Session: Workshop

Themes: Growth / Operations / AI

DC member Giovanni Brees has launched over 4,500 products, and helped raise $500M doing it. From hardware and consumer brands to AI tools, he's seen what it takes to go from idea to traction, fast.

His latest venture, Meet Oscar, is an AI email reply tool that mirrors your writing style. It went from idea to validation in under a week, and hit $45K MRR in just 60 days.

Giovanni will break down the rapid product-sprint framework he’s used with clients and on his own projects. You’ll learn:

• How to turn your idea backlog into real, validated products

• How to test on Reddit and beyond

• How to build a lean AI stack that can scale with you

If you’re building anything new in 2025 (as most of us are), this session is a must.

Session: Workshop

Themes: AI / Growth

Bring your idea, build it with AI. Dan Avramescu is hosting this workshop to demonstrate how you can utilize the latest tools to bring your ideas to life. There will be a short presentation, and then the rest of the session will be spent individually building, with help from Dan and other volunteers.

All skill levels are invited to attend. There will be prep work sent out ahead of time so all attendees are ready to start building during the workshop.

Session: Workshop

Themes: AI / Growth

SEO isn’t dead - but it’s evolving fast. While Google is still the main source of traffic, AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity are already shaping buying decisions and sending leads to DCers.

In this session, Karl Kangur will break down the exact strategy he uses. called AI Stacking, to make businesses show up everywhere: in AI answers, in Google’s AI Overviews, and at the top of the organic results. You’ll see real case studies of how this approach compounds results, shortens time-to-rank by 4x, and drives revenue today.

Session: Workshop

Themes: AI

For over a decade, Mark Webster and Gael Breton ran Authority Hacker, one of the most respected brands in digital marketing.

They helped thousands of entrepreneurs build profitable content sites and were early to everything from programmatic SEO to YouTube automation.

So when they shut down Authority Hacker to go all-in on AI automation, everybody’s ears perked up.

In this hands-on workshop at DCBKK, they’ll walk through the exact 4-step framework they’re now using to automate real work in their new business.

You’ll learn:

• How to move from ChatGPT gimmicks to actual business impact

• Real examples of AI agents doing work (not just writing content)

• The structure you need before you start automating

If you’ve been dabbling with LLMs but haven’t freed up real time or resources yet with agents, this is the roadmap you’ve been missing.

Session: Talk

Themes: Leadership / Operations

In the DC, we’ve all seen (or lived) the founder story of grinding until the business becomes a burden and someone just can’t go on. Frankly, it’s a risk we all face working for ourselves. But what if it’s not how hard you’re working but the things you’re working on?

In this talk, Laura Roeder will share why burnout is a business model problem, not a personal failure, and how to build something sustainable the first place - before it breaks you.

Laura Roeder is the founder of Paperbell, a software platform that simplifies client management for coaches. She previously founded MeetEdgar, one of the first social media automation tools, which she bootstrapped to multi-million dollar run rate before stepping away. Laura has been a DC member for years, known for her straight-talking advice on building businesses that fit your life rather than consume it. We’re thrilled to welcome her back to DCBKK!

Session: Group Discussion

Themes: Leadership / Operations

Stories are emerging from the community of Business Pivots with AI, tariffs, SEO changes... Let's come together to share how we're making shifts in our businesses.

Session: Group Discussion

Themes: Growth

Are you thinking about writing a book, or have you already published? This meet-up is for authors of all types to meet each other and share their experiences. It will start with a skill share presentation and then a group discussion. Esther Jacobs will host this session.

The session will start with a 15-min skillshare. The rest of the meetup will be a Q&A with Esther and then group discussions among the participants. 

Session: Discussion

Themes: Lifestyle

We're all here for the lifestyle, but how are you shaping your business to meet your goals? Let's get together to discuss moves we're making in our business to optimize the biz and our lifestyle. This will be a group discussion; all are welcome!

Session: Discussion

Themes: Lifestyle

Session: Discussion

Themes: Lifestyle

Discover tactics and strategies on parenting, traveling with kids, and raising entrepreneurial children. Partners are invited, and kids are welcome too.

We’ll kick off with a lightning round of quick parenting tips, then dive into group discussions (or break into smaller groups) to share experiences and ideas. Bring your questions, stories, and tips to join in! This session will be led by Martijn Reintjes.

Session: Discussion

Themes: Lifestyle

This meetup will be a knowledge share about passive and semi-passive investing. For example: real estate (including in emerging markets), stocks, ETFs, and private lending.

Learn how other DCers think about forming their portfolios, and where they are putting their spare cash for diversification and strong returns. 

Bring your questions for the group. Also, be prepared to talk numbers - what you are currently investing in, how you feel about the risks, and the sorts of returns you are seeing. 

You will leave the meetup with a greater sense of what opportunities are out there to make your money work hard for you. Nathan Rose will be leading this group discussion.

Session: Discussion

Themes: Lifestyle

Want to talk points, credit card rewards, finding the best deals? Join other travel hackers for this group discussion!

We’ll share our tips and have a group discussion. Whether you’re a long time points gatherer or new to travel hacking, all are welcome. This session will be led by Caroline Lupini.

Session: Workshop

Themes: Leadership / Operations

From the start of the DC, we’ve experimented with every type of freelancer and employment - comparing countries for VAs, cycling productized services in and out, and eventually finding a balance that works for our budget and our businesses. 

But what happens when you start pushing towards 7 or even 8 figures? 

Clare Jacky spent years leading bench-building and people development at Leadpages and Drip, but has since served as an advisor and mentor to dozens of bootstrapped businesses like ours through the DC Accelerator. 

In fact, she’s seen inside more DC businesses than almost anyone in the world and has seen one consistent pattern in the businesses that break through to scale: they build villages, not headcount.

This talk is the playbook for identifying, developing, and mentoring people in your business to turn generalists into internal experts and gives your company the ability to grow beyond yourself. It’s the model that produced true leaders at Leadpages and shows up in 7-8 figure jumps across the DC.

Session: Discussion

Themes: Lifestyle / Operations

This meet-up is returning from 2024. This group discussion will be open and collaborative, focusing on global and international business setups and how to leverage personal residency to optimize tax obligations. 

The convo will dive into strategies that have worked, participants will share some personal experiences, and open the discussion on innovative ways to minimize tax liabilities through international structures legally.

Objectives:

• Exchange insights and experiences on setting up international business structures.

• Discuss how different personal residencies can impact and optimize tax obligations.

• Explore strategies for legally reducing taxes in different countries.

• Identify key challenges and opportunities in establishing efficient global setups.

Session: Discussions

Themes: Lifestyle

Have you ever known exactly what to do, yet somehow not done it?

Do you feel an invisible force holding you back from reaching the next level of success, joy, or fulfillment — in business, in love, or in life?

This meetup is about exploring the inner work that unlocks outer success. Together, we’ll look at:

• How hidden patterns and limiting beliefs shape our lives

• Practices and tools to connect more deeply with yourself and others

• Modalities like therapy, embodiment, and breath work that can support transformation

If you’re curious about personal growth, inner work, and practical tools for real change — or simply enjoy meaningful conversations — join us for an open and supportive discussion led by Yan Liang.

Session: Talk

Themes: Leadership / Lifestyle

For founders, knowing when to double down, sell, or walk away is rarely clear-cut. After more than a decade building his business, Nick Drewe found himself in the same spot many of us will face: the work no longer felt right, but the next move wasn’t obvious.

In this candid, in-process talk, Nick shares the real conversations, doubts, and decisions he’s been navigating over the past year. We’ll explore the signals that tell you it might be time for a change, the identity traps that keep us hanging on, and how to think through whether to keep going, sell, or start something entirely new.

This talk is for you’ve ever wondered “how will I know when enough is enough?” 

Session: Discussion

Themes: Growth / YouTube

Join other creators to discuss what’s working well on YouTube. This will be a discussion with skill sharing and breaking out into small groups to focus on specific content types. Daniel Peleg will host this session