Design MBA
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Sneak Peek into Figma files of top designers for FREE
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here's the stellar lineup of companies and designers featured in Sneak Peek season 1:- Henry Modisett from Perplexity- Cecilia Uhr from Bezi- Dion Cho...
Designing for AI
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
🧠WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW? 1. Challenges of designing for AI2. How to get a job as an AI Designer  📢 WHY IS HENRY MODISETT A RO...
Designing the Facebook Like Button
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🧠WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW?1. How the iconic Facebook like button was designed? 2. How a designer invested early in startups like Fig...
Transitioning from Design Manager to IC Designer
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🧠WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW?1. How to transition from a Design Manager to IC Designer 2. Why Design Managers make great IC designers📢...
Spatial Design is the Future
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
🧠WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW?1. Why the future of product design is 3D and not 2D 2. How to find startup ideas while working at FAANG/M...
The Ultimate Guide for Investing in Startups as a Designer
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
📢 WHY IS DANIEL SCRIVNER A ROCKSTAR? Daniel is the Head of Design at Class Dojo and General Partner at VC firm Ligature.  🔥 ARE YOU A FOUNDER ...
Why Designers Need to Learn About Business
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Om is a designer by profession and entrepreneur by aspiration. Today, he's the Director of Product design at DISQO by day and CEO, co-founder of Perso...
Mistakes First Time Design Managers Make - Kyle Turman (Director of Product Design @ Retool)
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Turman is the the Director of Product Design at Retool and previously led design teams at Slack, Dropbox, and Etsy. He is a world wide web mad sc...
Taking a Sabbatical - Ben Huggins (Design @ Retool)
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Huggins is a Product Designer at Retool. He’s spent his career applying fresh thinking to stale problems and he’s gotten the chance to do this...
Transition from Graphic Design to UX - Colton Schweitzer, Ludovic Delmas (Cofounders at Kickass UX)
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Colton Schweitzer and Ludovic Delmas are the cofounders of Kickass UX which helps creatives build a kickass UX skillset and supercharge their careers....
Design Exec Role Sneak Peek - Gordon Ching (Founder @ Design Executive Council)
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gordon Ching is the founder of Design Executive Council (DEC) building the network dedicated to advancing the design executive profession in Silicon V...
Leveling Up as a Founding Designer - Jared Erondu (VP of Design at Lattice)
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jared Erondu is a design & product leader, investor, and advisor. He's currently the GM of Performance and VP of Design at Lattice. Before Lattice, Ja...
Becoming T-shaped Designer - Joshua Philippe (Head of Design @ Strike)
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Philippe is the Head of Design at Strike, a service that leverages Bitcoin’s open payment network to offer users the first global peer-to-pee...
Designing Authentic Relationships - Mindaugas Petrutis (CEO @ Coho)
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mindaugas Petrutis builds relationships, connects the dots between humans, systems, problems and simplifies complex ideas. Often mistaken for a design...
Becoming Design Partner at VC Firm - Jeff Veen (Design Partner @ True Ventures)
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Veen is design partner and head of platform at True Ventures. He brings his design and product experience, management skills of large-scale progr...
How to Get Promoted as Designer - Lily Konings (Product Design Manager @ Instagram)
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lily Konings is a Product Design Manager at Instagram with previous roles at Messenger, AngelList, and IBM Watson. She is also an avid startup advisor...
Breaking Into Design Ops - Adam Fry Pierce (Chief of Staff @ Google)
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Fry-Pierce is a career long community builder and design operator. He is currently the Chief of Staff at Google where he manages strategic progra...
Growing a Bootstrapped Design Business - Ran Segall (CEO @ Flux Academy)
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ran Segall is the founder and CEO of Flux Academy.INTERVIEW VIDEO:https://youtu.be/1APN2MHdxnYARE YOU LOOKING TO LEARN THE ART & BUSINESS OF WEB DESIG...
Designer's Path to Becoming CEO - Murat Mutlu (CEO @ Marvel)
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Murat Mutlu is the cofounder & CEO of the design platform Marvel and research platform Ballpark.INTERVIEW VIDEO:https://youtu.be/iXv4tqlL6vcARE YOU LO...
Designing Company Culture - Pieter Omvlee & Emanuel Sa (Cofounders @ Sketch)
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pieter Omvlee & Emanuel Sa are cofounders of Sketch. By trade Pieter is a developer while Emanuel is a designer. INTERVIEW VIDEO:https://youtu.be/7SF...
When to Quit - Tanner Christensen (Founder @ Shape)
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tanner Christensen is a curious, multi-disciplinary design leader who is dedicated to helping designers and businesses find the best in each other. He...
Diversifying Your Income Sources - Femke (Senior Product Designer @ Wealthsimple)
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Femke Van Schoonhoven is a senior product designer at Wealthsimple though previously worked at Uber Eats on the merchant experience. Prior to that, sh...
Collaborating With Other Creatives - Ben Issen (Founder @ Supercreative)
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Issenman aka Ben Issen is the founder of Supercreative, a website where he shares tools he creates for design solopreneurs. Based in Paris Fr...
Starting a Venture Capital Firm - John Zeratsky (General Partner @ Character)
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Zeratsky is a co-founder and general partner at Character, bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time, and former design partner at GV. Previousl...
Choosing Impact Over Scale - Dan Mall (Founder @ SuperFriendly)
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan has been a creative director, designer, and developer since 1998. He has taught design systems and collaboration at public conferences, private cl...
Becoming a Designer in Web3 - Yitong Zhang (Cofounder @ Vector DAO)
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yitong Zhang is the cofounder of Vector DAO. Before that he spent almost four years at Coinbase where he had the privilege of designing and redesignin...
Making of a Design Founder - Jessica Ko (Founder @ Playbook)
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Ko is the CEO and co-founder of Playbook.com, a visual cloud storage platform for designers. She was a designer for over 10 years at Google an...
Making of a Design Manager - Connie Yang (Head of Payments Design @ Stripe)
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Connie Yang is a design leader with experience in consumer and fintech, and is currently the Head of Payments Design at Stripe. Previously, she led de...
Designing a 6 Figure Figma Course - Michael Riddering (Founder @ Figma Academy)
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Riddering ("Ridd") is the founding designer at Maven and the creator of Figma Academy—a new online course that teaches advanced design tacti...
Becoming a Designer in Crypto - Graeme Blackwood (Head of Design @ Argent)
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Graeme wrote his first line of code aged 8, in 1992 on a Commodore 64, and built his first website in 1998. He's solved design problems for clients su...
Life of an Entrepreneur - Aashish Dalal (Founder @ Sunya One)
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Aashish Dalal is the founder and former CEO of ParkWhiz. In 2008, Aashish created the company to simplify the parking experience by connecting drivers...
Marketing 101 for Creatives - Billy Broas (Marketing Coach)
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Billy got into marketing in 2010, when he left his career to run his home beer brewing website. Since then, Billy has been the marketing brains behind...
The Business of Design - Dave Huber (Design Practices Lead @ IBM)
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dave is a Design Practices Lead for IBM's Cloud and Cognitive Software division. He recently published a Business of Design field guide and worked wit...
Benefits of Publishing a Book - Mike Rohde (Founder @ Sketchnote Army)
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Rohde is a designer, teacher and illustrator with a passion for visualizing ideas and teaching people how to think visually and be more creative....
Becoming the Head of Design - Samantha Berg (Head of Design @ Chime)
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Berg is an award-winning design leader with nearly 15 years of experience envisioning, creating, and shipping next-generation consumer produc...
Don't Monetize Your Side Hustle - Rob Hope (Founder @ One Page Love)
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Designing A Decentralized Design Studio - Andrej Berlin (CEO @ Deep Work)
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Andrej Berlin is the co-founder and CEO of Deep Work. He has been involved in the design of over 100 different products and services from open source ...
Selling Your Side Project - Amit Patel (Founder @ Experience Haus)
26 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Amit Patel is a Toronto-born product designer/manager, now living in London, United Kingdom. He is the founder and currently Creative Director of Expe...
Making $100,000+ Selling Design Ebooks - Michal Malewicz (Founder @ HYPE4)
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michal Malewicz started designing back in 1999, initially for fun, gaming related projects. Back then a web designer was the person who both designed ...
Overcoming Hustle Addiction - Rik Lomas (Founder @ SuperHi)
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 missio...
Managing Side Projects - Brian Lovin (Staff Product Designer @ Github)
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Lovin is a designer, podcaster, writer, and software tinkerer. He is currently building native mobile apps at GitHub. Before GitHub, he co-found...
Six Figures in Six Days - James Traf (Founder @ Super)
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
James Traf is a designer & entrepreneur, building simple digital products. Previously he co-founded Spoil (YC-backed startup, raised $500k) and is now...
Breaking Into UX - Saptarshi Prakash (Senior Product Design Manager @ Swiggy)
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Saptarshi Prakash aka "Sapta" is an engineer from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He chose Digital Experience Designing as his ...
Brand Design Agency of One - JT Grauke (Founder @ Grauke Design)
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 cust...
Selling Design Agency to Twitter - Martin Ringlein (General Partner @ Adventure Fund)
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Ringlein is a serial entrepreneur and active investor. He is currently help run, Gather, a personal financial management fintech startup. Prior...
Improv Workshop for Designers - Mike Gorgone (UX Strategist @ Ernst & Young)
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mike discovered Improv when he lived in Chicago and started taking classes at Second City and iO (formerly improvOlympic). Improv taught Mike how to b...
Designing a Community - Preet Singh (Founder @ DesignX)
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Building Future Design Leaders - Brian Sullivan (Founder @ Big Design Conference)
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Sullivan is the Director of Design Strategy for Sabre, where he applies user research and consumer insights with the latest technology to build ...
Starting an Agency by Podcasting - Patrick Hill (Founder @ Squatchin)
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 throug...
Self Employed vs Full Time Job - Vicki Tan (Principal Product Designer @ Spotify)
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 abo...
Leveraging Day Job to Launch Side Hustle - Scotty Russell (Founder @ Perspective Collective)
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scotty Russell is an artist, designer, coach, podcaster, and speaker working under the name Perspective-Collective. He’s also an outer space, pizza ...
Own Your Content - Scott Tolinski (Founder @ Level Up Tutorials)
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Intrapreneur Playbook - Jason Kridner (Founder @ Beagleboard.org)
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Kridner has 30 years of experience in the embedded systems industry. As a 28-year veteran of Texas Instruments DSP and processor businesses, fou...
Starting a Hardware Design Agency - Heer Gandhi (Founder @ Dazzle Robotics)
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heer Gandhi is a hardware engineer and entrepreneur from Ahmedabad, India. He has a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications from Nirma Uni...
Doing Your Own Thing - Ekaterina Solomeina (Founder @ Future London Academy)
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ekaterina Solomeina – creative director, educator, TEDx speaker and founder of Future London Academy. For the past 15 years, she has worked with som...
$37,700 Sketch Plugin - Seth Coelen (Founder @ UX Cabin)
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Overcoming Assumed Constraints - Erik Reagan (Founder @ Focus Lab)
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 produc...
Your Employer Isn't Your Personal Brand - Stephen Gates (SVP Design @ WW)
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Gates is the SVP, Omni-channel product design at WW (formerly Weight Watchers). Previously, he was the Head Design Evangelist at InVision, wor...
Choose Opportunity Over Money - Sung Kim (Lead Designer @ Amazon)
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Improving Decision Making Process - David Berens (Employee #10 @ Opendoor)
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Berens is hardwired to build. He has a strong passion for building successful businesses, developing human potential and creating healthy lifest...
Being a Solo Design Founder - Joe Formica (CEO @ Bitesize UX)
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ex...
The Power of ADHD - Mills (Founder @ Ustwo, Monument Valley)
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Watch the video version of this interview on YouTube GUEST BIOMatt ‘Mills’ Miller founded digital product design studio Ustwo with John Sinclair...
Starting a Design Venture - Alen Faljic (CEO @ d.MBA)
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 busi...
Design Leaders Need Side Hustles - Morgane Peng (Design Director @ Société Générale)
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Morgane Peng is responsible for the design vision and strategy of Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking. She delivers united and meaning...
$7,000/mo from Selling Figma, XD Courses - Caleb Kingston (Instructor @ Appdesigntips.com)
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Caleb Kingston is a serial entrepreneur and award winning designer. He runs his own agency, Brainspin where he’s spent the last decade designing cut...
Designing Asynchronous Work Culture - Luke Thomas (CEO @ Friday.app)
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Thomas is the founder of Friday, an asynchronous update platform that helps distributed teams stay connected. Previously, Luke was Head of Produc...
Designing a Virtual Conference - Andy Budd (Founder @ SofaConf.com)
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
User Experience Designer and co-founder of Clearleft, Andy is a best selling tech author, curates the UX London and Leading Design conferences and hel...
Designing an Online Bootcamp - Martin Ramsin (CEO @ Career Foundry)
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Future of Design Education - Abhinav Chhikara (Founder @ 10kdesigners.com)
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
Investing Now to Buy Your Future Freedom - Craig Mod (Investor @ Figma, Designer Fund)
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, an...
F**k 9-5 Jobs! - Punit Chawla (Founder @ DesignWings.in)
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Designing A Social Movement - Felix Lee (Founder @ ADPList.org)
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Felix is a Product Designer whose purpose is to constantly reinvent the way we experience the world around us and beyond by designing impactful produc...
Designing Design Tools - Tom Giannattasio (CEO @ Cloverapp.co)
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 wo...
Sweeping Floors to Building India's Best Design Studio - Anil Reddy (CEO @ Lollypop.Design)
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 resear...
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - Matt D Smith (CEO @ Shift Nudge)
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Beginner's Guide to Podcasting - Tony Daussat (Host @ Liftoff podcast)
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Daussat is an award-winning designer currently working as a Lead Experience Design Strategist at Bottle Rocket Studios in Dallas, TX. He has wo...
Cold Emailing Steve Jobs - Gary Gattis (CEO @ Hypergiant Galactic Systems)
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Gattis is a creative interdisciplinary leader guiding people and processes to improve our world. His specialties include growth, operations, and ...
Designing Conversations - Cassini Nazir (Design Professor @ UNT)
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GUEST BIO:Cassini Nazir is a designer of conversations, curriculum, and interfaces. He is a Clinical Associate Professor in the University of North Te...
Sales 101 for Designers - Ryan Burke (ex SVP of Sales @ InVision)
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GUEST BIO:Ryan Burke is an experienced senior sales and business development executive, specializing in scaling early stage companies and driving ente...
Starting a Design Education Company - Ryan Rumsey (CEO @ Second Wave Dive)
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
GUEST BIO:Ryan Rumsey is the CEO and founder of Second Wave Dive, where he develops boutique leadership programs for professionals in the digital prod...
Leverage Being a B+ Player - Stephen Olmstead (Chief of Staff @ InVision)
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Trailer
12 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is the Design MBA podcast about? Why did I start it? Most importantly, why the heck should you even listen to it? For show notes please visit: w...