Lukas Dryja
Don’t underestimate the power of sharing your vision, goals, and strategy. Galvanize your team around your company’s vision, mission and values as early as you can. Lukas Dryja, 35,…
design
Design is how things go from functional to meaningful. The founders in this section understand that. They’ve built design agencies, product studios, UX consultancies, and creative firms that shape how people interact with everything from apps to physical spaces.
These interviews cover the full design spectrum. Graphic design. UX and UI. Industrial design. Interior design. Brand identity. Web design. The kind of work that most people don’t notice until it’s done badly. Which, if you think about it, is the highest compliment.
The founders here talk about the business of design, not just the craft. How to price creative work. How to manage client expectations. How to build a team of creative people without everything devolving into chaos. And how to stay creatively fulfilled while running a business, which turns out to be harder than it sounds.
You’ll find insights on design thinking, user research, building a portfolio, and the eternal debate between form and function. If you’re a designer, a founder who needs design help, or just someone who appreciates things that work well and look good doing it, these conversations are for you.
Molly Fuller
I do at least one thing related to my business every day to keep momentum going but I allow myself to take breaks so I don’t burn out. Molly…
Marc Fischer
Marc Fischer is CEO and co-founder of Dogtown Media, a mobile technology studio based in Venice Beach, California, that was named by Inc. as one of the fastest-growing companies in…
Pratik Kothari
There are always times when your goals feel impossible to reach and your obstacles appear insurmountable. It is critical in such times to take a moment to reconnect with your…
Mark Alvarado
I love the freedom of designing a new branding idea for a company which usually begins with a simple idea. Then I take it and run with it until I…
Bo Zou
I think it’s essential that you do two things: you bring your ideas quickly to reality, as quickly as possible, and you make your ideas as small as possible, so…
Robert Morcos
Robert Morcos is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Social Mobile, a vertically integrated, wireless design, manufacturing, and consulting firm with international operations in China and the United States…
William Gadea
To bring an idea to life, you need to make it a story. And the first step in telling a story is asking yourself: who is the hero? What is…
Gemma Sole
If you can’t express it in words, it can’t scale or get done by someone else.” Gemma Sole was born to curate and collect. As an anthropologist-turned-strategist, Gemma lives…
Veronica Horner
Proactively plan your career, self-promote and take more risks.” Veronica Horner is a the co-founder and CEO of a maternity / breastfeeding clothing line, called Maia Moda, that…
Mirko Manfredi
Each day, if you can, changing your environment or mix up your routine a bit. The best thing you can do is get yourself up when the roller coaster is…
Andrey Kudievskiy
I find and empower the right people to make things happen. My biggest desire is to get all the right people in the right positions, and they’re the ones ultimately…