Our Philosophy

A team is something you belong to, something you feel, something you have to earn.

— Gordon Bombay

 
 

An investment thesis is only academic without a business leader who can inspire, react, and execute.

We proudly take an operator-first approach to every aspect of our work. The members of our leadership team all have backgrounds as executives in media and technology. Our investments are in companies where our operating experience gives us a differentiated perspective on value. We collaborate with our management teams to leverage diverse operating experiences to generate outsized success.

Simply put: We believe in operators.

Our operator-first mentality gives us a set of guiding principles that we believe make great teams successful:

Take care of each other: We look out for our teammates first. We encourage debate and take a unified approach once decisions are made.

Act with integrity: We never forgo ethics, regardless of whether people are watching or business is good.

Play to win: We don’t just work hard. We work with velocity, speed combined with purpose. We start with a mission, then charge to achieve it.

This is a team sport. And great teams start at the top with a culture set by the captain.


See you out there,

Freddy Flaxman
Founder, DFT Partners