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10 Lessons From Billion-Dollar 'Unicorn' Startups May 13, 2019

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Brandon and Ryan reflect on the Entrepreneur article: "10 Lessons From Billion-Dollar 'Unicorn' Startups - Entrepreneur".

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Books Every Designer Should Read May 06, 2019

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Ryan has created this reading list for anyone that works on a product, at a start-up, or is simply looking to get inspired. This list includes some classics and some of the newest books out in 2019. Happy reading!

Full List: Read Now

Kit: Additional Books to Read

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Recommended Reading: Don't Make Me Think

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How to Prepare for the Jobs of the Future Apr 29, 2019

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In this episode Ryan discusses practical ways to prepare for jobs of the future. He discusses soft skills that can accelerate your career and jobs of the future.

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Taking Risks, Freelancer Life, and Becoming an A-List Designer with Roque Silva Apr 15, 2019

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On this episode we guess Roque's journey of becoming a rockstar designer.

Roque is a designer from Bogota, Colombia and now living in New York City. Before starting his own company Roque worked on the Google Translate app and the Facebook Messenger app. He tells us about his career, passions, and things he has learned along the way.

Our Featured Guest: Roque - @thisisroque

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Recommended Reading: Don't Make Me Think

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Ran Segall - Explains Life as a Full Stack Designer and Ways to Become a more Productive Designer Apr 01, 2019

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Ran Segall is a full stack designer who helps early stage startups with everything from branding, product design, video and investor decks. He has worked with top teams working across a variety of B2C & B2B industries in Israel and across the globe. He is a conference speaker, Youtuber, and a rockstar designer. In this episode we discuss how to become a full stack designer, work life balance, and owning your own career path. Follow us on instagram at @RanSegall @Ryan.Warrender & @Brandon.Groce. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/designhuddle/support This podcast is sponsored by Anchor

Ways to Become a Better Storyteller and Connect with Your Audience Mar 18, 2019

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Storytelling describes the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics, or embellishment. Every culture has its own stories or narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation or instilling moral values.

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Learning to Ask The Right Questions to Better Understand Your Users Mar 11, 2019

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User research focuses on understanding user behaviors, needs, and motivations through observation techniques, task analysis, and other feedback methodologies. Ryan and Brandon discuss the best questions to ask and how to establish more empathy for your users.

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Michael Mignano - CEO of Anchor.fm Explains How He Started Anchor Mar 04, 2019

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Anchor allows anyone to record or upload high-quality audio, host unlimited episodes, and distribute everywhere with just one click. On this episode we talk to the most down to earth CEO of all of time...Michael Mignano. Michael tells us how him and his co-founder took the idea of Anchor and developed it into a multi-million dollar startup. We were also joined by Anchor's brilliant lead product designer Emmi Hintz. Emmi tells us how she prioritizes a users needs, tells us about the most important UX skills to develop, and what is next for Anchor.

This podcast is a conversation, we'd love to hear from you.

Featured Guests - Michael - @mignano & Emmi - @digitalgogetta

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Matthew Encina - How to become a Creative Director, Finding Inspiration, and Working with Coldplay Feb 25, 2019

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Matthew Encina is a creative director and brand strategist at Blind. He has created interactive experiences & video content for brands, tech, and video games. He is also a content creator at The Futur, where he teaches about creativity, pitching and motion design. He creates videos regularly on their YouTube Channel and writes articles on Medium. He's had the privilege to share his story as a speaker around the world. Including a TEDx talk about the interactive music video he created for Coldplay.

Featured Guest: Matthew - @matthewencina

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Brittni Bowering - How to Use Social Media to Get Clients and Grow Your Brand Feb 18, 2019

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Brittni Bowering is the head of media at AJ & Smart. AJ & Smart helps companies build better products faster. Brandon and Brittni discuss creative advertising strategies, creating a brand, and social media growth. AJ&Smart started with the philosophy “Solve Problems, then Decorate.” As the antithesis of the traditional Design Agency, AJ&Smart has been lean and digital from day one. AJ&Smart is dedicated to creating the best products and services, without wasting their client's time or budget. Learn more about AJ & Smart - https://ajsmart.com/about-ajs/

Featured Guest: Brittni - @brittnibow

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