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Design MBADon't Monetize Your Side Hustle - Rob Hope (Founder @ One Page Love)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 full time. When not building online he loves to surf, bird watch and listen to 90s punk rock. STRENGTHEN YOUR LANDING PAGESBuy the Landing Page Hot Tips ebook which features 100 digestible lessons to implement into your Landing Pages. Use this link to get 40% off: https://robhope.gumroad.com/l/hottips/designmba CONNECT WITH ROB HOPEYo...2022-01-231h 07
Design MBAMaking $100,000+ Selling Design Ebooks - Michal Malewicz (Founder @ HYPE4)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 quickly learn to code too. He worked in a couple of agencies and in 2013 started his own design agency HYPE4. He also teaches design at SWPS University in Poland, speaks at conferences, surfs (Baltic sea can be quite fun) and skates in his free time. LEVELING UP YOUR UI SKILLSCheck out the most comprehensive and biggest ebook about User Interface Design: https://de...2021-12-201h 05
Design MBAOvercoming Hustle Addiction - Rik Lomas (Founder @ SuperHi)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 education as accessibly as possible. Over the last four years, SuperHi has taught tens of thousands of creative industry professionals in 90+ countries learn skills such as digital coding and design, and has grown to be a team spanning seven countries. He wrote the book Learn To Code Now and you may have watched one of his tutorials on the internet. He also recently featured as...2021-12-0548 min
Design MBAManaging Side Projects - Brian Lovin (Staff Product Designer @ Github)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 communities to have better public conversations. Spectrum was acquired by GitHub in November, 2018. Before Spectrum he designed payments experiences at Facebook, working across Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. He also co-host the Design Details Podcast, a weekly conversation about design process and culture. ARE YOU LOOKING TO GROW AS AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR?Visit Staff.design and learn how navigate the individual contributor design career path from interviews wi...2021-11-1446 min
Design MBASix Figures in Six Days - James Traf (Founder @ Super)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 products like Super a simple way to turn your Notion pages into fast, functional websites. He is forever distracted with side projects. TURN YOUR NOTION PAGES INTO WEBSITES WITHOUT CODINGUse Super to transform your Notion page into a kick ass landing page or website with slick templates!CONNECT WITH JAMES TRAFFollow James Traf on TwitterFollow James Traf on InstagramFollow James Traf on DribbbleRead about J...2021-10-3150 min
Design MBABreaking Into UX - Saptarshi Prakash (Senior Product Design Manager @ Swiggy)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 well beyond the limits of engineering. As a professional, he has worked with some of the well known startups of India like Housing.com, Zeta and many other big and small names around the world. Currently, he oversees consumer design at Swiggy, India’s largest food ordering and delivery platform. Sapta has given 50+ UX talks/workshops at various places including big names like Amazon, Grab, Shopee, Practo, IDC IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, NI...2021-10-1753 min
Design MBABrand Design Agency of One - JT Grauke (Founder @ Grauke Design)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 Kelsey and together they live life to the fullest raising their two little boys.HIRE JT FOR YOUR BRANDING NEEDSDoes your brand struggle to tell a story? Do you have an idea but don't know anything about branding? Get in touch with JT right away and he will solve your branding problems: https://www.jtgrauke.com/ CONNECT WITH JT...2021-10-0354 min
Design MBASelling Design Agency to Twitter - Martin Ringlein (General Partner @ Adventure Fund)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 Eventbrite, where Martin joined pre-IPO through the acquisition of his start-up, nvite, in late 2016. Martin’s first company, nclud, a research and design consultancy, was acquired by Twitter pre-IPO where he went on to become their first Design Manager, helping build and lead the R&D team. Martin is also a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners and Adventure Fund where he invests in early and late-stage startups, such as...2021-09-2045 min
Design MBAImprov Workshop for Designers - Mike Gorgone (UX Strategist @ Ernst & Young)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 well as how to listen and absorb information instead of just listening to respond. He also learned (and frequently witnessed) that a group can create more amazing and incredible work when collaborating together in a non-judgmental and supportive manner than any of those individuals could have created working alone. JOIN THE IMPROVUX COMMUNITY:Learn how to apply Improv skills to UX and supercharge y...2021-09-0647 min
Design MBADesigning a Community - Preet Singh (Founder @ DesignX)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, Remote Design Week, 5 to 9 Conference and more. Over his design career spanning 10+ years, Preet has had the privilege of working with clients including corporates, and unicorns to early-stage startups – Chan Zuckerberg Foundation, Quicken Loans, Xero, TeamViewer, Teespring, Miami Ad School, Couchsurfing, and many more. From building a strong grassroots non-profit movement while in engineering school, to founding a t-shirt startup centred around social issues in India – community is at the...2021-08-2356 min
Design MBABuilding Future Design Leaders - Brian Sullivan (Founder @ Big Design Conference)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 an expert in design thinking, user research, accessibility, usability, and innovation. Brian has led design thinking workshops with several Fortune 500 companies, actively participates in the user experience community, and founded the Big Design Conference, which has over 1,000 attendees each year from around the globe.NETWORK WITH DESIGNERS IN TEXAS:Join the Dallas User Experience meetup group and network with fellow designers for freeAttend the...2021-08-091h 20
Design MBAStarting an Agency by Podcasting - Patrick Hill (Founder @ Squatchin)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, he's an advocate for creatives. Through the Master of One Network, he highlights creators and works to connect them and their work to others. And what's awesome about this guy is that the Master of One Community on Slack has more than 300+ members, he has conducted more than 400+ interviews, seen 400,000 downloads and now he's using this platform that he's built to give other people an opportunity to shine!2021-07-2654 min
Design MBASelf Employed vs Full Time Job - Vicki Tan (Principal Product Designer @ Spotify)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 designing at Headspace, Lyft, and Google. She holds a degree in Behavioral Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. CONNECT WITH VICKI TAN:Follow Vicki Tan on TwitterConnect with Vicki Tan on LinkedInRead Vicki Tan's favorite book 'Why are we Yelling' to learn the art of productive disagreement. LEVEL UP YOUR DESIGN CAREER (FREE EMAIL COURSE):Learn 7 proven strategies in 7 days...2021-07-111h 07
Design MBALeveraging Day Job to Launch Side Hustle - Scotty Russell (Founder @ Perspective Collective)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 Falls, Iowa. After 5.5 years working of building his creative side hustle outside his Corporate Cubicle, he made the full-time shift to Side Hustle Coach in January 2020. His mission is to help creatives blaze their own path to side hustle success outside their day job through his weekly Perspective Podcast, Side Hustler’s Coaching Program, and digital resources. LEVERAGE YOUR DAY JOB TO FUEL YOUR DREAM JOB:2021-06-2837 min
Design MBAOwn Your Content - Scott Tolinski (Founder @ Level Up Tutorials)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 Syntax. In his free time Scott is a dedicated Bboy (breakdancer) & enjoys pushing himself athletically through dance, working out and snowboarding. He also enjoys green tea and Shaw Brothers Kung Fu movies. SUPPORT SCOTT TOLINSKI:Level Up your design and dev skills by buying premium courses from Level Up TutorialsBecome a PRO MEMBER at Level Up Tutorials CONNECT WITH SCOTT TOLINSKI:...2021-06-141h 00
Design MBAThe Intrapreneur Playbook - Jason Kridner (Founder @ Beagleboard.org)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 invited speaker at numerous industry events, Jason knows what it takes to build an embedded system from concept to volume production. BUILD YOUR HARDWARE PROJECT WITH BEAGLEBOARDLearn more about the Beagleboard and kickstart your open source hardware journey! NEED TO BUILD A CUSTOM EMBEDDED SYSTEM? Whether you are a big business or a startup needing a custom embedded system hire the expert Jaso...2021-06-0139 min
Design MBAStarting a Hardware Design Agency - Heer Gandhi (Founder @ Dazzle Robotics)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's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. After a small stint working at Apple, Cupertino on the iPhone in 2008, he ventured into startup roles as founder and first engineer at Invivomon Inc and Bossa Nova Robotics Corp, respectively. He is now a director and stakeholder at Dazzle Robotics Pvt. Ltd. based out of Gandhinagar, India where he manages product development and manufacturing for OEM...2021-05-181h 24
Design MBADoing Your Own Thing - Ekaterina Solomeina (Founder @ Future London Academy)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, including Michael Wolff (founder of Wolff Olins), Donatella Versace and companies like Coca-Cola, Sony, Mars, IBM, Microsoft, Samsung – helping to grow brands, developing design teams and create innovative products. She co-wrote a book about British Design and has built and Bauhaus 2.0 programme at Future London Academy – rethinking what education of the future should look like. Future London Academy’s radically different approach to learning attracted a lot of attention from the design i...2021-05-031h 08
Design MBA$37,700 Sketch Plugin - Seth Coelen (Founder @ UX Cabin)Seth Coelen is the founder of the product design company UX Cabin. He is also the creator of Bootsketch, LayoutLab, and Pester. In between client work and projects he enjoys making design parody videos and tutorials on YouTube and Twitter. When he's not working he enjoys spending time with his wife, son, and daughter. CONNECT WITH SETH COELEN:Connect with Seth Coelen on LinkedInFollow Seth Coelen on TwitterRead Seth Coelen's articles. LEVEL UP YOUR DESIGN CAREER (FREE EMAIL COURSE):Learn 7 proven strategies in 7 days to grow in your design career -ht...2021-04-1844 min
Design MBAOvercoming Assumed Constraints - Erik Reagan (Founder @ Focus Lab)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 intention of becoming an educator and following in his parents’ footsteps. His predilection for technology won the career battle though, and he moved on to start Focus Lab. Transitioning from musician to developer, to entrepreneur, Erik has a variety of interests these days. What ties them all together, though, is a hunger to learn how and why things work. When Erik isn’t at...2021-04-051h 08
Design MBAYour Employer Isn't Your Personal Brand - Stephen Gates (SVP Design @ WW)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 like Google, Amazon, The Home Depot, Bank of America, Facebook, Rolls Royce, American Express, Frog Design, WeWork, EY Partners, and many more to elevate the business impact of design through education, coaching, and thought leadership. His work has received over 150 international awards, his app design has been named as one of the World's 100 Greatest Apps, HOW Magazine named him #17 on the 100 of the most talented and influential creatives working today...2021-03-2148 min
Design MBAChoose Opportunity Over Money - Sung Kim (Lead Designer @ Amazon)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 in 2016, WEBBY in 2017, and German Design Awards in 2018. Previously Sung has led UX/UI design efforts for Samsung MILK VR, Sam's Club mobile shopping app, 7-Eleven.com, FedEx Office workstations, Starbucks promo campaigns, (PRODUCT)RED website redesign, and Bud Light’s first mobile site. In 2013, Sung quit his full time job to pursue a passion project and started a company with $8K in his bank account. To fund...2021-03-081h 15
Design MBAImproving Decision Making Process - David Berens (Employee #10 @ Opendoor)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. valuation $3.8B), he launched the first three markets, built out the sales and customer experience teams, and personally executed over 500 transactions generating $150M+ in company revenue. Over the last 10 years, he has supported companies which operate in real estate, financial technology, bio-technology, and manufacturing. He has multi-year experience with developing and executing go-to-market playbooks, building out sales and operations teams, conducting user research, assisting product development, company culture development, and...2021-02-2251 min
Design MBABeing a Solo Design Founder - Joe Formica (CEO @ Bitesize UX)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 technology. He believes that learning as an adult should be exciting, fun, and rewarding - not daunting. Joe has taught UX Design at General Assembly in New York for six years as a Distinguished Faculty Member, and has created and taught MBA Entrepreneurship courses at Fordham University Business School. Through these roles, he has worked with thousands of designers-in-training to help them take the next steps in...2021-02-0747 min
Design MBAThe Power of ADHD - Mills (Founder @ Ustwo, Monument Valley)Watch the video version of this interview on YouTube GUEST BIOMatt ‘Mills’ Miller founded digital product design studio Ustwo with John Sinclair in 2004. In the 14 years since, Ustwo expanded to include an independent games studio and Ustwo adventure: a startup fund and incubator that supports early-stage startups and digital companies. The company’s driving ethos is to create meaningful products and services. Alongside designing products for the likes of Sky and Facebook, it developed Google DeepMind’s Streams app, which can be used to remotely monitor patients from hospitals, and created the phenomenally successful mobile and table...2021-01-2450 min
Design MBAStarting a Design Venture - Alen Faljic (CEO @ d.MBA)Watch the video version of this interview on YouTubeGUEST BIO:As a fresh business graduate, Alen Faljic joined the design agency IDEO Munich as a business designer. The world of design quickly fascinated him as he wasn’t familiar with user-centricity and the power of design. However, he soon started to notice the gap between the design and business communities. As someone working in the intersection of the two, he decided to explore deeper into the relationship between the two. Today, Alen is the founder and CEO of the d.MBA which helps designers ga...2021-01-1152 min
Design MBADesign Leaders Need Side Hustles - Morgane Peng (Design Director @ Société Générale)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 Generale products for start-ups, corporates, and financial institutions.Previously, Morgane adventured into various fields of consulting, financial markets, and tech. In her spare time, she’s a gamer at heart and works on an indie video game successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter. SUPPORT KORULDIA RPG GAME:Back Morgane's Indie RPG game Koruldia today and get early access! Yes, Morgane designed all the graphics in the game...2020-12-281h 06
Design MBA$7,000/mo from Selling Figma, XD Courses - Caleb Kingston (Instructor @ Appdesigntips.com)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 industry and many startups. He’s also a YouTube star and online teacher at App Design Tips. LEVEL UP YOUR DESIGN SKILLS:Level up your design skills by taking premier courses on Adobe XD, Figma at AppDesignTips.com CONNECT WITH CALEB KINGSTON:Connect with Caleb Kingston on LinkedInWatch Caleb Kingston's latest design tutorials on YouTube LEVEL UP YOUR DESIGN CAREER (FREE EMA...2020-12-1444 min
Design MBADesigning Asynchronous Work Culture - Luke Thomas (CEO @ Friday.app)Luke Thomas is the founder of Friday, an asynchronous update platform that helps distributed teams stay connected. Previously, Luke was Head of Product at Crystal and has been working remotely since 2013. Outside of work, Luke enjoys hanging out with his family and he lives in Portland, Maine. If you ever visit, he will gladly show you around town. INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF YOUR REMOTE TEAMSign up for a free Friday trial . No credit card required! CONNECT WITH LUKE THOMAS:Follow Luke Thomas on TwitterConnect with Luke Thomas on LinkedIn LEV...2020-11-301h 15
Design MBADesigning a Virtual Conference - Andy Budd (Founder @ SofaConf.com)User Experience Designer and co-founder of Clearleft, Andy is a best selling tech author, curates the UX London and Leading Design conferences and helped set-up The Brighton Digital Festival. Andy is a regular speaker at international conferences like SXSW, Awwwards and The Next Web. He currently runs an online community of over 1,500 Heads, Directors and VPs of Design, and is a founding member of Adobe's Design Circle. Andy has appeared on both the Wired 100 and BIMA 100 lists, as well as winning agency of the year several times running. Never happier than when he's diving some remote tropical atoll, Andy...2020-11-161h 11
Design MBADesigning an Online Bootcamp - Martin Ramsin (CEO @ Career Foundry)Martin Ramsin grew up in Stockholm and developed a love of computers at an early age. His first job as a programming intern took him to San Francisco just as the internet bubble was about to burst. On moving to Berlin he became interested in creating products and decided to take up web development again and learned Ruby on Rails from free tutorials. On meeting Raffaela they founded CareerFoundry in order to help other people realize their potential. BECOME A UX DESIGNER AND GET A JOB GUARANTEE Change your career by attending the UX Design Pr...2020-11-0249 min
Design MBAFuture of Design Education - Abhinav Chhikara (Founder @ 10kdesigners.com)Watch the video version of this interview on YouTube GUEST BIO:Abhinav Chhikara got his start in design in 2011 by designing iOS apps for freelance projects on oDesk. Prior to that he was an early employee & the Head of Design at Unacademy, an ed-tech startup that's now valued over $1.4B & has raised from global investors like SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, Facebook, General Atlantic etc. After spending 2.5 years there, building the design team from scratch & helping build one of the biggest live learning platforms in the world, he realized that he wanted to fix the state of d...2020-10-1941 min
Design MBAInvesting Now to Buy Your Future Freedom - Craig Mod (Investor @ Figma, Designer Fund)Craig Mod is a Japan-based author and photographer. His books include Kissa by Kissa, Koya Bound, and Art Space Tokyo. He is a MacDowell, VCCA, and Ragdale fellow. His writing and photography has appeared in Eater, The Atlantic, California Sunday Magazine, The New Yorker, and other publications. SUPPORT CRAIG MOD:Become a Special Projects Member and support Craig's creative work! CONNECT WITH CRAIG MOD:Follow Craig Mod on TwitterFollow Craig Mod on InstagramSign up for Craig Mod's monthly newsletter 'Roden'Sign up for 'Ridgeline' - weekly newsletter on walking, Japan, literature, and photography LEVE...2020-10-0558 min
Design MBAF**k 9-5 Jobs! - Punit Chawla (Founder @ DesignWings.in)Watch the video version of this interview on YouTubeGUEST BIO:Punit Chawla is an avid Youtube design creator and wants to leave an impact on the world. JOIN INDIA'S MOST AFFORDABLE DESIGN SCHOOL:Level up your UX/UI skills and by joining DesignWings.in CONNECT WITH PUNIT CHAWLA:Connect with Punit Chawla on LinkedInFollow Punit Chawla on InstagramWatch Punit Chawla's latest design tutorials on YouTube LEVEL UP YOUR DESIGN CAREER (FREE EMAIL COURSE):Learn 7 proven strategies in 7 days to grow in your design career -2020-09-211h 04
Design MBADesigning A Social Movement - Felix Lee (Founder @ ADPList.org)Felix is a Product Designer whose purpose is to constantly reinvent the way we experience the world around us and beyond by designing impactful products people love. He has worked with multiple global startups and is currently a full time Design Lead at Gotrade (YC S19). Felix previously co-founded Packdat which was acquired in 2018 and was the former Head of Product and Design at Passpod Indonesia.JOIN ADPList(Amazing Design People List)Find design jobs on ADPList.orgSign up as a mentor and help other designers at ADPList.org CONNECT WITH FELIX LEE:C...2020-09-0741 min
Design MBADesigning Design Tools - Tom Giannattasio (CEO @ Cloverapp.co)Tom has been building tools for the creative industry for nearly a decade. He's currently working on Clover – a notebook that allows creatives to work visually. Before that, he drove product design and strategy for InVision. He joined the InVision team via acquisition of his first startup – Macaw – which built responsive web design tools. Before that he designed tools for Apple and Oracle, was acquihired by Twitter, and helped MIT design and launch edX.CONNECT WITH TOM GIANNATTASIO:Connect with Tom Giannattasio on LinkedInFollow Tom Giannattasio on TwitterSign up for Clover - the all-in-one notebook for creativ...2020-08-2441 min
Design MBASweeping Floors to Building India's Best Design Studio - Anil Reddy (CEO @ Lollypop.Design)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 restructuring the way consumers think about the digital experience. From two people working out of a garage, today, Lollypop is 130+ people strong with offices all over the world. Lollypop studio has impacted a billion lives via clients like Myntra, Swiggy etc. Lollypop has garnered national and international recognition as well as awards. TOPICS:Anil Reddy opens up about his difficult childhood and discovering hi...2020-08-1759 min
Design MBAOvercoming Imposter Syndrome - Matt D Smith (CEO @ Shift Nudge)Matt D. Smith is the owner and Design Director at Studio MDS, a small independent design studio in Athens, GA. He created the Float Label Pattern for digital input fields, the Contrast app for checking WCAG 2.0 color contrast ratios, and Flowkit for creating user flows inside your favorite design tool. He's currently working on an intensive interface design course called Shift Nudge.He's a proud father of four. TOPICS:3:13: MDS's journey to getting a ripped physique7:26: What drives MDS(Matt D Smith)?10:45: Why does MDS prefer to operate as a Company of One?16:10: Why did MDS de...2020-08-121h 04
Design MBACold Emailing Steve Jobs - Gary Gattis (CEO @ Hypergiant Galactic Systems)Gary Gattis is a creative interdisciplinary leader guiding people and processes to improve our world. His specialties include growth, operations, and management. He has founded several companies at the intersection of technology and design, and led extremely diverse teams to success. He is currently CEO for Hypergiant Galactic Systems, focussed on integrating Artificial Intelligence with the commercialization of Space. Outside of work he can usually be found buried in a good sci-fi novel.TOPICS:2:13: Gary Gattis's experience watching a space rocket launch5:36: How did Gary Gattis design his own college curriculum at UT Austin?10:25: How Gary...2020-07-051h 22
Design MBADesigning Conversations - Cassini Nazir (Design Professor @ UNT)GUEST BIO:Cassini Nazir is a designer of conversations, curriculum, and interfaces. He is a Clinical Associate Professor in the University of North Texas where he teaches class in design thinking. Prior to joining UNT, he taught interaction design at UT Dallas. He recently served as Designer-in-Residence for the SMU Masters in Design and Innovation program. Previously, he was Director of Design and Research for the ArtSciLab, a transdisciplinary research lab helping the arts, science, and technology communities by pursuing initiatives of societal urgency and cultural timeliness. Cassini holds bachelor’s degrees in English Literature and Economics as we...2020-06-1251 min
Design MBASales 101 for Designers - Ryan Burke (ex SVP of Sales @ InVision)GUEST BIO:Ryan Burke is an experienced senior sales and business development executive, specializing in scaling early stage companies and driving enterprise level sales. Most recently, Ryan was the Senior Vice President of International for InVision, the leading design collaboration platform used by 4 million people worldwide and 100% of Fortune 100 companies. Ryan is also an active angel investor, advisor to multiple early stage startups, and an expert on building remote teams and culture. He is a frequent speaker on scaling SaaS and managing remote teams.Ryan is currently based in London, but will be moving back to t...2020-05-2344 min
Design MBAStarting a Design Education Company - Ryan Rumsey (CEO @ Second Wave Dive)GUEST BIO:Ryan Rumsey is the CEO and founder of Second Wave Dive, where he develops boutique leadership programs for professionals in the digital product and services industries. Second Wave Dive has worked with product, design, and executive leaders from companies like Google, IBM, Lyft, Workday, ConsenSys, Autodesk, and ANZ. Ryan has a hybrid background in interaction design, front-end development, and product management. Previously he led digital product innovation and transformation at Apple, Electronic Arts, USAA, and Nestlé. His life experiences include working on a farm and acting in a Staind music video. Ryan is a dad, partner, and ma...2020-05-0342 min
Design MBALeverage Being a B+ Player - Stephen Olmstead (Chief of Staff @ InVision)Stephen is currently the Chief of Staff for the office of the CEO at InVision App. Stephen was an early member of the team, helping scale the org from 30 to 850+ fully distributed team members over the past 5 years. He's passionate about digital product design, building organizational infrastructure, and engaging with his community. Previously Stephen helped build out InVision’s partnerships, corp dev, product management, product research teams. He’s based in Mesa, Arizona where he was born and raised and enjoys spending time with his wife of 11 years, and 3 amazing children. TOPICS:2:17: Stephen's home office set up...2020-04-1946 min
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