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Until Designer Fund was founded by Enrique Allen and Ben Blumenrose, venture capital investments rarely considered design strategy when investing. Companies like Stripe, Notion, Gusto, and Omada Health—all in Designer Fund portfolio companies—see design as a competitive advantage and a tool for acquiring and retaining customers. Enrique Allen told us all about the tremendous value design is creating in these and many other companies. We spoke with Enrique about how they chose design as an investment lens, the changing role of design from when they started until now, why venture capital might not always be the best way to fund a startup business, and how they think about finding good partners and co-founders. By the way, if you're starting a design-centric company and seeking investment, Designer Fund is investing up to $1 million for pre-seed and Series A startups. To learn more and apply for funding, visit designerfund.com/partnership. Apply by October 4th. Bio Enrique Allen is the co-founder and managing partner at Design Fund. Previously, Enrique was a designer at venture capital firms, including 500 Startups, Facebook's fbFund, and Venrock, where he helped invest in companies like Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT), Wildfire (acquired by Google) and Behance (acquired by Adobe). He's a Stanford University alum, former Division 1 soccer player and senior lecturer at the Stanford d.school. *** Stay tuned after the interview for a special look at Wix Studio, the intuitive way for agencies and enterprises to design exceptional sites, with full-stack business solutions, multi-site management and built-in AI. We chat with Kyle Prinsloo, founder of ClientManager.io, about why he loves Wix Studio for its efficient tools like the Figma to Wix Studio plugin, and robust email marketing features, which have greatly improved his workflow and client engagement.  To learn more about Wix Studio, visit dbtr.co/wixstudio. *** Premium Episodes on Design Better This ad-supported episode is available to everyone. If you'd like to hear it ad-free, upgrade to our premium subscription, where you'll get an additional 2 ad-free episodes per month (4 total). Premium subscribers also get access to our monthly AMAs with former guests, ad-free episodes, early and discounted access to workshops, and our new enhanced newsletter The Brief that compiles salient insights, quotes, readings, and creative processes uncovered in the show.   Upgrade to paid *** Visiting the links below is one of the best ways to support our show: Incogni: Every year, both the number and scope of data breaches worldwide are rising. According to the 2022 Annual Data Breach Report by the Identity Theft Resource Center, the number of victims has gone up nearly 41.5% from 2021. Incogni reaches out to data brokers on your behalf, requests your personal data removal, and deals with any objections from their side. Use promo code DESIGNBETTER at https://incogni.com/designbetter to get 60% off an annual plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Blumenrose was one of the earliest designers at Facebook and has spent the last 12 years as a co-founder and Managing Partner of Designer Fund. That's allowed him to invest in many of the design founders that you've heard from on this shown (like Jorn from Framer or Colin from Visual Electric).So the goal of this conversation is to tap into Ben's perspective as a designer turned investor. This episode creates a blueprint for people interested in designing for startups or maybe even building a company of your own.Some highlights:The story of investing in FramerHow second-time founders think differentlyUnderstanding your gaps as a design founderWhat it looks like to truly act as an owner at a startupWhat Ben looks for when investing in design foundersWhat types of market opportunities Ben is most excited aboutHow Ben transformed customer support in his first month at FBThe things you should be learning on the job before launching a startupa lot moreApply for the Designer Fund Partnership program

Welcome to another episode of Supra Insider. This time, we're excited to bring you our conversation with Heather Phillips, Senior Director of Product Design at Slack.New to the pod? Subscribe below to get the next episode in your inbox

on this episode join us as we discuss the British fashion council and the winners of the fashion fund. where are the winners now? Has It benefitted them in the long run and how are the winners selected.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/eyesonthebrands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Victor Hürbe, Associate bei Speedinvest. Victor bespricht die Finanzierungsrunde von APEX und Superframe:APEX, mit Sitz in Lissabon, hat einen 50-Millionen-Euro-Fonds namens Elite Performance Fund für Sport, Medien und Unterhaltung ins Leben gerufen, der auf weltbekannte Athleten wie Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz und Raphaël Varane setzt. Dieser Fonds konzentriert sich auf innovative Lösungen in den genannten Branchen und bietet Investoren exklusiven Zugang zu einem diversifizierten Portfolio. Zu den Starinvestoren gehören Sportgrößen wie Valtteri Bottas, Christian Eriksen und weitere. Superframe hat eine Startfinanzierung von 5 Millionen US-Dollar erhalten, um den Markt für Salesforce-Dienstleistungen mit einem KI-Chatbot-basierten System zu revolutionieren. Die Runde wurde von Dan Scholnick von der Four Rivers Group und dem Designer Fund angeführt, dem sich mehrere Angel-Investoren, darunter Essence VC, angeschlossen haben. Der Chatbot von Superframe bietet Unternehmen präzise Empfehlungen zur Konfiguration ihrer Vertriebssoftware und hebt sich durch den Einsatz von generativer KI ab. Superframe plant, in Zukunft auch andere Bereiche des Umsatzgeschäfts zu erschließen, darunter Marketingautomatisierung.

I'm joined by Kristy Tillman, Director of Design at Netflix, as she shares invaluable insights on career growth and the pursuit of creative opportunities. Kristy challenges the traditional emphasis on job titles, urging listeners to prioritize personal growth and learning. Drawing from her experience as a Director of Design, she highlights the diverse scopes and possibilities that each role can offer. Furthermore, Kristy emphasizes the importance of designers developing strong business acumen to thrive in their roles.The conversation then delves into expanding one's horizon of opportunities. Kristy emphasizes the significance of building connections and making oneself open to different people and experiences. By broadening networks and creating opportunities for others, individuals can unlock unforeseen collaborations and pathways to success. Kristy addresses the ongoing question of designers' presence at the decision-making table within businesses, stressing the importance of fostering relationships and making a lasting impact.The episode also explores the concept of personal detachment from work and the value of pursuing side projects. Kristy shares a valuable lesson: the work done at one's job ultimately belongs to the company, but side projects offer a realm of personal freedom and creativity. By taking charge of these projects, individuals can craft their own opportunities, collaborate with like-minded individuals, and lay the foundation for future endeavors. Kristy highlights the importance of networking by giving back and creating opportunities for others, as it serves as a gateway to entering new networks and expanding professional horizons.About the Guest:Having worked across industries for over 15 years, Design Extraordinaire Kristy Tillman is currently the Product Design Director at Netflix.Through her experience as Head of Global Experience Design, Head of Communication Design, and Design Director, she acquired a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to be equipped for a variety of design challenges and development.As part of MICA's Flexible Design Studio workshop, she teaches a module on social impact design. She studied design at Kansas City Art Institute and is a proud HBCU alum of FamU - Florida A&M University.As a design leader, she has built design teams from scratch and transitioned talent from entry level to design leadership. She is an Advisor for Designer Fund and sits on the board of Design Advisory Council for the University of Texas at Austin.A designer, investor, and cultivator of a different kind of tomorrow, one that harnesses the exponential addition of talent in the gaps, she's learned a lot along the way around growing her own talent and those around her in the realm of design.Connect with Kristy Tillman:Twitter: https://twitter.com/kristytLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristytillman/Timestamps(02:28) - Icebreaker: Kristy's current obsessions from work and personal perspectives(03:43) - Her journey from nervousness to excitement over the size and scope of her organization and role within Netflix(05:22) - What makes each of her job titles as a director unique and the end goal in mind that's being set up by her current role(07:58) - Understanding the multiple layers in Web3, why it is considered Wild West, and how it can be improved and made safer through UX and Design(11:24) - Icebreaker: Her current playlist and how visualizing music can change your experience (12:47) - Icebreaker: The two obvious problems about the design industry that's worth turning around. And no, it's not the D word or having

Katie Kirsch is a designer, engineer, and social entrepreneur. At Stanford, IDEO, and Designer Fund, she has launched several products, programs, and ventures in education. A few favorite projects have included working & living at a K-12 boarding school in India, scaling a menstrual healthcare organization in Uganda, and road​-​tripping across the US for 14 weeks in an RV to teach leadership workshops for 1200 girls. Most recently, Katie founded Twenty, a coaching & community platform that empowers young adults to crush their twenties. Katie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Product Design Engineering from Stanford.Recommended Resources:The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg JayWhat I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 by Tina Seelig

In Episode #132, we deconstruct Ben Blumenrose's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. Ben Blumenrose is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Designer Fund. We cover how AI might affect designers, the business value of design, and learning from science fiction. “I think one of the things that's lacking in human-centered design is humanity-centered design, because when you're optimizing for the individuals, well, then what happens to the ecosystem at large?” – Ben Blumenrose EPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED) https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/ben-blumenrose-playbook/  FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/ben-blumenrose-playbook-transcript/  CHAPTERS In this episode, we deconstruct Ben Blumenrose's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:48) – How AI might affect designers and artists (00:08:48) – Why should you care about design? (00:15:58) – Inspiration from passionate designers (00:22:36) – The business value of design (00:26:38) – Knowing a good product and standardizing processes (00:31:04) – Learning from science fiction (00:36:16) – Design in the everyday world (00:40:22) – Learnings from 10 years of investing (00:46:34) – Focusing on the craft of design ABOUT BEN BLUMENROSE Ben Blumenrose is the Co-Founder, Co-Director, and Managing Partner of Designer Fund, which is an early stage venture capital firm that backs founders who both recognize the power of design, and are committed to getting design right in their company from day one. Before co-founding Designer Fund with Enrique Allen in 2012, Ben was a design lead at Facebook for nearly six years after joining when the team was just around 100 people in size. In this episode, you'll learn why Ben is fascinated with AI like Dall-E 2 that can create original artwork, why design is utility centric, what Ben has learned from studying natural ecosystems, and why they make it clear that our growth at all cost mentality is flawed.

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In Episode #131, we explore building the world's first design centric venture capital firm. We're joined by Ben Blumenrose, Designer Fund's Co-Founder and Managing Partner. We cover the Designer Fund algorithm, the core qualities of great startups, and how designers can add value as investors. “What are you spending your nights and weekends on and is there a way for you to make that your job? Because that's the stuff that you're really into.” – Ben Blumenrose EPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED) https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/designer-fund-ben-blumenrose  FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/designer-fund-ben-blumenrose-transcript  CHAPTERS This episode is our definitive guide to building the world's first design centric venture capital firm. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:39) – The genesis of Designer Fund (00:22:31) – Demystifying design (00:28:28) – Traits of designer founders (00:35:02) – Sweat the details that matter (00:39:23) – The Designer Fund algorithm (00:44:23 – Balancing skepticism and optimism in investing (00:48:47) – Core qualities of great startups (00:50:32) – How designers can add value as investors ABOUT DESIGNER FUND Ben Blumenrose is Co-director and Managing Partner of Designer Fund, which is an early stage venture capital firm that backs founders that both recognize the power of design and are committed to getting design right from day one. Designer Fund was founded by Ben Blumenrose and Enrique Allen in 2012 after the two met at a program put on by Stanford's D school, where students use design to develop their own creative potential. When Ben and Enrique founded Designer Fund, there were few companies in Silicon Valley outside of Apple that understood the power of design to build incredible products, create a category defining brand, and ultimately forge an enduring company. There were also no other venture capitalists with a pure design background. And yet, over the last decade Designer Fund has built an incredible venture firm. They've produced top quartile returns for their investors, beating out almost all of their peers in the market, and we're early investors in a wave of design-centric companies that have defined the last 10 years, including Stripe and Gusto. 

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Recruiting platform dotin Inc., which improves the recruitment and retention of new and existing talent, has released of their latest service module, PerFit-Diversity and Inclusion. The new module leverage AI to gather insights related to employee makeup, helping organizations realize the gender and ethnic diversity within their workforce.  https://hrtechfeed.com/recruiting-platform-dotin-inc-releases-new-diversity-and-inclusion-module/ Oyster®, the company that makes hiring talented people around the world compliant, human, and delightful, has raised a $50 million Series B funding round, led by Stripes with the continued participation of some existing investors. On the heels of the announcement of Oyster's $20M Series A just this past February, this new Series B investment allows Oyster to expand its HR platform to more countries around the world and continue to empower globally distributed companies to succeed on the world stage. The team has grown 5X and the customer base has grown 8X so far in 2021. Revenue increased by 8X since the beginning of the year, from a growing number of Distributed HR offerings, including multiple modes of employment (for both Contractors and Full-Time Employees), and an assortment of Benefits catering to the special needs of distributed teams. Oyster® has also expanded its country coverage to 91 countries which account for more than 95% of the employable knowledge workers of the world. https://hrtechfeed.com/global-hr-platform-oyster-raises-50m/ San Francisco – Pequity, the first intelligent compensation platform that helps fast-growing companies create fair and competitive compensation programs, announced today that the company has closed a Series A round of $19 million, led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from First Round Capital, Designer Fund, and Scribble Ventures.  Pequity saves companies time and money and helps them attract and retain talent by automating HR workflows from offer to signing to promotion and beyond. The platform helps HR & compensation leaders centralize their comp workflows, avoid comp problems before they happen, and create competitive compensation programs based on real-world data on industry ranges, market trends, and internal peer compensation  https://hrtechfeed.com/pequity-raises-19-million-to-bring-equitable-compensation-to-the-masses/ The new Questionmark white paper, “Five Ways Assessments Can Help Retain Employees”, shows that by testing the skills of workers, employers can: Make better recruitment decisions – someone who leaves within their first year is likely to have been a poor hire. Testing the skills of candidates before hiring them helps ensure new starters are a good fit for the role. Identify relevant training needs – assessments can pinpoint an employee's immediate training need, helping demonstrate that employers are taking their career development needs seriously. Improve onboarding – around 15% of exits relate to employees leaving in the first 90 days.3 Assessments can reveal whether the onboarding process is effective and if new starters are learning what they should. Create a certification program – assessing employee progress and awarding certifications enhances an individual's sense of career development. It also creates immediate goals to work toward. Predict employee retention – employers can track scores from relevant workplace assessments and correlate them with employee longevity. By doing so, employers can identify risk factors that require intervention to prevent employee churn. https://recruitingheadlines.com/5-ways-to-reduce-staff-turnover/ GoodTime, the leading AI-based interview scheduling and hiring experience solution, has added $9.5M million to its Series A funding, bringing the total round to $16.7 million. The new funding round was led by KTB Ventures along with participation from Smilegate and Atinum Investment.  This funding will be used to accelerate innovation for hiring/candidate experience solutions and accelerate go-to-market growth in a wide range of industries with innovative clients such as Box, Shopify, and Zoom. GoodTime is a solution that can reduce time-to-hire by as much as 50% while saving as much as $500,000 per year in talent acquisition costs.  https://hrtechfeed.com/interview-scheduling-tool-raises-9-5-million-series-a/

Channext, a software-as-a-service platform connecting vendors and business partners, has raised USD 0.8 million in a seed round. Channext will use the funds received in this round to extend its European footprint in countries such as Italy, the Nordics, and Spain. Despite the difficulties of starting a business during a pandemic, he continued, their company has expanded significantly in the last year.Pathfndr.io, a no-code SaaS startup, has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-Series A round led by Arali Ventures. Other participants include SEA Fund, Wayfare Ventures, KPB Family Trust, Acsys Investments, and Capital A, JAZFund LLC, Shravan Gupta, and founders of unicorns Freshworks and Chargebee. Pathfinder.io is the operating name of Bengaluru-based MeTripping Technologies Pvt Ltd. The firm said in a statement that the additional money would be used to continue investing in product innovation at scale and expand its worldwide sales force.Tomi.ai, an AI-powered platform optimizing digital ads, has announced its seed fundraise of $1 million from Begin Capital and Phystech Leadership Fund. Konstantin Bayandin, founder and CEO of Tomi.ai, on his LinkedIn handle, announced the funding and thanked the investors. According to reports, Mr. Bayndin would use the proceeds from the fund to expand the company's platformHyderabad-based BigLeap has raised ₹5 crores ($0.67 million) in a debt fund from Anup Kumar Yama, a roller skater athlete from India and the CEO of Yama Skating Academy. Reports state that the funding was raised for the startup's initiative, BigLeap.AI, a stealth-mode HR product aimed at simplifying the job search experience. According to the Times of India, The BigLeap.AI app is expected to be rolled out in September this year and would help job seekers to tap into active vacant jobs in different sectors.New York-based Batch has raised $5 million in a seed round funding co-led by Coatue Seven Seven Six as per reports. The round witnessed participation from the Weekend Fund, Shrug Capital, and the Chainsmokers, among others. The startup provides QR codes to help retailers selling to customers, make re-ordering of their products fast and simple. Currently, the startup uses Apple's App Clip technology assisting the users in loading a small part of the app on demand but plans to make it work on both iOS and Android eventually.Acryl Data has come out of stealth mode, raising $9 million in a seed round led by 8VC, with LinkedIn and Insight Partners' participation to help companies use their tools for their big data requirements. Golden Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, has raised its fourth fund of $100M. The funds will be utilized to invest in new companies and follow-on investments in businesses outside of Golden Ventures' portfolio. At this time, the fund's primary goal is to profit from the growing trend of increased opportunity in the Canadian environment.Mitiga, a cloud security startup, has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by DNX, ClearSky Security, and Atlantic Bridge.  According to the Israeli firm, the money will be used to “continue to disrupt how incident preparation and response is delivered,” as well as to “significantly” increase its cybersecurity, engineering, sales, and marketing employees.Pequity, a compensation software builder for equitable pay, has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Other participants include Scribble Ventures, First Round Capital, and Designer Fund. The funds will be used to invest in products as well as hiring. The firm now has 20 employees on its payroll and plans to double that number by the end of the year, after favorable market feedback.Frumtak Ventures has launched its third fund, Frumtak III, to invest in post-seed and Series A startups. The $57M fund would have a ticket size ranging from one to five million dollars for the companies it would invest in. The VC firm targets early-stage companies having a high growth potential.Embark Trucks Inc. and Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp II have jointly announced that both the companies will be entering a definitive business combination agreement that will make Embark Trucks go public. This deal will give Embark Trucks a market value of $5.2 billion. Embark Trucks is an autonomous software technology developer for the trucking industry. Aircall, a cloud-based call center software firm with a $1.1 billion value, has raised $120 million in a Series D round, making it a unicorn. The business plans to hold an enormous technology stack and collaborate with large telecom companies to use their networks.Vercel, a platform for creating, evaluating, and deploying Jamstack sites, has received $102 million in a Series C round with a valuation of $1.1 billion, making it a unicorn. Vercel is the open-source Next.js React framework's creator. Traffic to all of the company's websites and applications has tripled since October 2020, indicating significant growth. Carhartt, Github, IBM, McDonald's, and Uber are among Vercel's clients.PlanetScale, the pioneer of Vitess, a database clustering system for MySQL, has announced its Series B fundraise of $30 million, led by Insight Partners. Andreessen Horowitz and SignalFire participated in the round.Forto, a provider of digital logistics technology, digitized freight forwarding supply chain solutions, has turned a unicorn, raising $240 million in a Series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The company's valuation now stands at $1.2 billion.In a move to unify developer experiences, providing intelligent applications, Amazon Web Services, and Salesforce have announced the expansion of their strategic partnership. The move would facilitate customers to use Salesforce and AWS capabilities in tandem to deploy robust and new business applications accelerating digital transformation quickly. Drata, a compliance and security automation company, has announced its Series A fundraise of $25 million in a round led by GGV Capital. Angel and other investors – SVCI (Silicon Valley CISO Investments), Okta Ventures, Basis Set Ventures- participated in the funding round.Rocketlane, a B2B SaaS, received $3 million in initial investment from Matrix Partners India and Nexus Venture Partners. According to a senior corporate executive, the cash will be used to grow the company and hire more employees. Srikrishnan Ganesan, Vignesh Girishankar, and Deepak Bala established Rocketlane in 2020 as a purpose-built unified workplace for interacting with clients on onboarding efforts.

Design is about much more than just making things look good. Design is valuable because it translates the complexities of technology to us mere mortals. It serves as a way to educate the market and make tech easy for everyday people to use. But what is the design process that gets us to that end? Daniel Scrivner is the CEO & Chief Design Officer at Flow, the project management software used by teams at Apple, Shopify and TED. A leader in the fields of design and investing, he has been invited to speak at some of the world's most innovative organizations, including Andreesen Horowitz and Designer Fund. Daniel has 15 years of design experience, serving as Head of Design at both Digit and Square and working on teams at Apple, Nike and Disney. On this episode of Boost VC, Daniel joins us to share his take on what makes design valuable, explaining how the design process gets you to an end product the average person can use. He offers insight on what makes most crypto design hostile to everyday people, discussing what we can do to improve the user experience and give crypto mass appeal. Listen in to understand Daniel's agnostic approach to investing and find out how he applies concepts learned in one discipline to other areas in his skill stack. Topics Covered What Daniel has built that he's most proud ofRedesign of Flow over last two yearsGrowing investment portfolio Daniel's agnostic approach to investingQualitative vs. quantitative (early-stage companies)Broad interest in investing in entrepreneurs at all stages What inspired Daniel to start his own podcastConversations with people in top 1% across industriesDecode what they've mastered, what propelled to top How Daniel thinks about optimizing his learningLearn things and apply in other areasLean into growth curve in all areas Daniel's take on what makes design valuableInterface between complexity of tech and humansFastest way to educate given market Daniel's insight around the design of cryptoHostile to average peopleIncompatible with being ‘future of money' How to improve the crypto user experienceSimple explanation of termsGet input from everyday people What inspired Daniel to invest in BitcoinBet on things probable to play outInvest in multiple ways to win What's behind the rise of the operator-investorHerding creaturesLowering barriers to entry in all areas Daniel's definition of successWork in service of othersGrow into best version of self Connect with Daniel Flow https://www.getflow.com/Flow on Twitter https://twitter.com/flowappFlow on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/FlowAppDaniel on Twitter https://twitter.com/danielscrivner  Outliers with Daniel Scrivner https://link.chtbl.com/_Ygn_FIY Resources Good Egg https://www.goodegg.io/Stripe https://stripe.com/Gusto https://gusto.com/Superhuman https://superhuman.com/Notion https://www.notion.so/Bison Trails https://bisontrails.co/Filecoin https://filecoin.io/Verlyn Klinkenborg on Outliers https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/verlyn-klinkenborg-outliers-show-notesSeveral Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn KlinkenborgScott Adams https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSaysScott Adams on Talent Stacking https://www.scottadamssays.com/2016/12/27/the-kristina-talent-stack/Listen Notes https://www.listennotes.com/Kevin Kelly https://kk.org/Kevin Kelly on Outliers https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/kevin-kelly-outliers-transcriptCasa https://keys.casa/Coinbase https://www.coinbase.com/CoinList https://coinlist.co/TrustToken https://www.trusttoken.com/TruFi https://truefi.io/Robinhood https://robinhood.com/us/en/Oculus https://www.oculus.com/AngelList https://angellist.com/EquityZen https://equityzen.com/Fortnite https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/homeRoblox https://www.roblox.com/Unreal Tournament https://www.epicgames.com/unrealtournament/en-US/Endel https://endel.io/Tony Anderson https://www.tonyandersonmusic.com/Focus on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/genre/focus-pageRichard Feynman http://www.feynman.com/Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman https://www.amazon.com/Surely-Feynman-Adventures-Curious-Character/dp/0393316041Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by It's Most Brilliant Teacher by Richard P. Feynman https://www.amazon.com/Six-Easy-Pieces-Essentials-Explained/dp/0465025277Henry Ford's Rouge https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/ford-rouge-factory-tour/history-and-timeline/fords-rouge/Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. by Ron Chernow https://www.amazon.com/Titan-Life-John-Rockefeller-Sr-ebook/dp/B000XUDGHG Connect with Boost VC Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVCBoost VC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/boost_vc/

I'm closing out this unprecedented year by talking with the one and only Kristy Tillman. Longtime listeners of the show may remember her first appearance back in 2015, but since then, Kristy has become one of the leading design voices in our community. As for what's next for Kristy? Well, let's just say that tomorrow looks bright.Kristy shared how her year has went so far, including departing from Slack, becoming an investor through indie.vc and The Designer Fund, and creating the Made in the Future Fellowship, a program for helping underrepresented emerging design professionals. Kristy also spoke on what success looks like for her now at this stage in her career, talked about making time for joy, and dove into the hard-won lessons she's learned this year. If there's one thing to take from Kristy's journey and her career, it's the knowledge that there are many opportunities available to grow your design career if you stay patient and chart your course.Quite a fitting way to end off 2020, right?LinksKristy Tillman's 2015 InterviewKristy Tillman on TwitterMade in the Future FellowshipTomorrow Looks BrightLike this episode? Then subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite shows.Subscribe and leave us a 5-star rating and a review! Thanks so much to all of you who have already rated and reviewed us!Revision Path is brought to you by Lunch, a multidisciplinary creative studio in Atlanta, GA. It is produced by Maurice Cherry and engineered and edited by RJ Basilio.You can also follow Revision Path on Instagram and Twitter. Come chat with us! And thank you for listening!

Daniel Scriver shares insights on how to develop your career from his experience as a college dropout turned designer turned CEO. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How to develop new skills through self-teaching 2) Why Daniel left a dream job at Apple 3) Why you should always seek discomfort Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep628 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT DANIEL — Daniel Scrivner is the CEO of Flow. Previously he was the Head of Design at Digit and Square. He's worked for some of the most respected brands in the world including Apple, Nike, Disney, and Target. Daniel advises world-class teams at companies like LendingHome, Empower, TrustToken, Designer Fund, and Notation Capital. He's an early-stage investor in businesses like Superhuman, MixMax, Notion, Good Eggs, Burrow, Madison Reed, Stance, Almanac Brewing, and many more. And he's been invited to speak at some of the world's most prestigious organizations including Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), General Assembly, Techstars, Designer Fund, and 500 Startups. • Daniel's website: DanielScrivner.com • Daniel's Twitter: @DanielScrivner • Daniel's LinkedIn: Daniel Scrivner • Daniel's podcast: Outliers with Daniel Scrivner • Daniel's company: GetFlow.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Product: Neumann U 87 • Software: Superhuman • Book: Rich Dad Poor Dad (What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!) by Robert Kiyosaki • Book: The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas Stanley, William Danko, Sarah Stanley Fallaw • Book: Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Find Your Dream Job. Learn Ramit Sethi's pro-tips at IWT.com/podcastDJ• United Harvest. Get superior meats at unitedharvest.com. Promo code: AWESOME• Blinkist. Learn more, faster with book summaries you can read or listen to in 15 minutes at blinkist.com/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 photographyIf you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave a rating and review in Apple Podcasts, Spotify  or share the episode with a friend. Thank you!

Daniel Scrivner… he's a true DREAM THINK DOer.  He's a self-taught designer who got his start freelancing and eventually joined DDB - an advertising firm in Venice Beach.  Then… he moved to San Francisco and joined Apple's Marketing Communications team… where he got to work on several landmark product launches and projects.  In 2011, Daniel left Apple and joined the small team at Square.  He went on to become Square's Director of Design… where he grew his team from 5 to 40… and his team touched almost every aspect of Square's design.  During that same time, Square went public… and was valued at over $3.6 billion.  In 2016, Daniel left Square and founded Blackletter Ventures… and has become an investor in more than 30 companies.  Daniel has also become a trusted advisor to brands like Nike, Disney… and he speaks on design and entrepreneurship around the world.  Which brings us to what he's up to now.    RESOURCES: Daniel's website: www.danielscrivner.com Investments: www.blackletter.com  Daniels new Podcast: Outliers: www.outliers.fm/ Daniel references the book, “HOW WILL YOU MEASURE YOUR LIFE” by Clayton Christensen.  Here's an article in the HBR about the story behind it.  FLOW: Daniel wants to give DREAM THINK DOers would like to give 25% off their first year with Flow. You can sign up for free at www.getflow.com and use promo code "DREAMTHINKDO" when you subscribe. BONUS INTERVIEW: Daniel and I extended our conversation to talk about leadership and life!  Check out this bonus interview for some pure gold insights on stretching yourself, continuing to innovate and living life to the fullest!  ADDITIONAL INFO ABOUT Daniel Scrivner EPISODE: Characterized by his refined aesthetic and ability to work at the highest level across mediums, Daniel is recognized as a leader in his field.  Get this… his client roster includes organizations like Apple, Square, Nike, Disney, and Target, and his accolades include a D&AD Black Pencil for Apple.com, a nomination to Kleiner Perkin's Design Council under John Maeda, and several "Best Of" awards in both Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store. As you'll hear in our interview, Daniel is a self-taught designer, who's worked his way up to now being CEO of Flow.   Daniel has been invited to speak at some of the world's most innovative organizations, including Andreessen Horowitz, General Assembly, Designer Fund, and 500 Startups.  A California native, Daniel now lives on five acres up in the foothills of Boulder, Colorado with his bride, Bre, and their dog, Sunny.  With clients and investments across the US, he spends most of the time in Colorado, with many trips to California and New York when it's safe to do so! MINUTE BY MINUTE SHOW NOTES: 0:02 What to expect today 1:25 Get to know Daniel 4:09 Conversation starts 4:56 How David got into design 12:28 The correct way to think about self education 15:08 Daniel's journey from designer to CEO 18:02 Give yourself permission to go all-in 20:05 Put in the work to create better opportunities 21:17 The one thing Mitch wants to know 26:06 Know yourself 27:26 Recognize your weakness in a healthy way 31:09 Mitch's biggest takeaways 31:11 How to see bonus footage   I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! What do you think?  What stood out to you from this convo with Daniel? I have to say I love his devotion to continually learning.  That core belief has allowed him to push through and have some AMAZING experiences.  Apple. Square.  Now… FLOW.  Pretty dang cool!  Plus, that devotion keeps him stretching and achieving at new levels.  Love that.   What did you dig?  What did it stir up? I want to hear from YOU!  Comment here or you can connect up with me on Facebook or Instagram and let me know.   I can't wait to hear YOUR thoughts! #letsdothis #bestyearyet For more podcasts click here

In this episode, we talk to Daniel Scrivner (Former Head Of Design at Square & CEO of Flow) as we discuss how to think about your pricing, the story of how he came to Flow, and the differences between business cultures between the United States and Japan.  Promo Code: STARTUPLIFE Daniel Scrivner is the CEO of Flow. Previously he was the Head of Design at Digit and Square. He's worked for some of the most respected brands in the world including Apple, Nike, Disney, and Target. Daniel advises world-class teams at companies like LendingHome, Empower, TrustToken, Designer Fund, and Notation Capital. He's an early-stage investor in businesses like Superhuman, MixMax, Notion, Good Eggs, Burrow, Madison Reed, Stance, Almanac Brewing, and many more. And he's been invited to speak at some of the world's most prestigious organizations including Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), General Assembly, Techstars, Designer Fund, and 500 Startups. Links / Email: ds@danielscrivner.com About Me: https://www.danielscrivner.com Investments: https://www.blackletter.com Accolades / D&AD Black Pencil (Apple.com in 2010) Best Apps of 2016 (Won First Place in 'Most Innovative' for Digit) 2017 Google Play Awards (Nominated in 'Standout Startups' for Digit) Advisor to some of the world's best companies (LendingHome, Empower, TrustToken, and more) Mentor to Designer Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, and Techstars companies Nominated to Kleiner Perkins Design Council

Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with Daniel Scrivner, CEO at Flow. Investor at Blackletter. Creative Director at Made by Scrivner. Daniel was previously the Head of Design at Digit and Square. He's worked for some of the most respected brands in the world including Apple, Nike, Disney, and Target. Daniel advises world-class teams at companies like LendingHome, Empower, TrustToken, Designer Fund, and Notation Capital. He’s an early-stage investor in businesses like Superhuman, MixMax, Notion, Good Eggs, Burrow, Madison Reed, Stance, Almanac Brewing, and many more. He's a designer turned CEO, investor, and creative director... and I can't wait to dig into all of those roles. So without further ado, please enjoy this conversation with Daniel Scrivner. Not sponsored, but… Daniel offered 25% off their first year with Flow – on any plan (monthly or annual). Sign up for free at https://www.getflow.com/ObsessedShow and use promo code OBSESSED to get 25% off when you subscribe.

Tracy is the the Program Manager at TinySeed (https://tinyseed.com), a year-long accelerator for bootstrapped businesses.She also self-publishes books through Hello Web Books. Learn design with Hello Web Design (https://hellowebbooks.com/learn-design) or build your first web app with Python/Django with Hello Web App (https://hellowebbooks.com/learn-django).She also speaks and keynotes conferences around the world, specializing in teaching beginning topics to programmers (introductions to design, technical writing, and marketing) and crafting compelling stories and inspiring attendees in my keynotes.She is also the former founder, designer, and developer of WeddingLovely (500 Startups F11 and Designer Fund).

Figuring out your personal process of progress can be tricky! Momma B is ready to help with advice for taking feedback on your work, balancing your creative pursuits with your responsibilities, and playing well with others. We also get stellar advice from some Nashville songbirds, a novelist currently on the NYT best seller list, and the one of NPR’s favorite duos. Leave us a message about your summer project progress at 1-706-9-ASK-MOM and your success could be included on a future episode. Complete show notes, questions, guest bios, and more available: www.advicefrom.mom/listen/
 This episode’s advice and insight were provided by: • The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva; the producers of the duPont-Columbia and James Beard Award-winning series, Hidden Kitchens on NPR’s Morning Edition and two Peabody Award-winning NPR series, Lost & Found Sound and The Sonic Memorial Project. • Janelle Brown, a New York Times bestselling author of the novels All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, This Is Where We Live, and currently on the NYT best seller list, Watch Me Disappear. [ www.janellebrown.com ] • Kira Small; a nationally touring singer-songwriter, recording artist, 2015 International Songwriting Competition Finalist, 2012 Independent Music Awards winner and former member of Berklee College of Music’s Voice Faculty [ www.kirasmall.com ] • Whit Hill; a Nashville-based singer-songwriter and a winner of the Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk competition—one of folk music's greatest honors. [ www.whithill.com] • Majo Molfino; a writer, speaker, women’s creative leadership coach and the host of Heroine [ www.majomolfino.com ] • Nathalie Arbel; a San Francisco-based writer and editor, currently working on a book called Data-Driven Marketing [ www.nathaliearbel.com ] • Hadley Davis Rierson; a Los Angeles-based writer for television (“Dawson’s Creek,” “Spin City,” “Scrubs”) and film (Disney’s “Ice Princess”), mother, wife and arts advocate. .·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·. Momma B’s link goodie bag (with some research from RGB) If your book shelf needs some brain food: https://www.amazon.com/Prescription-Nutritional-Healing-Phyllis-Balch/dp/1583332367/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1500751613&sr=1-5&keywords=nutritional+healing If you really want to be understood, just carry Mom’s favorite book around: https://www.amazon.com/Please-Understand-Temperament-Character-Intelligence/dp/1885705026/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501136160&sr=1-2&keywords=please+understand+me Momma B wants you to listen to lots of psychologists: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/savvy-psychologist Janelle referenced a helpful app: https://freedom.to The digital double-bind study from Cornell and Temple on female entrepreneurs and gender hierarchies: http://mediarelations.cornell.edu/2017/04/04/gender-hierarchies-persist-online-despite-more-female-entrepreneurs/ Devon Proudfoot and researchers from Duke University explore gender creativity bias: http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news_events/news-releases/aaron-kay-creativity/#.WXmEAcbMxE4 This research dig was inspired by a talk at Source Summit 2017 by Enrique Allen of Designer Fund: https://designerfund.com/design-leadership-insights-source-summit-2017 Advice from Mom is a production of Wise Ones Advice Services. It was produced by Juliet Hinely & Rebecca Garza-Bortman. Editing by Juliet Hinely. Mixing and mastered by Jake Young. Publicity by Jane Riccobono. Audio assistance by Bryan Garza. The theme music is by Love, Jerks—www.lovejerks.com. The song throughout this episode is Rebel in Motion by Scissors for Lefty—www.scissorsforlefty.com This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to offer diagnosis or treatment of any medical or psychological condition. All treatment decisions should be made in partnership with your health professional.

Ben Blumenfeld is the co-director of Designer Fund, where he helps designers build businesses with meaningful impact. Before Designer Fund, Ben was the 5th designer at Facebook. In this episode, he explains how designers can become successful founders, how to best develop a learning mindset, and what makes for an effective pitch to the investors at Designer Fund. FOLLOW US Twitter: http://twitter.com/highrespodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/highrespodcast iTunes: http://bit.ly/highresitunes Google Play: http://bit.ly/highresgoogle Get early access to the next episode: http://highresolution.design/early-access THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS Squarespace – Squarespace is a SaaS-based content management system offering a website builder, eCommerce, and domains. We're big fans of Squarespace, they're a must-have for startups, photographers, bloggers or hobbyists looking to put up a beautifully designed digital presence! Get 10% off your first purchase on Squarespace. http://bit.ly/sqspacesponsorlink InVision – InVision is the world's leading product design platform, powering the future of digital product design through our deep understanding of the dynamics of collaboration. Teams that build digital products are at a serious advantage when they use InVision's suite of prototyping tools. They're a great way of getting everyone on board. Get 3 full months on InVision FREE http://bit.ly/invisionpartner Searle Video – Searle Video is a creative studio based out of Portland, Oregon. They've helped the creative community tell stories for over 10 years. They've done advertisements, behind the scenes stories, and documentaries for companies like Slack, Intel, Adobe, Google and the XOXO festival. http://bit.ly/searlesponsor

Ben Blumenfeld is the co-director of Designer Fund, where he helps designers build businesses with meaningful impact. Before Designer Fund, Ben was the 5th designer at Facebook. In this preview he delves into whether he thinks the fund is an experiment and whether they would've invested in Zuck in 2004. Get early access to Ben’s episode here: http://highresolution.design/early-access

Ben Blumenfeld is the Co-Founder & General Partner @ Designer Fund, they invest in startups co-founded by designers and build and educate design teams through their program, Bridge. Designer Fund's portfolio includes the likes of Gusto, Stripe, Shyp, Operator and many more incredible companies. As for Ben, previously Ben was a design lead at Facebook for over 5 years where he helped build products for nearly a billion people and grow Facebook’s world-class design team. He was also the design director at Varien which he helped build into one of the world’s leading e-commerce firms. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Ben made the move from designer to General Partner @ Designer Fund? 2.) How does Ben's design background inform how he invests in companies and then supports them post-investment? How does he evaluate design opportunities from the design perspective? 3.) Why now has design become such a competitive advantage in tech? What has changed? What are the fundamentals of beautifully designed products today? 4.) How does Ben believe the current crop of VCs view design? What do they not understand? What should they look to understand? Will we see a new class of design-centric VCs? 5.) From seeing the likes of Facebook, Medium and Asana scale deign teams, what have been the takeaways to effectively scaling design teams with the growth of an organisation? What is required for this to be successful? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Ben’s Fave Book: The Power of One Ben's Fave Blog or Newsletter: Social Snippets, Charles Hudson @ Precursor Ben’s Most Recent Investment: Hustle As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Ben on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Intercom is the first to bring messaging products for marketing and customer support together on one integrated platform. With Intercom, businesses can chat directly with prospective customers on their website, engage current users with targeted messages based on their behavior, and provide personal support at scale with an integrated help desk and knowledge base. This is perfect for Businesses that want to help people visiting their website become customers. Marketing and growth teams that want to onboard and retain users by sending the right messages at the right time and Support teams that want to move beyond email to provide personalized, scalable support so simply head over to Intercom.com/20MVC Cooley are the global law firm built around startups and venture capital.  Since forming the first venture fund in Silicon Valley, Cooley has formed more venture capital funds than any other law firm in the world, with 50+ years working with VCs. They help VCs form and manage funds, make investments and handle the myriad issues that arise through a fund’s lifetime. So to learn more about the #1 most active law firm representing VC-backed companies going public. Head over to cooley.com and also at cooleygo.com.

What skills do you think most designers have under-invested in?Ben Blumenfeld, Co-Director at Designer Fund. Former Design Lead at Facebookhttps://www.quora.com/What-skills-do-you-think-most-designers-have-under-invested-in

What skills do you think most designers have under-invested in? Ben Blumenfeld, Co-Director at Designer Fund. Former Design Lead at Facebook https://www.quora.com/What-...

Today we sat down with Heather Phillips, a designer currently managing at Designer Fund. We chat about her experiences working across a huge range of designers and startups, women in design, mentorship, getting a first job, the value of design school and more.

The O’Reilly Design Podcast: Managing, mentoring, and recruiting designers.In this week’s Design Podcast episode, I sit down with Wesley Yun, director of user experience on the hardware side at GoPro. Yun will be be speaking at O’Reilly’s inaugural Design Conference. In this episode, we talk about managing and recruiting designers at GoPro, Designer Fund's Bridge Guild, and mentoring the next generation of designers.Here are a few highlights from our conversation: Managing is humbling. My job isn't to tell my designers what to do. My job is to hire the best designers I know how to, or I can hire at the organization that's right for them and then create this space and the opportunity for them to do the best work of their life. That, to me, is what a good manager does. I very rarely tell my designers what to do. I help them frame problems. I help them sell ideas. I help streamline their thoughts. [When recruiting], I look for things that are very unique, not something that you can see on a page or a resume. There are people who just bring a sense of joy and happiness and collaboration and trust; it's nothing specific that you can ever point out. It's like if you're on a date with somebody and if the questions are one-sided or if one person is doing all the talking, that's a horrible date, and just as in human relationship, it's got to be a two-way street. I hate when people posture—you walk into an interview and they say, ‘Hmm. You tell me why I should hire you. Who are you? What have you done?’ I hate that. I hate that because it's not real. It's not authentic because it's not what this person is going to do for you. It's what we're going to do together. How do you arrive at that? The only way I know is through a real conversation where you're very forthright about all of the difficulties and challenges, and if those challenges are right for them, they're going to be excited. If they're not, then great. It's a good thing that you found out and no amount of talent is going to overcome the challenges at an organization if they're unwilling to deal with those challenges. I don't care how talented you are. You can't overcome it with talent. I think that's where [Designer Fund] saw the gap or the delta between designers and their experiences and the needs of the startups, so they created this program called Bridge. Initially, people thought of it as an internship, but it's really for mid-level professionals. You reach year 5 or 6 or 7 of your career and you want to make a transition, but you just don't know how and you don't want to take a huge step back in terms of position. Bridge really connects some of the most talented designers to some of these startups. What Bridge does is allow the designers to come together, form a community, and have skill sharing. They bring in experts in different spaces, not just tools in terms of prototyping. I remember going to a session where they were teaching improvisation. There was a professor from Stanford who came and gave a demonstration of how to build trust and break down barriers. He used improvisation as a tool for helping designers do that, and I saw people transform in a matter of 10, 15 minutes. In my role as a mentor [at Designer Fund], I look for designers who might be a good fit, so I basically introduce them to Bridge. Then when they have candidates or applicants who come through, they have to get interviewed by these companies, so I help them put their portfolio together and think about the interview and then mentor them through that process. Subscribe to the O'Reilly Design Podcast: Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS

The O’Reilly Design Podcast: Managing, mentoring, and recruiting designers.In this week’s Design Podcast episode, I sit down with Wesley Yun, director of user experience on the hardware side at GoPro. Yun will be be speaking at O’Reilly’s inaugural Design Conference. In this episode, we talk about managing and recruiting designers at GoPro, Designer Fund's Bridge Guild, and mentoring the next generation of designers.Here are a few highlights from our conversation: Managing is humbling. My job isn't to tell my designers what to do. My job is to hire the best designers I know how to, or I can hire at the organization that's right for them and then create this space and the opportunity for them to do the best work of their life. That, to me, is what a good manager does. I very rarely tell my designers what to do. I help them frame problems. I help them sell ideas. I help streamline their thoughts. [When recruiting], I look for things that are very unique, not something that you can see on a page or a resume. There are people who just bring a sense of joy and happiness and collaboration and trust; it's nothing specific that you can ever point out. It's like if you're on a date with somebody and if the questions are one-sided or if one person is doing all the talking, that's a horrible date, and just as in human relationship, it's got to be a two-way street. I hate when people posture—you walk into an interview and they say, ‘Hmm. You tell me why I should hire you. Who are you? What have you done?’ I hate that. I hate that because it's not real. It's not authentic because it's not what this person is going to do for you. It's what we're going to do together. How do you arrive at that? The only way I know is through a real conversation where you're very forthright about all of the difficulties and challenges, and if those challenges are right for them, they're going to be excited. If they're not, then great. It's a good thing that you found out and no amount of talent is going to overcome the challenges at an organization if they're unwilling to deal with those challenges. I don't care how talented you are. You can't overcome it with talent. I think that's where [Designer Fund] saw the gap or the delta between designers and their experiences and the needs of the startups, so they created this program called Bridge. Initially, people thought of it as an internship, but it's really for mid-level professionals. You reach year 5 or 6 or 7 of your career and you want to make a transition, but you just don't know how and you don't want to take a huge step back in terms of position. Bridge really connects some of the most talented designers to some of these startups. What Bridge does is allow the designers to come together, form a community, and have skill sharing. They bring in experts in different spaces, not just tools in terms of prototyping. I remember going to a session where they were teaching improvisation. There was a professor from Stanford who came and gave a demonstration of how to build trust and break down barriers. He used improvisation as a tool for helping designers do that, and I saw people transform in a matter of 10, 15 minutes. In my role as a mentor [at Designer Fund], I look for designers who might be a good fit, so I basically introduce them to Bridge. Then when they have candidates or applicants who come through, they have to get interviewed by these companies, so I help them put their portfolio together and think about the interview and then mentor them through that process. Subscribe to the O'Reilly Design Podcast: Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS

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"Do you what you love, it will lead to great things, but it better be good." Independent Designer & Illustrator Matt Stevens joins the show this week to discuss personal projects and how they can help us get better at our craft and possibly even lead to work from our dream clients. Since joining the freelance world, Matt has worked with brands such as Facebook, Pinterest, NBA, WWE, Dunkin Donuts, Nike and more. We discuss his transition from employment as an unknown Charlotte, North Carolina agency creative director to making the jump into independence and becoming "Internet famous". Matt also touches on the troubles of learning how to price for big brand work and how making side projects for fun lead to some of his dream clients such as Nike. We do a deep dive on his successfully funded Kickstarter project, the MAX100 Project, a book with 100 profile illustrations of the Nike Airmax 1 in different visual styles. A golden nugget is shared about a fantastic email that the renown Nike sneaker designer and VP of Nike Design, Tinker Hatfield sent Matt after his MAX100 Project. Finally, we talk entrepreneurship, The Designer Fund's Bridge Program and how creative people should found their own businesses and ideas. Mentions Include: Matt Stevens @MattStevensCLT Nike Freerun 2 Nike Air Tech Challenge Nike Designers Marc Dolce, Denis Dekovic, and Mark Miner Hired by Adidas Nike Free Run+ Designer Mark Miner Max 100 Project Nike Air Trainer 1 Aaron Draplin Nick Felton Dunkin Donuts April Fools Rebranding on Brand New Howler Magazine Episode 12 with Eight by Eight Magazine Eight by Eight Magazine Lotta Nieminen Adam Garcia, The Pressure Tad Carpenter, Illustrator The Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines The Designer Fund The Designer Bridge How Rules and Repetition Inspire Creativity, a Bridge workshop by Matt Stevens My next guest is Tyson Beck, designer and founder of Posterizes, an NBA digital art design collective.

In this interview, Ben Blumenfeld explains the role that design can play in the startup world, and what companies like Airbnb and Path are doing right. He outlines what he learned from working at Facebook and why it's important for designers to solve bigger problems.

Enrique Allen is currently the co-director of the Designer Fund where he provides angel funding, mentorship and connections to designers creating businesses with positive social impact.

Ben Blumenfeld talks about his experience with Facebook, how he was hired at Facebook and how he negotiated some equity from them when first hired.This episode touched on designers receiving equity in a start up, what experiences designers should have before seeking investment, whether designers should build prodcuts before asking the Designer Fund for money and so much more!