May 2021
Chrisman Frank and Ana Lorena Fabrega: How Childhood Education Will Change
This week, I have two guests. Both are affiliated with Synthesis, a new kind of online school where kids learn through games and simulations. One is Chrisman Frank, the CEO of Synthesis. The other is Ana Lorena Fabrega, who is their Chief Evangelist. Here's the backstory: A few y ... Show More
1h 14m
May 2021
Ash Fontana: Building Artificial Intelligence
Ash Fontana is an entrepreneur, investor, and author. As an entrepreneur, he was only of the early employees at an online investing platform called AngelList. From there, he became the Managing Director at Zetta, the first investment fund focused on artificial intelligence. Now, ... Show More
1h 8m
Jan 2021
380: Designing WhatsApp ft. Priyanka Kodikal
This week, we catch up with Priyanka Kodikal, a design manager leading consumer design at WhatsApp. We talk all about her journey as a designer, and what it's like building WhatsApp. In The Sidebar, we answer a simple question: should designers learn Figma in 2020?Latest VIP Patr ... Show More
57m 55s
Aug 2017
20VC: How To Design Investment Decision Making That Allows For Outliers, Why Personal Voice Computing Is The Next Big Platform & The Challenges That Could Prevent It with David Beisel, Founding Partner @ NextView Ventures
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/davidbeisel">David Beisel</a> is a co-founder and Partner at <a href= "http://nextviewventures.com/">NextView Ventures</a>, one of the East Coast's leading early stage funds with their recent $50m seed fund being announced just this month. David wa ... Show More
20m 4s
Mar 2021
Going All-In on Indie App Development — Ryan Jones, Weather Line & Flighty
<p>Our guest today is Ryan Jones, long-time indie developer of Weather Line and Flighty. Before going full-time on his apps in 2019, Ryan spent time in operations at Apple and as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at McGarrah Jessee, a full-service product marketing agency.</p><p><br>In t ... Show More
54m 3s
May 2024
I Cofounded With Grammarly's Head of Design. This Is What I Learned.
<p>E303: I reflect on my experiences working with various talented designers, highlighting Alexander Vilinskyy as the designer who has the cleanest style.</p> <p>Vilinskyy, a former Head of Design at Grammarly, does many well-performing projects and often hangs out with high-net- ... Show More
12m 22s
Mar 2022
403: Can Buildings Make Us Happier? with Bruce Haden
This week, we have Bruce Haden, Co-Founder of Human Studio, a design and architecture firm based in Vancouver, Canada. In his work as an architect, Bruce saw a problem. He found that he often lacked hard metrics and data to inform or at least justify design decisions. As a result ... Show More
39m 44s
David Brittain is the CEO of Concepts, my favorite iPad app. It's marketed as a "flexible sketching" app and geared towards people in the early stages of the thinking process. I use it to visualize my ideas, many of which I share on Twitter and in long-form essays. People use the app for mind-maps, mood boards, sketch plans, designs, and illustrations. I par ... Show More
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/davidhelgason">David Helgason</a> is the Founder @ <a href="https://unity.com/">Unity</a>, the company that gives content creators the tools to create innovative RT3D experiences and deliver better processes for almost ... Show More
