Design MBA Jayneil Dalal

🧠 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW?
1. Challenges of designing for AI
2. How to get a job as an AI Designer

📢 WHY IS HENRY MODISETT A ROCKSTAR?
Henry Modisett is the Head of Design at Perplexity AI. Previously he worked as a designer at Quora and Google.

🤝 CONNECT WITH HENRY MODISETT
Twitter -https://twitter.com/henrymodis
LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrymodisett/?originalSubdomain=ca

🤙 CONNECT WITH JAYNEIL DALAL
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil
Twitter - https://twitter.com/jayneildalal

📺 INTERVIEW VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/4BH454Kw-90

🧠 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW?
1. How the iconic Facebook like button was designed? 
2. How a designer invested early in startups like Figma, Framer and Diagram? 

📢 WHY IS SOLEIO CUERVO A ROCKSTAR? 
Soleio Cuervo is a software designer turned investor. He led early design efforts at Facebook, Messenger, then Dropbox. Now he invests in extraordinary software startups and helps them win through great design. He is a proud backer of Figma, Framer, Vercel, Vanta, Perplexity, Synthesia, Read.cv, Pulley, Replit, Universe, Liveblocks, tldraw, Plain, and dozens more startups worldwide! 

🤝 CONNECT WITH SOLEIO CUERVO
Twitter - https://twitter.com/soleio
Website - https://read.cv/soleio

🤙 CONNECT WITH JAYNEIL DALAL
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil
Twitter - https://twitter.com/jayneildalal 

📺 INTERVIEW VIDEO:https://youtu.be/hZ3Z2frAWvM

My guest today is Maheen Sohail who recently switched from Design Manager to Senior Designer role at Meta.

In this episode, we discuss the following:
- Interview trailer
- Who is Maheen Sohail (Senior Designer at Meta)?
- How to deal with layoffs as a designer?
- What does a Design Manager do when her entire team gets shut down?
- How does a Design Manager say goodbye to their team when it's time to leave the company?
- How does a Design Manager not lose touch with their craft?
- How to manage senior designers as a first time Design Manager?
- Why should a designer consider becoming a Design Manager?
- How does becoming a Design Manager make you more empathetic?
- How does a Design Manager resolve conflict between designer and engineer?
- Why is becoming a Design Manager so hard?
- Should a Design Manager share frequent updates about their work with the team?
- Is switching from Design Manager to IC seamless?
- Switching frequenty between management and IC roles as a designer
- Do Design Managers need to be design tool experts?
- Why designers should not become managers early in their career?
- Designers sharing their favorite Bollywood movies 

Interview Video: https://youtu.be/LXPKGTGvFrY?si=6pVqr9zENQkYso2Y

Connect with me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil 

My guest today is Julian Park who is the CEO at Bezi, a collaborative spatial design tool.

In this episode, we discuss the following:
00:34 Why I'm interviewing Julian Park (CEO at Bezi)
1:41 Why Spatial Design is the future of the UX Design industry?
4:13 Why Apple priced the Vision Pro headset so high?
5:15 Why designers should become early adopters of spatial design?
8:34 Learnings from working at Facebook Oculus as an engineer
9:25 Why join the Meta Oculus team over WhatsApp or Instagram?
11:00 Why quit Meta to start a 3D design tool company Bezi?
14:15 Finding startup ideas while working at FAANG/MAMA
15:03 Why you shouldn't pitch your startup idea as an employee to Meta leadership?
15:56 How to build trust with your startup cofounders?
17:36 How to divide responsibilities among startup cofounders?
18:48 Learnings from Figma's startup journey
22:33 How many hours does a startup CEO work?
24:47 How to avoid burnout as startup CEO?
26:15 How to level up as a startup CEO?
28:21 Advice for entrepreneurs working at FAANG/MAMA
30:09 How to escape the golden handcuffs at FAANG and quit?

Interview Video: https://youtu.be/F8G3jgQjXzg

Connect with me on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil 

My guest today is DANIEL SCRIVNER who is the General Partner at Ligature VC

In this episode, we discuss the following:
- Why I'm interviewing @daniel-scrivner (General Partner at Ligature VC)?
How to run a VC fund alongside your day job?
How to hyper-focus at work?
Why invest in Venture Capital as an asset class?
Why do Venture Capitalists need to differentiate themselves?
Why start a VC fund instead of passive investing in top-tier VC firms?
Why raise a VC fund instead of angel investing?
What should be the expected returns for a VC fund?
How to get access to a great deal flow as a VC?
Investing at the seed round in Notion
What are the benefits of having operator LPs in a VC fund?
Is the Design VC space getting crowded?
How to invest in startups if you have no clout or access?

Interview Video: https://youtu.be/8q4PEh8uSK8

For show notes, guest bio, and more, please visit:
www.designmba.show

My guests today is Om Suthar who is the Director of Product Design at DISQO.

In this episode, we discuss the following:
- Why I'm interviewing Om Suthar (Director of Product Design at DISQO)
- Why is it important to control your burn rate as a startup founder?
- What is Founder Market fit?
- Startup Founder shares lessons learned from failing to raise funding from venture capitalists
- Should you tell your employer about the startup you are doing on the side?
- How to manage your startup and day job simultaneously?
- How to Build Your Second Brain?
- Startup horror stories from a first time founder
- How to trust people and manage expectations?
- How to evaluate different career opportunities?
- Why do companies want to hire design entrepreneurs?
- How does being an entrepreneur help a designer collaborate better with product partners?
- Why should designers learn about how a business operates?
- How can designers/researchers effectively present research findings to C-level executives?
- What are the benefits for a designer to learn about the business side of things?
- Why you should not quit your job to pursue an idea/startup?
- How to set a career goal correctly?

Interview Video: https://youtu.be/asEjJAov3nU

For show notes, guest bio, and more, please visit:
www.designmba.show