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Bottom Line Design

Bottom Line Design

Introducing Bottom Line Design, a series where NUMI"s co-founders, Harrison Telyan and Agree Ahmed, discuss the intersection of design and business. We break down how business leaders use design to build valuable products and scalable businesses and how you can too. Follow up everywhere else: https://linktr.ee/bottom.line.design

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00:43:13

Staying close to your customers with research

Bottom Line Design ·

2025/01/21

In today's episode of "Bottom Line Design," we are joined by Yana Welinder, co-founder and CEO of Kraftful, a dynamic tool designed to transform how product teams handle user feedback. Yana shares insights into Kraftful's journey from a simple idea to an essential tool serving over 50,000 product teams. She dives into:- The evolution of Kraftful from its early days, detailing its pivot towards utilizing AI to enhance product development. - How Kraftful simplifies the integration

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01:22:50

How to become a AAA designer

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2024/10/28

In this episode of "The Design of Everyday People", host Chris from UX Playbook welcomes Harrison Telyan, a RISD graduate, investor, and YC alum. Harrison shares his journey from becoming the founding product designer at Imgur, where he scaled the platform to 330 million monthly active users, to co-founding NUMI, a company aimed at revolutionizing how startups manage their design departments.They discuss: • The pivotal experiences that shaped Harrison’s design career, including his time at Imgur

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00:51:21

Is your product accessible? It's the law

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2024/09/30

Join us on Bottomline Design as we sit down with Cat Noone, CEO of Stark, to explore the transformative power of accessibility in design. Cat delves into the journey of Stark, which simplifies accessibility compliance for design teams, ensuring that modern software meets essential user experience standards. Highlights of our conversation include:- The evolution of Stark from a basic tool during the sketch era to a comprehensive platform that flags accessibility issues and provides instant

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00:40:20

Designer? Do not miss out on this advice

Bottom Line Design ·

2024/09/02

We sit down with Zain Ali, former founding designer at Instacart, to explore his unique journey from building early-stage startups to leading design efforts at some of the most impactful companies. In this candid conversation, Zain delves into:The role of a founding designer: Why being the first designer at a startup is about more than just creating visuals; it's about shaping the company's reality and culture. Empathy and user experience: How a simple conversation with his mother about

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00:38:16

Fireside with founding product designers

Bottom Line Design ·

2024/08/19

We sit down with Harrison Telyan and Agree Ahmed, co-founders of NUMI, along with a panel of seasoned designers including Darian, Kyle, and Ridd. Together, they explore:• The nuanced relationship between founders and founding designers, emphasizing the importance of challenging assumptions and understanding user needs at a deeper level. • The evolving role of design in startups, particularly in the context of emerging AI tools, and how these advancements can both streamline creative processes and

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00:43:04

Ethics of hiring and taking a chance with Maigen Thomas

Bottom Line Design ·

2024/08/05

Join us for an insightful conversation with Maigen Thomas, the founder of Level 11 Technology, a unique agency that serves as a training ground for early career digital technologists. In this episode, Maigen shares her incredible journey from being a flight attendant to becoming a tech industry mentor. Highlights include:• Career Transition: Maigen's fascinating transition from being a flight attendant to entering the tech industry after being kicked out of Canada, discovering her passion for

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00:54:07

Productizing your inner design founder with Chris...

Bottom Line Design ·

2024/07/15

Join us as we sit down with Chris Nguyen, a self-taught designer and entrepreneur, to delve into his unique journey from working in tech in Vietnam to founding UX Playbook, a platform aimed at helping designers elevate their careers. In this insightful conversation, Chris shares:• His unconventional path from a business degree to a tech career in Vietnam • The lessons learned from multiple startups, including a Web3 venture centered around Chinese astrology • The importance of aligning personal

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00:53:01

Integrating AI into your design workflow with Kim Alban

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2024/06/03

Kim Alban, a seasoned product designer with a rich background in mixed media and a keen interest in emerging technologies, joins us for an insightful conversation. In this episode, we cover:Kim's transition from freelancing in photography and graphic design to discovering her passion for UX after a brief stint in software engineering. The evolving landscape of AI in design and how designers can stay current with rapidly changing technologies. The importance of strategic thinking for

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00:56:44

The Future of AI Design with Charlie Guo

Bottom Line Design ·

2024/02/27

In this episode of Artificial Ignorance, we engage in an enriching dialogue with Harrison Telyan, co-founder of NUMI, a distinctive design subscription service catering to startups. We delve into various facets including:- NUMI's transition from a simple idea to a design powerhouse, supporting startups and large enterprises by embedding seasoned designers into their teams.- Harrison's unique journey from the first designer at Imgur, instrumental in scaling the platform, to creating NUMI,

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00:41:16

Nicolae Cretu and Harrison Telyan on Finding PMF

Bottom Line Design ·

2024/02/12

In this engaging episode, we're joined by Harrison Telyan, co-founder of NUMI, a design-as-a-service startup revolutionizing the way startups approach design. Throughout our conversation, Harrison shares: - The origin story of NUMI, detailing the journey from pivoting through various business models to finding their niche in offering world-class design services to startups.- Insights into the chaotic design process at startups and how NUMI aims to streamline it, bringing order without

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00:54:28

AI generated design systems in your MVP

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2024/01/29

In this episode of Bottom Line Design, we delve into design systems and the balance between design thinking and practical application with our guest, Samraaj, from Ion Design. The conversation covers: Ion Design's unique approach to transforming Figma designs into clean React code using AI streamlines the workflow between design and engineering teams. Samraaj's journey from front-end engineering to product management and his deep understanding of the challenges in aligning design,

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00:46:45

Early Days with Agree and Harrison

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2024/01/08

In this special episode of Bottom Line Design, Harrison shares his journey from a Manhattan kid obsessed with drawing to becoming an influential designer in San Francisco's tech scene. Highlights of the conversation include: His childhood surrounded by architectural and artistic influences and early entrepreneurial ventures. The transformative experiences at RISD that shifted his focus from illustration to industrial design. The critical lessons learned from critiques and the importance of

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01:12:08

Serving wings to designing things

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2023/12/04

In this episode of Bottomline Design, we sit down with Ridd, the founding designer of Maven, to delve into his unique journey in the world of design and education. Ridd shares insights on: • His unconventional path from studying economics to becoming a self-taught designer and founder. • The challenges and revelations of working in startups and the importance of understanding business and user needs. • His experience in shaping Maven, focusing on how his personal journey influenced its

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00:53:05

Staying Close to Your Customers with Research

Bottom Line Design ·

2023/11/13

Darya Sesitskaya, the co-founder and CEO of ShaderApp, sits down with us to unravel the threads of research design in the startup world. Darya brings a wealth of experience as a product designer lead at Snapchat and her current venture in AI-powered video creation tools. We dive into: Darya's groundbreaking work in AR technology started with a unique sneaker try-on app in Belarus. Her journey from product management to design was driven by a desire to directly shape product outcomes. The

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00:57:24

The founder stories no one talks about with Jeff Wilson

Bottom Line Design ·

2023/10/30

Jeff Wilson, CEO and founder of Jupe, sits down to share his journey living and manufacturing homes the size of dumpsters. He talks: - The year he spent living in a literal trash dumpster - How he's managed to recruit industrial designers from Tesla and SpaceX despite not being a designer himself - The challenges nobody talks about when you're pivoting Bottom Line Design everywhere else - https://linktr.ee/bottom.line.design

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00:52:43

Nurturing creativity in the startup world with Elijah...

Bottom Line Design ·

2023/10/16

We sit down with Elijah Woolery, a prominent figure in the design and entrepreneurship space, to delve deep into the essence of creativity and innovation.In this episode, we explore:- The challenges startups face in reigniting their initial spark of creativity and innovation.- The importance of trying different forms of creativity, even outside of one's primary domain, to stimulate imaginative thinking.- Eli's perspective on the value of creating products with genuine care and the

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01:05:50

UX copy, data, and privacy at Google and Apple with...

Bottom Line Design ·

2023/10/02

Veteran designer Sharif Matar chats with BLD about:- Realizing design's responsibility to make technology good- Software with soft skills: the role of microcopy and feedback in creating trust- How big tech uses data to X-ray into your life- The concept of Design Theater, and how it can be used to create the feeling that design is happening (for better and worse) Bottom Line Design everywhere else - https://linktr.ee/bottom.line.design

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01:19:33

Designing for a $100m exit with Darian Edwards - Part 2

Bottom Line Design ·

2023/09/18

Darian Edwards sits down for a Part II session where he discusses more of his career operating as a designer-founder. He tells us about:- How Mailbox learned about how users used email by having them print out their inbox- How to bring non-designers on your team along to seeing the power of design- How design, when empowered, can strengthen functions like finance and operations- The thesis behind his last startup FastAF- What he's learned as a design founder about the strength of working in

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02:01:28

AR Design for 1,000,000,000 people with Kasey Klimes

Bottom Line Design ·

2023/09/05

We talk with Kasey Klimes, founder of Rhizome R&D and the Design Researcher behind Google Maps AR. We discuss:- how to build inductive hypotheses from design research- how to achieve alignment in an organization where things like promotion cycles and product culture can influence how opinions are received by stakeholders- where along the way did design go from hubris to losing ambition, to how it might get its ambition back- "designing for emergence" as a new way of building powerful,

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01:44:16

From Founding Design at Zapier to Founder

Bottom Line Design ·

2023/08/22

We talk with Bryan Landers, a startup veteran who was the founding designer at Zapier, and also worked on design for Pinterest back when it was just a few person team. We discuss:- how he picks people to work with- how his journey was a natural extension of his curiosity- where design has come from its days a subordinate of marketing to a seat at the product table- the future of design in a world with AI Full Video - https://youtu.be/-sDsruRS-tE Subscribe to our

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