Design MBA is an interview series with design leaders and design entrepreneurs hosted by Jayneil Dalal.

Here's the stellar lineup of companies and designers featured in Sneak Peek season 1: - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrymodisett/">Henry Modisett</a> from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/perplexity-ai/">Perplexity</a> - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliauhr/">Cecilia Uhr</a> from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/bezi3d/">Bezi</a> - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dion-chooi-818ba8142/">Dion Chooi</a> from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/lottiefiles/">LottieFiles</a> - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenbaxter/">Loren Baxter</a> from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/feltmaps/">Felt</a> - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/darshangajara/">Darshan Gajara</a> from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/hygraph/">Hygraph</a> - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotablunarova/">Charlota Kolář Blunárová</a> from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/we3co/">WE3</a>
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Design MBA

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🧠 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW? 1. Challenges of designing for AI2. 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. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS  (00:00) Interview trailer (01:39 )Why designers should not use Dribble for design inspiration? (5:08) What designers can learn from wine stewards?  (6:14) Former Google employee reveals design process at Google  (11:25) Why should designers learn to code?  (16:41) Why handoff to engineering is faster when a designer knows how to code  (18:54) Why Henry Modisett joined Perplexity AI as the founding designer?  (21:47) What it's like to design for a billion users? 24:01 How to get a job as an AI designer?  (28:38) How to deal with job rejections as a designer?  (36:40) Reality of working in San Francisco as a Designer 🤝 CONNECT WITH HENRY MODISETT Twitter -<a href="https://twitter.com/henrymodis" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/henrymodis</a> LinkedIn- <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrymodisett/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrymodisett/</a>🤙 CONNECT WITH JAYNEIL DALAL LinkedIn -<a target="_blank"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil </a>Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/jayneildalal" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jayneildalal</a> 📺 INTERVIEW VIDEO: <a href="https://youtu.be/4BH454Kw-90" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4BH454Kw-90</a>

Designing for AI

🧠 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!  ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS  (00:00) Interview trailer  (00:50) Who is Soleio Cuervo? (software designer turned investor)  (1:23) How does a VC deal with FOMO?  (3:09) VC shares their framework for deciding who to meet  (6:25) How does a VC deal with an overwhelming amount of inbound requests?  (9:15) Importance of being diplomatic when saying 'No'  (10:37) Soleio Cuervo explains how he designed the iconic Facebook like button  (17:08) Investing in Dropbox  (19:23) Structuring your week based on initiatives  (20:19) How Jayneil gatecrashed a VIP event in San Francisco  (21:17) How Drew Houston closes candidates at Dropbox?  (22:19) Why raise your own VC fund compared to joining Benchmark, Sequoia, or Andreessen Horowitz?  (24:57) Investing your money into startups or raise a big VC fund?  (28:46) Investing pre Series A in Figma  (36:27) Why build relationship with a startup team over rushing to write a check?  (37:38) Seeing the multiplayer demo for the first time from Evan Wallace at Figma  (39:26) Investing in Framer's seed round  (41:56) Why did Framer survive through the hard times and multiple pivots?  (43:05) Investing Diagram's seed round (acquired by Figma)  (45:49) Soleio gives Jayneil career advice  (50:36) Why is Jayneil so excited about the research tool Ballpark?  🤝 CONNECT WITH SOLEIO CUERVOTwitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/soleio" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/soleio</a> Website - <a href="https://read.cv/soleio" target="_blank">https://read.cv/soleio</a>  🤙 CONNECT WITH JAYNEIL DALAL LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil " target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil </a>Twitter - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil " target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jayneildalal </a> 📺 INTERVIEW VIDEO: <a href="https://youtu.be/hZ3Z2frAWvM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/hZ3Z2frAWvM</a>

Designing the Facebook Like Button

🧠 WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS INTERVIEW? 1. How to transition from a Design Manager to IC Designer  2. Why Design Managers make great IC designers 📢 WHY IS MAHEEN SOHAIL A ROCKSTAR?  Maheen Sohail is a Staff Product Design Lead at Meta focused on building Generative AI experiences. As a former Design manager, Maheen has experience managing large design teams building emerging technology products AR/VR/AI). Outside of work, you will find Maheen either surfing or running various storytelling experiments and workshops. 🤝 CONNECT WITH MAHEEN SOHAILLinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/maheensohail/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/maheensohail/</a>Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/maheen_sohail" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/maheen_sohail</a>🤙 CONNECT WITH JAYNEIL DALAL LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil " target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil </a>Twitter - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayneil " target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jayneildalal </a> 📺 INTERVIEW VIDEO: <a href="https://youtu.be/LXPKGTGvFrY?si=6pVqr9zENQkYso2Y" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/LXPKGTGvFrY?si=6pVqr9zENQkYso2Y</a>

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