Jun 2023

#283 – Making $8k/mo Targeting $100M/yr with Lukas and Liz Hermann of StageTimer.io

Lukas (@_lhermann) and Liz Hermann (@lizmhermann) talk having ambition as an indie hacker, scratching other people's itches, having kids or spouses to help run your empire, making $8k/month from a simple idea, and charting a course to $100M/yr with (@csallen) and Channing (@Chann ... Show More

49m 45s

Jun 2023

#282 – Media vs Tech, Twitter Monsters, and Making Millions From Content with Steph Smith of a16z

Steph Smith (@stephsmithio) talks making millions in content subscriptions, working at a16z, putting the AI genie back in the bottle, thread boys on Twitter, educational vs entertainment podcasts, and media companies that monetize aspiring entrepreneurs with Courtland (@csallen) ... Show More

1h 4m

May 2023

#281 – Seth Godin on Indie Hacking, Doing Hard Things, and Finding Significance in a Changing World

Seth Godin (@ThisIsSethsBlog) talks indie hacking, finding new business ideas, meaningful jobs vs mechanized jobs, dealing with internet trolls, his secrets to productivity, freelancing vs bootstrapping, writing 9000 blog posts in 20 years, and finding significance in a changing ... Show More

49m 21s

May 2023

239 - Productize design — with Brett Williams

Brett Williams is a designer and entrepreneur who runs DesignJoy, a design subscription service. He is essentially a one-man design agency that operates at scale and earns upwards of $1 million in annual revenue.In this podcast episode, Brett gives us a peek into how his business ... Show More

1h 3m

Dec 2021

Episode 228: Design Advisory with Brian Lovin

Can designers make an impact as startup advisors instead of providing capital? Our guest is Brian Lovin, founder of Staff Design and product designer at GitHub. You’ll learn how Brian invests in companies with design expertise instead of capital, why design advisory is helpful to ... Show More

38m 45s

Aug 2023

Anthony Zhang, Vinovest - From Barrel to Bank: How to Invest in Whiskey | #492

Today’s returning guest is Anthony Zhang, founder and CEO of Vinovest, which gives investors the ability to invest in wine and now whiskey. In today’s episode, Anthony updates on the business since his first appearance two years ago. He shares Vinovest now has over 100 million do ... Show More

55m 10s

Jun 2023

Robert Brunner: The design giant who hired Jony Ive

Show notes: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/robert-brunner-where-art-and-commerce Our guest today, Robert Brunner, once joked that his tombstone will say: “Here lies the guy who hired Jonathan Ive.” But there’s much more to Robert than that. He did indeed build out the industri ... Show More

53m 18s

Mar 2023

Episode 262: Growth Design with Brent Palmer

How does product design relate to the company’s growth goals? Our guest today is Brent Palmer, the product design manager at Mixpanel. You’ll learn about their shaping process, how their design team contributed to the development of their new pricing, how to deal with cross-funct ... Show More

33m 16s

Aug 2020

358: Design and Venture Capital

This week, we caught up with Bobby Goodlatte and Josh Williams, two designers-turned-investors who recently announced Form Capital, an early-stage venture fund. In this episode we talk about the path to starting a fund, whether founders should live in the Bay Area, and share advi ... Show More

53m 22s

Jan 2021

#149 - The Craziness of r/WallStreetBets, an $100k Bet, and Startup Ideas with Mercury Banks Founder

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP), Sam Parr (@theSamParr), and Immad Akhund (@immad) discuss: - How Shaan 3x his Twitter following in 2 months - The wild r/WallStreetBets trades and Shaan's $100k bet - Immad brings his ideas: a new CRM, startups catering to the creator economy, and "Clubhous ... Show More

56m 54s

Feb 2022

Inc 5000, with Kevin Daisey

Are you familiar with Inc 5000? Listen to Kevin share what is Inc 5000 and how to be part of it in this episode. — Erik J. Olson is the Founder & CEO of Array Digital - a marketing agency that provides bold marketing which helps managing partners grow their law firms. He is also: ... Show More

3m 23s

May 2022

Meet The Billionaire Who Makes $60,000 Per Year | Bobby Misner

How would you live if money wasn't an issue? Well today's guest, Bobby Misner A.K.A The Son of a Billionaire, has found himself in that exact circumstance. Bobby is a Youtuber/entrepreneur who has used his status to help expand his career, yet despite such financial security is v ... Show More

1h 24m

Jun 2021

SaaStr 460: SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin, and Klaviyo CEO, Andrew Bialecki, on the $9.5B Revolution in eCommerce: Part One

What does success look like for SaaS founders? Whatever the answer is, it rarely happens overnight. Meet Klaviyo –– a heavyweight industry player in the next generation of eCommerce and customer communication. In this podcast, Klaviyo CEO Andrew Bialecki discusses the nitty-gritt ... Show More

31m 43s

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