https://thedscs.com DSCS Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:55:01 +0000 https://thedscs.com en https://thedscs.com/Homepage Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:55:01 +0000 DSCS https://thedscs.com/Homepage <img width="2100" height="1200" width_o="2100" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6927b74914370d7b78ebc5583a8b8a28f6fb10be23026f2c62e766ff20d7f19d/Business-Card-2022-BG-4-06.png" data-mid="136474446" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6927b74914370d7b78ebc5583a8b8a28f6fb10be23026f2c62e766ff20d7f19d/Business-Card-2022-BG-4-06.png" /> About Substack Contact https://thedscs.com/About Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:49:33 +0000 DSCS https://thedscs.com/About DSCS moves work forward for startups, cultural organizations, and social impact teams.We partner with leaders to clarify direction, structure next steps, and bring initiatives, products, and programs to life. We’re built for work across the creative economy, especially work that’s public-facing, partnership-heavy, and cross-functional. Building something ambitious, complex, or time-sensitive?&nbsp;Let’s talk. About Substack Contact What We Offer One-Off Support Strategy Session: 90 minutes of feedback and next steps on a challenge, deliverable, or decision. Storytelling Intensive: 1-3 day review and guidance for teams preparing to pitch partners, fundraise, or announce something new. Sprint Lead: 2–6 weeks of focused support for teams that need to deliver clear outputs quickly. Ongoing Support Strategic Advisor: 1 day/week helping leadership navigate growth, complexity, and special projects.Senior Operator: 3–4 days/week working cross-functionally to move new initiatives, products, and programs forward. What We’ve DoneWorked with 57 clients in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, London, and BerlinRaised $5.57M+ for 500+ small businesses, civic initiatives, startups, artists, and cultural nonprofitsLaunched campaigns featured in TIME, TODAY, USA TODAY, and The AtlanticPublished books acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of ArtBuilt and implemented internal systems that helped teams launch initiatives in half the timeHired, scaled, and managed teams of up to 40 peopleGuest lectured at Brown and UC Berkeley on culture, technology, and digital campaignsCase Studies Funding civic joyInstalling public artPublishing queer history Bridging political divides Automating editorial operationsAdvancing the four day work week Past Clients <img width="2084" height="1250" width_o="2084" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a584930f4407151a0067da613bb95773ac95aab2d19d57e025749b9adec5bbb/DSCS-Substack-banner-small.png" data-mid="234741380" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a584930f4407151a0067da613bb95773ac95aab2d19d57e025749b9adec5bbb/DSCS-Substack-banner-small.png" /> Female Founders Fund Michigan CentralPrimary Ventures Hyundai Artlab For Freedoms CINELOGUEKickstarter 92NY AmplifierCollecteurs Project for Empty Space Bay Area Video Coalition The Creative IndependentSchool of Lived Experience People for the American Way <img width="3750" height="750" width_o="3750" height_o="750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89ac25fbfbad331ec7ed0f4dbd99a2546aecfa64c021a6dd1dbcd818908f5453/DSCS-Substack-banner-small-01.png" data-mid="246931050" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89ac25fbfbad331ec7ed0f4dbd99a2546aecfa64c021a6dd1dbcd818908f5453/DSCS-Substack-banner-small-01.png" /> DSCS is not to be confused with Defense Satellite Communications Systems. We’re not that, but almost kind of, minus the military. Homepage image: Daniel Sharp, Defense Satellite Communications System ​(postcard stamp digital collage), 2022. More here.