How Maven's Founding Designer, Michael Riddering, is Reshaping Design Education

Ridd, aka Michael Riddering, is the Founder of Figma Academy, Host of podcast Deep Dives, and the founding designer behind Maven. Subscribe to Conscious Tech 🗞️Join lightning session on product led growth ⚡️Where to find RiddTwitter: ⁠https://x.com/ridd_design⁠Dive Club Podcast: ⁠https://www.dive.club/⁠Figma Academy: ⁠https://www.dive.club/advanced-figma⁠Chapters[00:00:00] Intro[00:01:23] Ridd's background[00:03:25] Learning coding[00:05:29] Startup failure & finding design[00:14:27] Transition to agency life[00:16:56] Visual finesse and raw talent[00:18:08] Becoming a Founding Designer with Maven[00:22:43] Building the Maven team[00:26:54] Twitter as testing for Figma Academy[00:30:07] Design Media Business[00:32:32] It's not work, it's a game[00:42:25] What makes Figma Academy successful[00:53:39] Prototyping is a superpower___________________________________________________________I'm Sera Tajima, Climate Tech Advisor & Investor. 🤙I talk about: → Product Growth Strategy (Growth, Design, AI)→ Climate Tech→ Venture CapitalConnect for more good energy ⚡️➕ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Conscious Tech Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠➕ ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠➕ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠➕ ⁠Tiktok⁠➕ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Advising⁠⁠⁠⁠Become a sponsor: [email protected]

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