Podcasts by Design MBA
Design MBA is an interview series with design leaders and design entrepreneurs hosted by Jayneil Dalal.
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Being a Solo Design Founder - Joe Formica (CEO @ Bitesize UX) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.199897
Joe Formica is the Founder of Bitesize UX, where he works every day to solve "need experience, to get experience" problem that prevents people from exploring new skills, roles, and careers in te...
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Choose Opportunity Over Money - Sung Kim (Lead Designer @ Amazon) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.188871
Sung was ranked 51st on the list of "The 75 Best Designers In Technology" by Business Insider in 2013 and has received a number of recognitions from Innovation by Design Awards by Fast Company i...
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Overcoming Assumed Constraints - Erik Reagan (Founder @ Focus Lab) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.177625
If you had asked the high school version of Erik what he would be doing for a career, you would have heard something like a rock star or studio producer. In college, Erik studied music with the ...
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Doing Your Own Thing - Ekaterina Solomeina (Founder @ Future London Academy) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.166806
Ekaterina Solomeina – creative director, educator, TEDx speaker and founder of Future London Academy. For the past 15 years, she has worked with some of the greatest creative minds alive, includ...
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The Intrapreneur Playbook - Jason Kridner (Founder @ Beagleboard.org) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.157401
Jason Kridner has 30 years of experience in the embedded systems industry. As a 28-year veteran of Texas Instruments DSP and processor businesses, founder of the BeagleBoard.org project, and inv...
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Building Future Design Leaders - Brian Sullivan (Founder @ Big Design Conference) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.134501
Brian Sullivan is the Director of Design Strategy for Sabre, where he applies user research and consumer insights with the latest technology to build new products for the travel industry. He is ...
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Improv Workshop for Designers - Mike Gorgone (UX Strategist @ Ernst&Young) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.125059
Mike discovered Improv when he lived in Chicago and started taking classes at Second City and iO (formerly improvOlympic). Improv taught Mike how to be present and more aware of the moment as we...
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Brand Design Agency of One - JT Grauke (Founder @ Grauke Design) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.117523
JT Grauke is a Brand Designer with a BFA in musical theater. Through strategy & story, he helps clients align their goals with the goals of their customers. He is married to his best friend Kels...
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Overcoming Hustle Addiction - Rik Lomas (Founder @ SuperHi) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.103907
Rik Lomas is the founder and CEO of SuperHi, a company that helps creative people all over the world learn the skills they want to learn. Their mission is to provide the highest quality educatio...
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Becoming the Head of Design - Samantha Berg (Head of Design @ Chime) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.084978
Samantha Berg is an award-winning design leader with nearly 15 years of experience envisioning, creating, and shipping next-generation consumer products. She leads and motivates teams with prove...
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The Business of Design - Dave Huber (Design Practices Lead @ IBM) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.078159
Dave is a Design Practices Lead for IBM's Cloud and Cognitive Software division. He recently published a Business of Design field guide and worked with IBM's chief design officer to create busin...
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Life of an Entrepreneur - Aashish Dalal (Founder @ Sunya One) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.070820
Aashish Dalal is the founder and former CEO of ParkWhiz. In 2008, Aashish created the company to simplify the parking experience by connecting drivers with an open parking space. Since then, Par...
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Designing a 6 Figure Figma Course - Michael Riddering (Founder @ Figma Academy) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.061416
Michael Riddering ("Ridd") is the founding designer at Maven and the creator of Figma Academy—a new online course that teaches advanced design tactics directly within Figma. He's been designing ...
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Diversifying Your Income Sources - Femke (Senior Product Designer @ Wealthsimple) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.038018
Femke Van Schoonhoven is a senior product designer at Wealthsimple though previously worked at Uber Eats on the merchant experience. Prior to that, she worked on the driver experience focusing o...
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Designing Company Culture - Pieter Omvlee&Emanuel Sa (Cofounders @ Sketch) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.031199
Pieter Omvlee & Emanuel Sa are cofounders of Sketch. By trade Pieter is a developer while Emanuel is a designer.
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Growing a Bootstrapped Design Business - Ran Segall (CEO @ Flux Academy) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.021808
Ran Segall is the founder and CEO of Flux Academy.
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How to Get Promoted as Designer - Lily Konings (Product Design Manager @ Instagram) from 2023-12-14T09:18:49.012774
Lily Konings is a Product Design Manager at Instagram with previous roles at Messenger, AngelList, and IBM Watson. She is also an avid startup advisor, helping founders build 0→1 products and sc...
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Design Exec Role Sneak Peek - Gordon Ching (Founder @ Design Executive Council) from 2023-12-14T09:18:48.993325
Gordon Ching is the founder of Design Executive Council (DEC) building the network dedicated to advancing the design executive profession in Silicon Valley and beyond. Through the DEC, Gordon is...
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Transition from Graphic Design to UX - Colton Schweitzer, Ludovic Delmas (Cofounders at Kickass UX) from 2023-12-14T09:18:48.985163
Colton Schweitzer and Ludovic Delmas are the cofounders of Kickass UX which helps creatives build a kickass UX skillset and supercharge their careers. Previously, Colton worked before in the ent...
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The Ultimate Guide for Investing in Startups as a Designer from 2023-12-14T09:18:48.965925
📢 WHY IS DANIEL SCRIVNER A ROCKSTAR? Daniel is the Head of Design at Class Dojo and General Partner at VC firm Ligature.
🔥 ARE YOU A FOUNDER LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH A DESIGN-FOCU...
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Transitioning from Design Manager to IC Designer from 2023-09-29T13:41:52
🧠 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW?
1. How to transition from a Design Manager to IC Designer
2. Why Design Managers make great IC designers
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Spatial Design is the Future from 2023-07-31T05:17:17
🧠 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW?
1. Why the future of product design is 3D and not 2D
2. How to find startup ideas while working at FAANG/MAMA
Why Designers Need to Learn About Business from 2023-05-24T19:46:56
Om is a designer by profession and entrepreneur by aspiration. Today, he's the Director of Product design at DISQO by day and CEO, co-founder of Personify by night.
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Mistakes First Time Design Managers Make - Kyle Turman (Director of Product Design @ Retool) from 2023-04-24T14:33:30
Kyle Turman is the the Director of Product Design at Retool and previously led design teams at Slack, Dropbox, and Etsy. He is a world wide web mad scientist who designs software work a bit bett...
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Taking a Sabbatical - Ben Huggins (Design @ Retool) from 2023-04-10T04:21:47
Ben Huggins is a Product Designer at Retool. He’s spent his career applying fresh thinking to stale problems and he’s gotten the chance to do this with concepts like software development at Reto...
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Leveling Up as a Founding Designer - Jared Erondu (VP of Design at Lattice) from 2023-02-15T02:56:44
Jared Erondu is a design & product leader, investor, and advisor. He's currently the GM of Performance and VP of Design at Lattice. Before Lattice, Jared led design at Teespring and was an early...
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Becoming T-shaped Designer - Joshua Philippe (Head of Design @ Strike) from 2023-01-31T00:26:07
Joshua Philippe is the Head of Design at Strike, a service that leverages Bitcoin’s open payment network to offer users the first global peer-to-peer payments app and a novel bitcoin-native neob...
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Designing Authentic Relationships - Mindaugas Petrutis (CEO @ Coho) from 2022-12-11T15:15:39
Mindaugas Petrutis builds relationships, connects the dots between humans, systems, problems and simplifies complex ideas. Often mistaken for a designer. He is currently the CEO at Coho which is...
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Becoming Design Partner at VC Firm - Jeff Veen (Design Partner @ True Ventures) from 2022-11-27T20:00
Jeff Veen is design partner and head of platform at True Ventures. He brings his design and product experience, management skills of large-scale programs, and common sense knowledge of being a f...
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Breaking Into Design Ops - Adam Fry Pierce (Chief of Staff @ Google) from 2022-10-18T15:36:20
Adam Fry-Pierce is a career long community builder and design operator. He is currently the Chief of Staff at Google where he manages strategic programs for Google's UX leadership. Previously he...
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Designer's Path to Becoming CEO - Murat Mutlu (CEO @ Marvel) from 2022-09-19T03:44:14
Murat Mutlu is the cofounder & CEO of the design platform Marvel and research platform Ballpark.
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When to Quit - Tanner Christensen (Founder @ Shape) from 2022-08-23T00:26:53
Tanner Christensen is a curious, multi-disciplinary design leader who is dedicated to helping designers and businesses find the best in each other. He's the founder at Shape.co and previously wo...
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Collaborating With Other Creatives - Ben Issen (Founder @ Supercreative) from 2022-07-24T21:00
Benjamin Issenman aka Ben Issen is the founder of Supercreative, a website where he shares tools he creates for design solopreneurs. Based in Paris France, he started designing brands for online...
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Starting a Venture Capital Firm - John Zeratsky (General Partner @ Character) from 2022-07-10T20:00
John Zeratsky is a co-founder and general partner at Character, bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time, and former design partner at GV. Previously, John was a design leader for YouTube, Goo...
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Choosing Impact Over Scale - Dan Mall (Founder @ SuperFriendly) from 2022-06-26T21:00
Dan has been a creative director, designer, and developer since 1998. He has taught design systems and collaboration at public conferences, private client engagements, as higher education instru...
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Becoming a Designer in Web3 - Yitong Zhang (Cofounder @ Vector DAO) from 2022-06-19T19:00
Yitong Zhang is the cofounder of Vector DAO. Before that he spent almost four years at Coinbase where he had the privilege of designing and redesigning much of the consumer app as well as establ...
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Making of a Design Founder - Jessica Ko (Founder @ Playbook) from 2022-05-30T22:00
Jessica Ko is the CEO and co-founder of Playbook.com, a visual cloud storage platform for designers. She was a designer for over 10 years at Google and Opendoor, and is now working to make it ea...
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Making of a Design Manager - Connie Yang (Head of Payments Design @ Stripe) from 2022-05-15T19:00
Connie Yang is a design leader with experience in consumer and fintech, and is currently the Head of Payments Design at Stripe. Previously, she led design at Coinbase and created products for pl...
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Becoming a Designer in Crypto - Graeme Blackwood (Head of Design @ Argent) from 2022-04-17T19:00
Graeme wrote his first line of code aged 8, in 1992 on a Commodore 64, and built his first website in 1998. He's solved design problems for clients such as VW, Johnson and Johnson, the British R...
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Marketing 101 for Creatives - Billy Broas (Marketing Coach) from 2022-03-22T00:34:15
Billy got into marketing in 2010, when he left his career to run his home beer brewing website. Since then, Billy has been the marketing brains behind some of the top online entrepreneurs and co...
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Benefits of Publishing a Book - Mike Rohde (Founder @ Sketchnote Army) from 2022-02-24T04:24:53
Mike Rohde is a designer, teacher and illustrator with a passion for visualizing ideas and teaching people how to think visually and be more creative.
INTERESTED IN TAKING VIS...
Investing Now to Buy Your Future Freedom - Craig Mod (Investor @ Figma, Designer Fund) from 2022-02-22T03:47:49.753867
"Whenever I got any kind of money, I would ask myself how can I invest this?" My guest today is Craig Mod who is a designer, writer, and angel investor in Figma.
In this episode, we discu...
Don't Monetize Your Side Hustle - Rob Hope (Founder @ One Page Love) from 2022-01-23T19:19:16
Rob Hope is a South African born web designer, developer and Maker who runs One Page Love, Email Love and Yo! After a decade freelancing, he finally took the leap to work on his side projects fu...
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Designing A Decentralized Design Studio - Andrej Berlin (CEO @ Deep Work) from 2022-01-11T05:55:50
Andrej Berlin is the co-founder and CEO of Deep Work. He has been involved in the design of over 100 different products and services from open source teams, start-ups, enterprises and fortune 50...
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Selling Your Side Project - Amit Patel (Founder @ Experience Haus) from 2021-12-26T05:03:38
Amit Patel is a Toronto-born product designer/manager, now living in London, United Kingdom. He is the founder and currently Creative Director of Experience Haus, a digital skills training provi...
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Making $100,000+ Selling Design Ebooks - Michal Malewicz (Founder @ HYPE4) from 2021-12-20T06:38:04
Michal Malewicz started designing back in 1999, initially for fun, gaming related projects. Back then a web designer was the person who both designed and coded the front-end, so he had to quickl...
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Managing Side Projects - Brian Lovin (Staff Product Designer @ Github) from 2021-11-14T20:00
Brian Lovin is a designer, podcaster, writer, and software tinkerer. He is currently building native mobile apps at GitHub. Before GitHub, he co-founded Spectrum, a platform for large-scale comm...
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Six Figures in Six Days - James Traf (Founder @ Super) from 2021-10-31T19:00
James Traf is a designer & entrepreneur, building simple digital products. Previously he co-founded Spoil (YC-backed startup, raised $500k) and is now building small, profitable internet product...
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Breaking Into UX - Saptarshi Prakash (Senior Product Design Manager @ Swiggy) from 2021-10-17T19:00
Saptarshi Prakash aka "Sapta" is an engineer from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He chose Digital Experience Designing as his profession because problem-solving can go we...
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Selling Design Agency to Twitter - Martin Ringlein (General Partner @ Adventure Fund) from 2021-09-20T16:25
Martin Ringlein is a serial entrepreneur and active investor. He is currently help run, Gather, a personal financial management fintech startup. Prior, Martin was Global Head of R&D at Eventbrit...
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Designing a Community - Preet Singh (Founder @ DesignX) from 2021-08-23T02:54:38
Preet is the founder of DesignX – one of the largest UX & design communities in North America, and the curator, founder and host of renowned design conferences such as Design Leadership Summit, ...
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Starting an Agency by Podcasting - Patrick Hill (Founder @ Squatchin) from 2021-07-26T00:21:05
Patrick is the founder of Squatchin, a creative problem-solving agency in San Antonio, Texas. He works with brands that desire to do a net good through people focused initiatives. Additionally, ...
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Self Employed vs Full Time Job - Vicki Tan (Principal Product Designer @ Spotify) from 2021-07-11T16:36:39
Vicki is a Principal Designer for Spotify Podcasts based in Stockholm. She is currently working on an illustrated book to make it easier to learn about cognitive bias. Previously, she was design...
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Leveraging Day Job to Launch Side Hustle - Scotty Russell (Founder @ Perspective Collective) from 2021-06-28T00:37:54
Scotty Russell is an artist, designer, coach, podcaster, and speaker working under the name Perspective-Collective. He’s also an outer space, pizza loving cat dad, AND human dad based in Cedar F...
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Own Your Content - Scott Tolinski (Founder @ Level Up Tutorials) from 2021-06-13T22:16:55
Scott Tolinski is the creator of Level Up Tutorials where he has created thousands of free and premium web development tutorials. Scott also is the co-host of the popular web development podcast...
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Starting a Hardware Design Agency - Heer Gandhi (Founder @ Dazzle Robotics) from 2021-05-18T03:28:19
Heer Gandhi is a hardware engineer and entrepreneur from Ahmedabad, India. He has a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications from Nirma University, Gujarat, India as well as a master'...
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$37,700 Sketch Plugin - Seth Coelen (Founder @ UX Cabin) from 2021-04-18T20:25:14
Seth Coelen is the founder of the product design company UX Cabin. He is also the creator of Listen
Your Employer Isn't Your Personal Brand - Stephen Gates (SVP Design @ WW) from 2021-03-21T17:58:51
Stephen Gates is the SVP, Omni-channel product design at WW (formerly Weight Watchers). Previously, he was the Head Design Evangelist at InVision, working as a strategic partner to companies lik...
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Improving Decision Making Process - David Berens (Employee #10 @ Opendoor) from 2021-02-21T23:44:37
David Berens is hardwired to build. He has a strong passion for building successful businesses, developing human potential and creating healthy lifestyles. As an early employee at Opendoor (est....
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Designing Asynchronous Work Culture - Luke Thomas(CEO @ Friday.app) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My guest today is Luke Thomas who is the founder of Friday, a remote work orchestration platform. In this episode we discuss benefits of cold shower, delaying instant gratification on purpose, au...
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Designing a Virtual Conference - Andy Budd(Founder @ SofaConf.com) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My guest today is Andy Budd who is the founder of SofaConf, a premier stay at home design conference. In this episode, we discuss how Andy found his career calling by traveling the world, why most...
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Designing an Online Bootcamp - Martin Ramsin(CEO @ Career Foundry) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My guest today is Martin Ramsin who is the founder and CEO at Career Foundry, a premier stay at home design conference. In this episode, we discuss how Martin met his cofounder Raffaela through an...
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Future of Design Education - Abhinav Chhikara(Founder @ 10kdesigners.com) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My guest today is Abhinav Chhikara who is the founder of 10kdesigners.com which is the design school of the future. Previously, he was the head of design at the unicorn education startup Unacademy....
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Investing to Buy Future Freedom - Craig Mod(Investor @ Figma, Designer Fund) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Whenever I got any kind of money, I would ask myself how can I invest this?" My guest today is Craig Mod who is a designer, writer and an angel investor in Figma. In this episode, we discuss Cra...
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F**k 9-5 Jobs! - Punit Chawla(Founder @ DesignWings.in) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"F**k 9-5 jobs!" My guest today is Punit Chawla, founder of DesignWings.in which is India's most affordable design school! In this episode, we discuss how Punit flunked in Maths, quitting a full t...
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Designing A Social Movement - Felix Lee(Founder @ ADPList.org) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Ask yourself how you can serve others?" My guest today is Felix Lee, founder of the global ADPList.org movement which is 6000+ designers strong! In this episode, we discuss Felix's experience in ...
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Designing Design Tools - Tom Giannattasio(CEO @ Cloverapp.co) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Have a constant desire to do experiments and learn". My guest today is Tom Giannattasio, founder and CEO of Cloverapp.co which is the all-in-one notebook for creatives. In this episode, we discus...
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Sweeping Floors to Building India's Top Design Agency - Anil Reddy(CEO @ Lollypop.Design) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Focus on talent and not the title". My guest today is Anil Reddy, founder and CEO of Lollypop.Design which is India's top digital design studio. In this episode, we discuss how Anil overcame ins...
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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - Matt D Smith(CEO @ Shift Nudge) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"It's going to take you the same amount of time and effort to market a $29 product as it will a $2,900 product". My guest today is Matt D Smith aka "MDS" who is the founder/CEO of Shift Nudge. In...
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Beginner's Guide to Podcasting - Tony Daussat(Host @ Liftoff podcast) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Great interviewers listen, react, listen, react and pivot!". My guest today is Tony Daussat who is the host of the Liftoff podcast. In this episode, we discuss best podcasting gear/setup, how to ...
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Cold Emailing Steve Jobs - Gary Gattis(CEO @ Hypergiant Galactic Systems) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"There is nothing to it but to do it!". My guest today is Gary Gattis who is the CEO at Hypergiant Galactic Systems. In this episode, we discuss how Gary got his first job in the industry by cold...
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Designing Conversations - Cassini Nazir(Design Professor @ UNT) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"We can't change anybody. We can only influence them!". My guest today is Cassini Nazir who is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Texas where he teaches class in design think...
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Sales 101 for Designers - Ryan Burke(ex SVP of Sales @ InVision) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Don't just chase the dollar. What are you doing to give back?". My guest today is Ryan Burke, former SVP of Sales at Vision. In this episode, we discuss how Ryan Burke got his start in the sales...
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Starting a Design Education Company - Ryan Rumsey(CEO @ Second Wave Dive) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Get into this space where money isn't everything". My guest today is Ryan Rumsey, CEO, and founder of Second Wave Dive. In this episode, we discuss how Ryan left the corporate world to start Seco...
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Leverage Being a B+ Player - Stephen Olmstead(Chief of Staff @ InVision) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"You have to create a chance to get a chance". My guest today is Stephen Olmstead, Chief of Staff at InVision. In this episode, we discuss how Stephen overcame initial rejections to break into In...
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The Power of ADHD - Mills (Founder @ Ustwo, Monument Valley) from 2021-01-24T18:47:16
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Starting a Design Venture - Alen Faljic (CEO @ d.MBA) from 2021-01-11T10:01:05
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As a fresh business graduate, Al...
Design Leaders Need Side Hustles - Morgane Peng (Design Director @ Société Générale) from 2020-12-28T11:00
Morgane Peng is responsible for the design vision and strategy of Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking. She delivers united and meaningful experiences with her team across Societe Gen...
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$7,000/mo from Selling Figma, XD Courses - Caleb Kingston (Instructor @ Appdesigntips.com) from 2020-12-14T11:00
Caleb Kingston is a serial entrepreneur and award winning designer. He runs his own agency, Brainspin where he’s spent the last decade designing cutting edge solutions for the healthcare industr...
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Sweeping Floors to Building India's Best Design Studio - Anil Reddy (CEO @ Lollypop.Design) from 2020-08-17T13:36:47
Anil Reddy is an artist by heart, designer by soul and an entrepreneur by choice. Anil is the Founder and Design Director of Lollypop.Design, a research driven design studio that is restructurin...
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