Design Life

291: When a side project totally fails


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Femke and Charli delve into the difficulties of managing a side project that isn't going well. Charli shares her personal experience of trying to organize a live workshop in New Zealand and not managing to attract enough participants. The hosts discuss what Charli learned from this experience and how the situation could have been handled better.

Show Timestamps:

2:03 Update from Femke’s side

4:14 Update from Charli’s side

6:23 Background of the situation

12:18 What is your reflection on this situation?

13:44 What are some lessons learned from this situation? Why do you think you did not sell as many tickets as you thought you would?

17:12 If you were to do it again, what would you do differently?

19:02 Are there any interesting reasons why the people who bought the tickets decided to do so?

21:28 Another idea for improvement

 

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Femke’s course “Product strategy for designers”

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