Dexter Dake

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Dexter Dake

@dexterdake

Helping founders cut noise and position to grow. Decade alongside KP, Insight, Redpoint, Meritech amongst others. Founding Partner @Dakotomy

Napa, CA Присоединился Kasım 2014

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·1h

@yijiefeng I wish I was passionate about the AI workflow space. We are perfectly positioned to absolutely crush this, but… I just can’t. Something feels off about it. Some agencies out there are going to make an absolute killing and scale quickly though.

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Yijie@yijiefeng·3h

I'm noticing a trend there's a growing number of "AI consulting" firms charging $20K+ to "deploy Claude" to legacy businesses (mid-sized law, accounting, PE firms) as "Anthropic enterprise partners" what this means: - they install claude code, cowork - run a few commands to connect to tools - give generic or misleading advice on a tech stack meanwhile, there's more interest than ever for firms with 0 technical staff to build SaaS in-house and there's an entire industry of advice givers seeking to profit off of this trend last week I was on a call with a PE firm (working with one of these agencies) and someone who had never written code was asking whether to run a RAG vector DB on a Mac mini to chunk internal docs can't make this up

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·1h

@pierreeliottlal You have to check out black sands beach. A little tough to get to but very close to where you are in this shot. Proposed to the Mrs. there.

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Pierre-Eliott Lallemant@pierreeliottlal·2h

A month ago, I had never set foot in San Francisco. Now I’m applying for a visa to stay here for a few years after Y Combinator. Grateful for this wild ride.

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·2h

@digitlartifacts Karl is out!

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nicole@digitlartifacts·7h

foggy in sf today

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·9h

@FredWanders My team is also using atomic design methodology on web to get to the template level then build. Keeps design in control and then the focus is more on the content, like this video above.

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Fred Wanders@FredWanders·16h

@dexterdake Really great use of AI that makes sense and doesnt produce slop

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Fred Wanders@FredWanders·1d

Great use case for generative AI in web design. IMO. Use it bring static scenes to life.

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·17h

@asmartbear Damn. New dad and this triggered me for about 5s

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Jason Cohen@asmartbear·1d

“Kill your babies.” I 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 deleting things I’ve written. Even though of course I should delete 50-70%. Sometimes I leave it in; oh well, I’m selfish. Sometimes it turns into tweets. Or drafts that are never finished. The last is probably best.

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·17h

@thatguybg P - consultants = plumbers

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brett goldstein@thatguybg·1d

this is the hierarchy of respect you get for succeeding at different kinds of startups: S - impossible technical problem (anthropic, spacex) A - consumer/prosumer (notion, slack) B - vertical/niche product (legora, harvey) C - sales & back office (attio, lattice) F - any clone

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·17h

@bentenwoodring That’s alright. I think the WolfOlins footer had enough time in the spotlight. Site looks great!

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Benten@bentenwoodring·1d

Footer for Levenza that didn't make the cut

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·17h

@jayyeh A good EA will crush

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Jason Yeh@jayyeh·1d

100% the right advice, however... the concept of calendar density is simple but not easy be prepared for a lot of work to do this well

Elizabeth Yin 💛@dunkhippo33

The ideal situation in raising money is to pack in all of your investor meetings within a compressed period of time. That makes it a lot easier to create urgency and momentum.

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·17h

@_christinacodes Same

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Christina@_christinacodes·23h

Have you all also forgotten how to code, or is it just me?

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·17h

@adilmania Way to be an optimist

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Adil Mania.@adilmania·18h

if you’re making something cool. i know it’s hard to make it happen. i know life is unfair. i know people may not believe in you. but please keep doing it. your time will come.

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·17h

@catalinmpit Who’s running his socials? It’s truly the most inauthentic tone and writing style I’ve ever read.

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Catalin@catalinmpit·1d

I don’t trust this, but I wish it was true.

Sam Altman@sama

we want to build tools to augment and elevate people, not entities to replace them.

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·17h

Sad to see so little iteration in LLM UI. I get they need to be delicate, test and learn, but come on. Where’s the iteration velocity and innovation?

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·18h

@stevelauda_ Atomic design methodology is making a resurgence

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Steve Lauda@stevelauda_·1d

md files with a solid system design is the key

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·18h

@AdamDraper At $4.99 a medium fry, you can’t afford not to subscribe.

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Adam Draper ⏻@AdamDraper·23h

SAAS is not dead.

Hoops Crave@HoopsCrave

McDonald’s is reportedly planning a Subscription Fry service, offering unlimited medium fries for $20 per month.

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·18h

@ivanburazin Never made this much until after having my first kid.

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Ivan Burazin@ivanburazin·1d

The idea that having kids kills productivity is pure cope. I know founders with kids who outwork founders without kids. I didn't want kids for a long time because I thought they'd take too much time from the company. It turns out that you actually work better when you have kids. I don't know exactly why, but the focus is sharper, time management is tighter, and the stakes are clearer 🤷‍♂️

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Paul Mit@pmitu·1d

bootstrapping vs vc funding

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·18h

@cantshutupsam Imagine you’re an underwriter at a cocktail party and a hot girl ask what you do… now that’s a cortisol spike.

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Sam Louwrens@cantshutupsam·1d

The underwriting gods have conspired to spike my cortisol

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·18h

@bykahlil You blocked all your details. Where’s the fun in that?

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Kahlil Lalji@bykahlil·1d

On my calendar, red = recruiting. That's what my life looks like right now.

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Dexter Dake@dexterdake·18h

Old way: a messaging bible teams were supposed to tap into, but NO one read. (Currently cooking on a new way 😈)

Ryan Carson@ryancarson

Back-to-office strats are stupid in the age of agents. Why? Every communication needs to be context-able for the company’s brain. Not possible if a bunch of conversations are chats in the hallway. I don’t care if you say “no! Human connection is so important!” Not any more in the age of agents. Not if you want your company to thrive/survive today. Sorry not sorry :)

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