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Design MBA — 82 episodes

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Sneak Peek into Figma files of top designers for FREE

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Designing for AI

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Designing the Facebook Like Button

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Transitioning from Design Manager to IC Designer

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Spatial Design is the Future

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The Ultimate Guide for Investing in Startups as a Designer

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Why Designers Need to Learn About Business

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Mistakes First Time Design Managers Make - Kyle Turman (Director of Product Design @ Retool)

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Taking a Sabbatical - Ben Huggins (Design @ Retool)

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Transition from Graphic Design to UX - Colton Schweitzer, Ludovic Delmas (Cofounders at Kickass UX)

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Design Exec Role Sneak Peek - Gordon Ching (Founder @ Design Executive Council)

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Leveling Up as a Founding Designer - Jared Erondu (VP of Design at Lattice)

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Becoming T-shaped Designer - Joshua Philippe (Head of Design @ Strike)

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Designing Authentic Relationships - Mindaugas Petrutis (CEO @ Coho)

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Becoming Design Partner at VC Firm - Jeff Veen (Design Partner @ True Ventures)

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How to Get Promoted as Designer - Lily Konings (Product Design Manager @ Instagram)

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Breaking Into Design Ops - Adam Fry Pierce (Chief of Staff @ Google)

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Growing a Bootstrapped Design Business - Ran Segall (CEO @ Flux Academy)

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Designer's Path to Becoming CEO - Murat Mutlu (CEO @ Marvel)

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Designing Company Culture - Pieter Omvlee & Emanuel Sa (Cofounders @ Sketch)

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When to Quit - Tanner Christensen (Founder @ Shape)

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Diversifying Your Income Sources - Femke (Senior Product Designer @ Wealthsimple)

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Collaborating With Other Creatives - Ben Issen (Founder @ Supercreative)

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Starting a Venture Capital Firm - John Zeratsky (General Partner @ Character)

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Choosing Impact Over Scale - Dan Mall (Founder @ SuperFriendly)

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Becoming a Designer in Web3 - Yitong Zhang (Cofounder @ Vector DAO)

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Making of a Design Founder - Jessica Ko (Founder @ Playbook)

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Making of a Design Manager - Connie Yang (Head of Payments Design @ Stripe)

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Designing a 6 Figure Figma Course - Michael Riddering (Founder @ Figma Academy)

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Becoming a Designer in Crypto - Graeme Blackwood (Head of Design @ Argent)

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Life of an Entrepreneur - Aashish Dalal (Founder @ Sunya One)

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Marketing 101 for Creatives - Billy Broas (Marketing Coach)

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The Business of Design - Dave Huber (Design Practices Lead @ IBM)

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Benefits of Publishing a Book - Mike Rohde (Founder @ Sketchnote Army)

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Becoming the Head of Design - Samantha Berg (Head of Design @ Chime)

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Don't Monetize Your Side Hustle - Rob Hope (Founder @ One Page Love)

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Designing A Decentralized Design Studio - Andrej Berlin (CEO @ Deep Work)

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Selling Your Side Project - Amit Patel (Founder @ Experience Haus)

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Making $100,000+ Selling Design Ebooks - Michal Malewicz (Founder @ HYPE4)

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Overcoming Hustle Addiction - Rik Lomas (Founder @ SuperHi)

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Managing Side Projects - Brian Lovin (Staff Product Designer @ Github)

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Six Figures in Six Days - James Traf (Founder @ Super)

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Breaking Into UX - Saptarshi Prakash (Senior Product Design Manager @ Swiggy)

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Brand Design Agency of One - JT Grauke (Founder @ Grauke Design)

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Selling Design Agency to Twitter - Martin Ringlein (General Partner @ Adventure Fund)

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Improv Workshop for Designers - Mike Gorgone (UX Strategist @ Ernst & Young)

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Designing a Community - Preet Singh (Founder @ DesignX)

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Building Future Design Leaders - Brian Sullivan (Founder @ Big Design Conference)

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Starting an Agency by Podcasting - Patrick Hill (Founder @ Squatchin)

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Self Employed vs Full Time Job - Vicki Tan (Principal Product Designer @ Spotify)

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Leveraging Day Job to Launch Side Hustle - Scotty Russell (Founder @ Perspective Collective)

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Own Your Content - Scott Tolinski (Founder @ Level Up Tutorials)

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The Intrapreneur Playbook - Jason Kridner (Founder @ Beagleboard.org)

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Starting a Hardware Design Agency - Heer Gandhi (Founder @ Dazzle Robotics)

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Doing Your Own Thing - Ekaterina Solomeina (Founder @ Future London Academy)

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$37,700 Sketch Plugin - Seth Coelen (Founder @ UX Cabin)

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Overcoming Assumed Constraints - Erik Reagan (Founder @ Focus Lab)

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Your Employer Isn't Your Personal Brand - Stephen Gates (SVP Design @ WW)

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Choose Opportunity Over Money - Sung Kim (Lead Designer @ Amazon)

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Improving Decision Making Process - David Berens (Employee #10 @ Opendoor)

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Being a Solo Design Founder - Joe Formica (CEO @ Bitesize UX)

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The Power of ADHD - Mills (Founder @ Ustwo, Monument Valley)

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Starting a Design Venture - Alen Faljic (CEO @ d.MBA)

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Design Leaders Need Side Hustles - Morgane Peng (Design Director @ Société Générale)

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$7,000/mo from Selling Figma, XD Courses - Caleb Kingston (Instructor @ Appdesigntips.com)

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Designing Asynchronous Work Culture - Luke Thomas (CEO @ Friday.app)

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Designing a Virtual Conference - Andy Budd (Founder @ SofaConf.com)

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Designing an Online Bootcamp - Martin Ramsin (CEO @ Career Foundry)

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Future of Design Education - Abhinav Chhikara (Founder @ 10kdesigners.com)

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Investing Now to Buy Your Future Freedom - Craig Mod (Investor @ Figma, Designer Fund)

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F**k 9-5 Jobs! - Punit Chawla (Founder @ DesignWings.in)

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Designing A Social Movement - Felix Lee (Founder @ ADPList.org)

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Designing Design Tools - Tom Giannattasio (CEO @ Cloverapp.co)

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Sweeping Floors to Building India's Best Design Studio - Anil Reddy (CEO @ Lollypop.Design)

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - Matt D Smith (CEO @ Shift Nudge)

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Beginner's Guide to Podcasting - Tony Daussat (Host @ Liftoff podcast)

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Cold Emailing Steve Jobs - Gary Gattis (CEO @ Hypergiant Galactic Systems)

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Designing Conversations - Cassini Nazir (Design Professor @ UNT)

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Sales 101 for Designers - Ryan Burke (ex SVP of Sales @ InVision)

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Starting a Design Education Company - Ryan Rumsey (CEO @ Second Wave Dive)

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Leverage Being a B+ Player - Stephen Olmstead (Chief of Staff @ InVision)

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