Design MBA
Design MBA is an interview series with design leaders and design entrepreneurs hosted by Jayneil Dalal.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Sneak Peek into Figma files of top designers for FREE
Here's the stellar lineup of companies and designers featured in Sneak Peek season 1:
- Henry Modisett from Perplexity
- Cecilia Uhr from Bezi
- Dion Chooi from LottieFiles
- Loren Baxter from Felt
- Dars…
Designing for AI
🧠 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW?
1. Challenges of designing for AI
2. How to get a job as an AI Designer
📢 WHY IS HENRY MODISETT A ROCKSTAR?
Henry Modisett is the Head of Design at Perplexity…
Designing the Facebook Like Button
🧠 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 Figma, Framer and Diagram?
📢 WHY IS SOLEIO CUERVO A ROCK…
Transitioning from Design Manager to IC Designer
🧠 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
📢 WHY IS MAHEEN SOHAIL A ROCKSTAR?
Maheen Sohail is a S…
Spatial Design is the Future
🧠 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/MAMA
📢 WHY IS JULIAN PARK A ROCKSTAR?
Julian Park is t…
The Ultimate Guide for Investing in Startups as a Designer
📢 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 LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH A DESIGN-FOCUSED VC FIRM? Check o…
Why Designers Need to Learn About Business
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 Personify by night.
INTERVIEW VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/as…
Mistakes First Time Design Managers Make - Kyle Turman (Director of Product Design @ Retool)
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 scientist who designs software work a bit better fo…
Taking a Sabbatical - Ben Huggins (Design @ Retool)
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 with concepts like software development at Retool, H…
Transition from Graphic Design to UX - Colton Schweitzer, Ludovic Delmas (Cofounders at Kickass UX)
Colton Schweitzer and Ludovic Delmas are the cofounders of Kickass UX which helps creatives build a kickass UX skillset and supercharge their careers. Previously, Colton worked before in the enterpri…
Design Exec Role Sneak Peek - Gordon Ching (Founder @ Design Executive Council)
Gordon Ching is the founder of Design Executive Council (DEC) building the network dedicated to advancing the design executive profession in Silicon Valley and beyond. Through the DEC, Gordon is part…
Leveling Up as a Founding Designer - Jared Erondu (VP of Design at Lattice)
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, Jared led design at Teespring and was an early desi…
Becoming T-shaped Designer - Joshua Philippe (Head of Design @ Strike)
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-peer payments app and a novel bitcoin-native neobankin…
Designing Authentic Relationships - Mindaugas Petrutis (CEO @ Coho)
Mindaugas Petrutis builds relationships, connects the dots between humans, systems, problems and simplifies complex ideas. Often mistaken for a designer. He is currently the CEO at Coho which is The …
Becoming Design Partner at VC Firm - Jeff Veen (Design Partner @ True Ventures)
Jeff Veen is design partner and head of platform at True Ventures. He brings his design and product experience, management skills of large-scale programs, and common sense knowledge of being a founde…
How to Get Promoted as Designer - Lily Konings (Product Design Manager @ Instagram)
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, helping founders build 0→1 products and scale t…
Breaking Into Design Ops - Adam Fry Pierce (Chief of Staff @ Google)
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 programs for Google's UX leadership. Previously he was …
Growing a Bootstrapped Design Business - Ran Segall (CEO @ Flux Academy)
Ran Segall is the founder and CEO of Flux Academy.
INTERVIEW VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/1APN2MHdxnY
ARE YOU LOOKING TO LEARN THE ART & BUSINESS OF WEB DESIGN?
Check out Flux Academy - https://www.flux-acade…
Designer's Path to Becoming CEO - Murat Mutlu (CEO @ Marvel)
Murat Mutlu is the cofounder & CEO of the design platform Marvel and research platform Ballpark.
INTERVIEW VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/iXv4tqlL6vc
ARE YOU LOOKING TO JOIN A ROCKETSHIP STARTUP IN THE DESIGN …
Designing Company Culture - Pieter Omvlee & Emanuel Sa (Cofounders @ Sketch)
Pieter Omvlee & Emanuel Sa are cofounders of Sketch. By trade Pieter is a developer while Emanuel is a designer.
INTERVIEW VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/7SFix4Sakt8
ARE YOU LOOKING TO JOIN A ROCKETSHIP START…