Dev Founders
A community of 350+ technical founders building infra and AI
Together, we explore go-to-market and accelerate product-market fit.
Our Vision
Successful founders can look like anyone and come from anywhere
Many of the most successful companies today are built by first time founders that don’t have gold-plated credentials, but they all work hard and iterate quickly based on market feedback. We help each other and figure it out together.
While our products are different, our common challenges benefit from shared playbooks for success
Building a company is hard. For example, landing the first customers, debating whether to go self-serve or sell top down, recruiting in this competitive talent environment, and marketing to an audience that doesn’t like to be marketed to (yes, that’s your engineer self ;)).
Learn
Understand the go-to-market tools that can unlock growth in open source, product-led growth, community and content-led acquisition
We share what works, from the strategic to the tactical. Learn in an interactive setting from founders and operators who have done it before in intimate, off-the-record, monthly virtual salons.
Recent salons
- Fireside Chat - Security for Startups with Devdatta Akhawe from Figma
- Fireside Chat - Finding Product-Market Fit with Ry Sullivan from Carta
- Acquisition and Activation with Mada Seghete and Darius Contractor
- How to Land Your First Ten Customers with Waseem Daher
Meet
Trade war stories, celebrate successes, amplify product launches, or critique each other’s work
Connect in our Slack community or hang out IRL at dinners and meetups with other members. Here’s a secret: since everyone is a technical founder, you can probably find potential customers or beta testers for your product in this group. Get your product included in the onboarding packet for new members. Give and get feedback. Pay it forward.
FAQ
Who is Dev Founders for?
Dev Founders is a community for founders building products for developers, data scientists, ML practitioners, and creators of all skill levels (everything from complex to no code).
Who runs Dev Founders?
Dev Founders is run by Chang Xu of Basis Set and Rez Khan (Co-founder of Pace, ex-MongoDB). We're a team of founders, builders, and technologists, and have leaders across our team and in our community that have launched and run some of the fastest growing companies in technology. Our goal is to bring people together and democratize access to expertise typically only available to a select group of people in silicon valley.
How do you join Dev Founders?
You can join Dev Founders either by applying or by being referred by a current member. Membership applications are reviewed by a group of volunteers to ensure that we continue to serve founders building in our target markets.
How do you participate in the community?
As a member of Dev Founders, you are part of a close-knit community. Involvement in the community includes regular attendance at events and participation on Slack community. Co-create this community, suggest ideas for events and bring in awesome people as speakers. If another member has a question, share your experience on what worked or what didn't work for you. Our goal is to maintain an active, thriving group.
Where do I have to be based?
Anywhere. The community is default global. Though in the future we may have in-person meetups.
Is there a membership fee?
Nope!