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ZURB hosts a lecture series for entrepreneurs, designers, managers, movers, shakers and friends of ZURB to speak with likeminded professionals and spar with them afterward.

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    • Sep 28, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 42m AVG DURATION
    • 57 EPISODES


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    Amanda Linden: Design for Utility

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2016 44:30


    Amanda Linden, Head of Design at Asana, shared some insights on the differences designing for enterprise vs. consumers, the challenges of designing for a product used by thousands daily, and building an effective team.

    Tina Chen: Building Platforms and Fostering Collaborations

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2016 45:02


    Tina Chen, Design Lead at Slack, has a long career designing for some of the webs most popular apps and services. In addition to Slack, she's worked for Google, Medium and Blogger. We asked her how she makes the tough design decisions and what sets winning products apart.

    Katie Dill: Connecting People Through Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2016 44:07


    Katie Dill, Head of Experience Design at Airbnb, has been working hard to ensure AIrbnb's design reflects their mission to bring people together. She shared with us how they approach design decisions and how other members of the organization contribute to help them reach the right answers.

    Brian Balfour: Designing for Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2016 45:48


    Brian Balfour, VP of Growth at Hubspot, has made a career out of studying what makes design effective and optimizing for conversion. We picked his brain about how to create design that spurs action and how to uncover keys to explosive growth.

    Tim Van Damme: The Right Look and Feel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2015 44:57


    Tim Van Damme has made a name for himself designing for companies like Gowalla, Instagram/Facebook and now Dropbox. We chatted with him about what it takes to build a strong team and what process delivers consistent results.

    Rdio: Bold Design Through Simplicity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2015 44:57


    Geoff Koops and Mike Towber, members of the Rdio design team, talk about how music infuences their work, the pitfalls of designing for a wide range of users and keeping design simple.

    Braden Kowitz: Finding Harmony Between Designers and Engineers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2015 44:57


    Braden Kowitz, Design Partner at Google Ventures, talks about the relationship between design and engineering, how startups should view their products and putting yourself in the user's shoes.

    Sandi MacPherson: Building a Community, Building a Product

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2015 45:18


    CEO and Founder of Quibb, Sandi MacPherson joined us to share how she's connected with top tech influencers, built a vibrant and active community and highlights the opportunities for women in tech.

    Guy Kawasaki: Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2015 65:16


    Legendary marketer, author and investor Guy Kawasaki came to ZURB to share his thoughts on how companies can change hearts, inspire minds and move people to action.

    Jessica Hische: Speaking Through Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2015 39:26


    Illustrator and letterer Jessica Hische talks about her most memorable projects, managing a successful freelance career and finding meaningful work.

    Randy Hunt: People Matter Most

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2015 42:48


    Randy Hunt, VP of Design of Design at Etsy walks us through the company's creative process, goals and challenges moving forward.

    Wesley Yun: Bridging the Physical With the Digital

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2015 44:14


    Wesley Yun, Lytro's Director of Design, talks about marrying digital and physical products into a unique user experience. He also shares his experiences on being a design leader.

    Marissa Louie: The Emotion of Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2015 44:14


    Yahoo Principal Designer Marissa Louie talks about how we can put more emotion into our designs so we can surprise and delight our users.

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    Jared Spool: Creating Industry-Ready Designers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2014 47:10


    UIE's Jared Spool on why colleges aren't producing adequate designers and what he's doing about it.

    Nir Eyal: Building Habit Forming Products

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2014 47:10


    Author and entrepreneur Nir Eyal talks about how we can build habit-forming products and tap into the triggers that motivate users.

    Brian Taptitch: A Shelf Life of an Industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2014 47:10


    Bitcasa CEO Brian Taptich chats about where Zynga went wrong and what they did right. He also chats about how Bitcasa is making its mark in a crowded cloud-storage market.

    Brian Wong: CEO and Co-Founder of Kiip

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2013 41:59


    Kiip CEO and Co-Founder Brian Wong chats about why impressions aren't a good metric and how moments are what we should be paying close attention to.

    Michelle Dennedy: Baking Privacy Into Product Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2013 47:00


    McAfee Chief Privacy Officer and VP Michelle Dennedy tells us what companies get wrong and how they can get better.

    Brad Garlinghouse: Why Companies Should Hate Peanut Butter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2013 46:04


    YouSendIt CEO Brad Garlinghouse tells us why companies shouldn't spread themselves thin like peanut butter and why startups should avoid the hype.

    Howard Lindzon: Passing on Twitter and Building a Social Investing Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2013 46:04


    Stocktwits CEO and Co-Founder Howard Lindzon talks about why he passed on investing in Twitter early on and how he's revolutionizing they way we talk about stocks.

    Doug Mack: Taking One Kings Lane Into Mobile

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2013 49:08


    One Kings Lane CEO Doug Mack talks about why mobile matters for E-commerce and why you should have a device-centric strategy.

    Jeff Lawson: Rapidly Scaling Twilio Into a Worldwide Juggernaut

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2012 48:13


    Twilio Co-Founder and CEO Jeff Lawson talks about revolutionizing the telecommunications industry and the challenges with scaling Twilio into a worldwide service.

    Joe Gebbia: Scaling Airbnb from the Living Room to Across the Globe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2012 44:30


    Airbnb Co-Founder and Chief Product Designer Joe Gebbia talks about the challenges in taking the rental service from his apartment living room to a global audience.

    Sahil Lavingia: Going from College Dropout to Designing Pinterest's Grid

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2012 45:58


    Designer and entrepreneur Sahil Lavingia talks about how he dropped out of college to help design Pinterest's unique user interface and the lessons his learned from building his own products, like Gumroad.

    The Winklevoss Twins: The Past, Present and Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2012 44:28


    Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, principals of Winklevoss Capital, tells us about their early beginnings as co-founders of ConnectU, what they thought about their story being told in "The Social Network," their opinion on the Facebook IPO and give us the scoop on their recently co-founded investment firm.

    Evan Williams: Revolutionizing the Way We Communicate on the Web

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2012 45:28


    Twitter Co-Founder and former CEO Evan Williams, Ev to his friends and colleagues, tells us about revolutionizing the way we communicate on the Web with Blogger and Twitter, and again with his latest venture, Medium.

    Hiten Shah: Finding the Key Risk in Your Product

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2012 42:26


    KISSmetrics CEO and Co-Founder Hiten Shah tells us about learning from his mistakes, going lean and finding the key risk in your product quickly.

    Getting 10 Million Users in Less Than Two Months and Combating Cyberbullying

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2012 46:54


    Formspring CEO and Founder Ade Olonoh talks about how the social Q&A site got 10 million monthly users faster than Pinterest and how the site weathered a cyberbullying controversy.

    Building Stack Overflow From the Best Parts of Wikis, Digg, Forums and Blogs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2012 49:14


    Stack Overflow Co-Founder Jeff Atwood delves deep into the origins of the popular Q&A site, including taking the "evil" out of Experts Exchange and fixing the problems of other similar sites.

    Robert Scoble: Building Startup Stories and Crossing the Freaky Lineom Bust to IPO in 3 Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2012 44:47


    Tech evangelist and blogger Robert Scoble, of Rackspace and Scobleizer, why startups need to build their stories and how small philosophical differences can make or break a product.

    Aaron Levie, Box.com CEO and Founder: From a Cold Email to 82% of the Fortune500 as Customers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2012 46:55


    Box.Com CEO and Founder Aaron Levie takes us through the early days of Box.com, how he got noted investor and Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban to invest in his company, and why he was scared to death of Google's long-rumored GDrive.

    Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne: Living 6 Months at a Time from Dot Com Bust to IPO in 3 Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2012 43:34


    Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne talks about how cancer shaped how he planned his days, circumventing the conventional IPO system, and his friendship with investment guru Warren Buffett.

    Dave McClure: 20 Years of Investing and Geeking Out In Silicon Valley

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2011 42:17


    Dave McClure of 500startups got on his soapbox to talk about how he invests and what he looks for in entrepreneurs.

    Ron Conway: Godfather of Angel Investing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2011 30:32


    Ron Conway, the Godfather of Angel Investing, who has been called "the man who has placed more bets on Internet start-ups than anyone else in Silicon Valley" got on his soapbox to share with us how he invests and what he looks for in his companies and entrepreneurs.

    Sachin Argawal: 8 Months Rethinking, Rebuilding and Rebranding Posterous

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2011 30:32


    Two years and 15 million customers into developing their product, the Posterous team decided to scrap everything and start over from square one. Sachin Agarwal the founder of Posterous shared Posterous' setbacks, losses and wins, and reasoning behind many of the decisions made along the way.

    Matt Mickiewicz: Building a Web Business When You Are 15 Years Old

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2011 33:54


    Matt's was one of the most sincere, fun, laid back and brutally honest soapbox discussions we've had to date! He shared the story of his entrepreneurial journey, starting from when he disrupted the world of web design education with Sitepoint, at 14 years old, to the present, 13 years later, where he is successfully running two new businesses (99Designs and Flippa) and currently starting a fourth one (Learnable).

    Kevin Hartz: Founder and CEO of Eventbrite gets on his soapbox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2011 45:47


    Kevin Hartz shared a number of great lessons from his extensive career building and launching hit startups.

    Kevin Hale: Marrying Your Users: From First Date to Ever After w/ Founder of Wufoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2011 45:47


    Kevin reveals Wufoo's customer service strategy and the path from idea to SurveyMonkey's acquisition.

    Matt Mullenweg: Celebrating the Eighth Birthday of WordPress

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2011 39:05


    Matt discusses the growth of WordPress over the last eight years and the challenges he faced along the way.

    Philip Rosedale: From Cars Dealerships to Second Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2011 42:57


    Philip discusses the challenges he faced bringing his "unfundable" virtual world of Second Life to reality, and what he's doing now.

    Tim Ferriss: A Lesson in Self Promotion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2011 42:57


    Tim sat down with us for a Q&A about his tactics for self promotion, building community, and productivity.

    Irene Au: How Google Creates Products.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2010 35:09


    Irene Au (Google’s Head of UX) shares some juicy insights on the design process and decision making behind Google’s products.

    Julie Zhuo: How Facebook Uses Data

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2010 39:54


    Julie Zhuo (Facebook’s Design Manager) giving us the low down on how her team uses data to inform decisions.

    Tom Conrad’s talk on Apple, Pets.com, and Pandora

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2010 42:45


    In the 30 minutes we managed to discuss Tom’s dating life, how much of a doofus Tony Fadell (the guy who invented the iPod) was, driving Pets.com into a cliff, and of course how Pandora was started.

    Peter Skillman's talk on Innovating the Mobile Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2010 49:08


    Peter left all of us with some great lessons learned for creating awesome mobile experiences.

    Konstantin Guericke's talk on how LinkedIn Broke Through

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2010 39:48


    The story behind how the original LinkedIn idea was conceived and how they eventually managed to break through to mainstream. Co-founder Konstantin Guericke’s soapbox left all of us with some key lessons we wanted to share.

    Nate Bolt’s rap on dos and don’ts of UX Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2010 31:48


    Nate Bolt reveals some of his finding regarding remote UX research in a stylistic rap.

    Luke Wroblewski: Design for mobile first!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2010 49:22


    Luke mades a strong and valid case of why we should focus on designing for mobile vs. the desktop. Not only does he tell us why, he also focuses on how we should design for mobile.

    Bill Scott: Behind the scenes of Netflix's UI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2010 33:58


    Bill Scott discusses anti-patterns in UI and how Netflix was able to avoid them and build a rich user interaction.

    Alex Faaborg of Mozilla: How was Firefox designed? What's next for Firefox?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2010 41:11


    Alex started off sharing how design works in a large open source community as well as the challenges which Mozilla has faced as a company.

    Justin Kan of Justin.tv: One camera broadcast to a website with 35 million users

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2010 36:48


    Justin shared his story of how he came up with the idea of a 24/7 live broadcast, how he became an international celebrity, and the sharp turn Justin.tv had to make to shape the company into the successfully operating business it is today.

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