naval Ravikant on The Knowledge Project podcast. Learn new mental models for better decision making, and how to assess the quality of our decisions.
Bonus: a cult classic book on decision-making from the 1970s.
The average American spends 11 hours per day staring at screens. As smartphones, streaming and social media inundate our dopamine-addicted brains with content, our collective consciousness is being commoditized. This is generally bad, but a reality we must confront. This article explores the data behind Instagram usage, Netflex et al, along with a few ways we can regain our focus and, eventually, our consciousness. Thumbs crossed.
Inspiration and learnings from an epic zip-lining adventure across redwood trees in Guerneville, CA! Coastal redwood trees are the tallest trees in the world (350-400 feet), but they don’t have the traditional deep tap root to anchor them.
How do redwoods grow to be the tallest trees in the world without deep roots? Amazingly, redwoods connect their roots with each other underground to form a vast web-like network.
Mission & Purpose
DBT stands for "Do Big Things”—part mantra, part reminder. The average human life is 30,000 days. Let’s make the most of them.
We aim to support underrepresented founders building amazing products. In 2022, less than 2% of venture capital went to females despite females accounting for 20% of founders. This is not okay, and just one example of the rampant bias in the venture capital industry.
Our last 3 angel investments (Kahawa, MicroGen, Stagger) have gone to female founders who are also people of color.
Mission & Purpose
DBT stands for "Do Big Things”—part mantra, part reminder. The average human life is 30,000 days. Let’s make the most of them.
We aim to support underrepresented founders building amazing products. In 2022, less than 2% of venture capital went to females despite females accounting for 20% of founders. This is not okay, and just one example of the rampant bias in the venture capital industry.
Our last 3 angel investments (Kahawa, MicroGen, Stagger) have gone to female founders who are also people of color.
Leadership
Today, true leadership is exceedingly rare.
Due to rampant over-communication, democratized decision-making, and a dangerous tendency to mix strategy and operations, leaders often struggle to reach their full potential.
DBT seeks to provide refuge—a deep breath—by offering strategies & tools that solve problems for leaders who want to evolve.
Leadership
Today, true leadership is exceedingly rare.
Due to rampant over-communication, democratized decision-making, and a dangerous tendency to mix strategy and operations, leaders often struggle to reach their full potential.
DBT seeks to provide refuge—a deep breath—by offering strategies & tools that solve problems for leaders who want to evolve.
Customer Success
The advent of the recurring revenue model has shattered traditional service models. "Customer Success" is one of the fastest growing fields in the technology space due to a recent realization: revenue retention is imperative for any scalable SaaS business to survive and thrive.
Customer Success is currently in a state of flux, iterating quarterly. DBT strives to understand these trends, provide guidance, enable focus, and ultimately capitalize on the existential opportunity.
Unlock, capture, retain.
Customer Success
The advent of the recurring revenue model has shattered traditional service models. "Customer Success" is one of the fastest growing fields in the technology space due to a recent realization: revenue retention is imperative for any scalable SaaS business to survive and thrive.
Customer Success is currently in a state of flux, iterating quarterly. DBT strives to understand these trends, provide guidance, enable focus, and ultimately capitalize on the existential opportunity.
Unlock, capture, retain.
Data Science
A data-driven strategy is crucial because it is, in many ways, your north star. Why? Today, most executives lament having "too much data" in different silos all over the place.
You have two options: hate it, or harness it.
To succeed, today’s leaders must embrace data science to identify truth, and then craft a strategy around that truth.
Data Science
A data-driven strategy is crucial because it is, in many ways, your north star. Why? Today, most executives lament having "too much data" in different silos all over the place.
You have two options: hate it, or harness it.
To succeed, today’s leaders must embrace data science to identify truth, and then craft a strategy around that truth.