UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product Strategy

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Episode 217: Intuitive Product Design with Fabricio Rosa Marques Jul 09, 2021

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What are the principles of intuitive product design? How do we apply them to general-use software, such as a presentation tool? Our guest today is Fabricio Rosa Marques, Head of Product Design at Pitch. You’ll learn the story behind their product, how they arrive at design consensus, how they delight users, and more.

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Pitch — Fab’s place of work, a tool for building presentations
Tower — Fab’s previous place of work
Christian Reber — co-founder of Pitch
Dieter Rams — legendary designer known for being opinionated
Figma — a popular design tool
Slack, Discord, Canva, Zoom, Around, Yac, Webflow — popular online tools
Follow Fab on Twitter
Follow Pitch on Twitter

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Episode 216: Meeting Facilitation with Douglas Ferguson Jun 25, 2021

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Can you run effective meetings and still protect maker time? Yes, and you can even transform meetings into delightful, collaborative parts of the day. Our guest today is Douglas Ferguson, President of Voltage Control and author of Magical Meetings. You’ll learn what meetings aren’t necessary, how to run meetings that are, tips on how to make those meetings magical, and more.

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Voltage Control — Douglas’s consulting company
Magical Meetings — Douglas’s book on getting the most out of meetings
Extreme Programming, Agile, Scrum, Lean, Design Thinking — popular methodologies
Facilitation Lab — weekly community meetings at Voltage Control, Thursdays
Google Docs, MURAL, Miro, Figma — popular tools for live collaboration
RACI chart — responsible, accountable, consulted or informed
Magical Meetings resources
Voltage Control’s blog
Voltage Control’s courses & workshops
Follow Douglas on Twitter

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BDTP. Driving Behavior Change with Ashutosh Priyadarshy Jun 18, 2021

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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk with Ashutosh Priyadarshy, founder of Sunsama. You'll learn the story behind their productivity tool, how they define customer success, qualify new customers, and more.

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Intercom — a popular live chat tool
Typeform — a popular survey tool
Superhuman — a popular email client with high-touch onboarding
Amplitude, FullStory — product analytics and insights tools
Connect with Ashutosh at ashutosh@sunsama.com
Email Ashutosh or support@sunsama.com to get three free months of Sunsama

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Episode 215: Co-Founder Relationships with Shai Schechter Jun 11, 2021

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A healthy co-founder relationship is the foundation of a good business. How can we prevent conflicts and alleviate friction? Our guest today is Shai Schechter, co-founder of RightMessage. You’ll learn the story behind RightMessage, how to navigate co-founder relationships, how to leverage different skills and personality types, and more.

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RightMessage — Shai’s product with Brennan Dunn
Double Your Freelancing — Brennan’s Previous Business
The story of Userlist, Inc. — Jane’s co-founder story
The only wrong answer is 50/50: Calculating the co-founder equity split — an article by Dan Shapiro
Casey Graham — the growth coach who helped Shai and Brennan
The Synergist Quiz — the test to figure out your personality type (Visionary, Operator, Processor, Synergist)
Rubber Duck Programming — arriving at solution after problem explanation
Follow Shai on Twitter
Sign up for Shai’s newsletter

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Episode 214: Growing Your Design Career with Scott Belsky May 28, 2021

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How can we grow as designers within teams and companies? What can we do to stay happy and do our best work? Our guest today is Scott Belsky, founder of Behance and Chief Product Officer at Adobe. You’ll learn how to think about your design career, learn from great designers, work with teammates and leaders, and more.

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Behance — Scott's previous product
Adobe — Scott’s current place of work
Episode 86: The Future of UX with Khoi Vinh
The Messy Middle, Making Things Happen — Scott's Books
Action Method — Scott’s physical product line (now run by Ghostly)
99U — a conference and resource site
Episode 195: Minimalist Design with Brian Gardner
Episode 79: Typography in UI Design with Rafal Tomal
Episode 62: Teaching Design Theory with Jarrod Drysdale
Getting Started in UI/UX: How to Pursue Your Career
Stefan Sagmeister's website
Follow Scott on Twitter
Scott's Website

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BDTP. Building Relationships Using Email Automation with Liz Painter May 21, 2021

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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk with Liz Painter, an email strategist and conversion copywriter at Comma Comma. Liz reveals several ways in which we can improve our copywriting and make meaningful connections with our users through email. The underlying theme? Talk to your users!

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Comma Comma — Liz's copywriting consultancy
Copyhackers — copywriting instruction site
Otter.ai — AI transcription service
Rev.com — human-assisted transcription service
Thinkific — online course creation site
ClickUp — project management tool, sends emails from a personal address
GitPrime (now Pluralsight Flow) — analytics for developers
Follow Liz on LinkedIn

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Episode 213: Managing Paid Ads with Pamela Wagner May 14, 2021

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What makes a successful paid ad campaign? How can we make this channel work? Our guest today is Pamela Wagner, founder and CEO of Ajala Digital. You'll learn how Pamela helps clients at her agency, what tools they use, what you can do with various budgets, how to get a better return, and more.

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Ajala Digital — Pamela's ad agency
Google PageSpeed Insights — used to evaluate webpage performance
Kartra — a marketing automation tool
SegMetrics — tool for tracking marketing funnel data
Google Skillshop — free training for Google tools
Google Ads Help — Google Ads support resources
Grow with Google — free certificate courses and resources
Google Alerts — service that deliveries email summaries for certain topics
Think with Google — marketing insights from Google
Follow Ajala Digital on Facebook and LinkedIn

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Episode 212: Data-Driven Design Decisions with Zack Naylor Apr 30, 2021

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How can we use data to drive discussions and solve disagreements as a product team? How can we, as designers, take a seat at the decision-making table? Today our guest is Zack Naylor, the co-founder and CEO of Aurelius. You’ll learn how to convert data into product insights, how to evaluate quantitative and qualitative data, how to say "no" to product roadmap suggestions, and more.

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Aurelius — Zack's product, a UX research and insights tool
The Aurelius Podcast — Zack’s show, interviews with UX professionals
Aurelius Podcast: Episode 40 – What UX Designers & Researchers Need to Know About Business with Jane Portman
Episode 201: Data-Driven Insights with Helena Ronis
Episode 75: Organizing a UX Research Panel with Ashley Warren
Episode 209: JTBD Interviews with Alli Blum
Userlist — Jane’s SaaS product
Shape Up — a book by Ryan Singer at Basecamp
Episode 170: The Power of Workshops with Jonathan Courtney
REWORK — a podcast by the makers of Basecamp about a better way to work and run your business
Follow Zack on Twitter
Chat with Zack at Aurelius

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BDTP. Using Surveys for Customer Success with Moritz Dausinger Apr 23, 2021

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Today we have another episode of Better Done Than Perfect. Listen in as we talk with Moritz Dausinger, founder of Refiner. Moritz shares the story behind his survey tool, when and how to survey your users, and many other tips for making the most of the survey data.

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Refiner — Moritz’s product, a survey tool for SaaS companies
Mailparser, Docparser — Moritz’s past projects prior to Refiner
Segment — customer data platform (CDP)
Amplitude — product analytics tool
Gall’s Law — the law about complex systems being built from simple systems
Capterra — software search and comparison tool
Saas Growth Hacks — a popular Facebook group for SaaS founders
Quora — knowledge sharing platform
Product-Led Growth — product-based go-to-market strategy
Follow Moritz on Twitter

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Episode 211: Starting a New SaaS Product with Adii Pienaar Apr 16, 2021

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What can we learn about starting new SaaS products from a multi-exit founder? Are there generalized lessons that apply for almost every product? Our guest today is Adii Pinaar, the founder of Cogsy and author of Life Profitability. You’ll learn what lessons Adii accumulated from his prior companies, how to evaluate advice before applying it, how to hire in the early stages, and more.

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WooCommerce — Adii’s prior company acquired by Automattic
Conversio (now CM Commerce) — another one of Adii’s products, acquired by Campaign Monitor
Life Profitability — Adii’s recent book
Cogsy — Adii’s new product, an ecommerce inventory purchasing tool
Episode 157: Serving Your Customer’s Customers with Adii Pienaar
Carrots, Sticks & Measuring Success with Adii Pienaar
SKUs — stock keeping units, part of product catalog, used for inventory tracking
Metered billing — pricing based on usage level
Expansion revenue — additional revenue generated by existing customers
Behind the Scenes: How We Bought userlist.com & Rebranded as Userlist
Rosie Manning — brand and product designer
Userlist — Jane’s SaaS product
Episode 172: Naming Your Product with Brad Flowers
Who Not How — book Adii credits with transformative thinking, “Who do I need to accomplish X?” as opposed to “How do I accomplish X?”
TinySeed — SaaS accelerator for bootstrappers
Adii’s website
Follow Adii on Twitter

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