Ben Blumenfeld is the co-director of Designer Fund, where he helps designers build businesses with meaningful impact. Before Designer Fund, Ben was the 5th designer at Facebook.

In this episode, he explains how designers can become successful founders, how to best develop a learning mindset, and what makes for an effective pitch to the investors at Designer Fund.

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Squarespace – Squarespace is a SaaS-based content management system offering a website builder, eCommerce, and domains. We're big fans of Squarespace, they're a must-have for startups, photographers, bloggers or hobbyists looking to put up a beautifully designed digital presence!

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InVision – InVision is the world's leading product design platform, powering the future of digital product design through our deep understanding of the dynamics of collaboration. Teams that build digital products are at a serious advantage when they use InVision's suite of prototyping tools. They're a great way of getting everyone on board.

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Searle Video – Searle Video is a creative studio based out of Portland, Oregon. They've helped the creative community tell stories for over 10 years. They've done advertisements, behind the scenes stories, and documentaries for companies like Slack, Intel, Adobe, Google and the XOXO festival.

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Ben Blumenfeld is the co-director of Designer Fund, where he helps designers build businesses with meaningful impact. Before Designer Fund, Ben was the 5th designer at Facebook. In this preview he delves into whether he thinks the fund is an experiment and whether they would've invested in Zuck in 2004.

Get early access to Ben’s episode here: http://highresolution.design/early-access

Kristy Tillman is the Head of Communication Design at Slack. In this episode, she talks about what it’s like building a team from scratch and how brand and communication design plays a role in an organization. She also explains why diversity is less about numbers and more about having the right perspectives present.

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IBM – IBM's mission is simple: put the user at the center of our products. If you are a passionate problem-solver, able to empathize with users and turn that empathy into design insight, we want you to join us in creating exceptional experiences that span our vast product portfolio.

Learn about the team!

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InVision – InVision is the world's leading product design platform, powering the future of digital product design through our deep understanding of the dynamics of collaboration. Teams that build digital products are at a serious advantage when they use InVision's suite of prototyping tools. They're a great way of getting everyone on board.

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Searle Video – Searle Video is a creative studio based out of Portland, Oregon. They've helped the creative community tell stories for over 10 years. They've done advertisements, behind the scenes stories, and documentaries for companies like Slack, Intel, Adobe, Google and the XOXO festival.

http://bit.ly/searlesponsor

Kristy Tillman is the Head of Communication Design at Slack. We asked how managers might navigate racial or cultural biases when making a decision to promote someone. This was a very eye-opening moment in the High Resolution series.

Get early access to Jared’s full episode here: http://highresolution.design/early-access

Jared Spool is a co-founder of Center Centre and the founder of UIE. In 2016, with Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman, he opened Center Centre, a new design school in Chattanooga, TN to create the next generation of industry-ready UX Designers.

In this episode, he hits on the topics of UX design’s coming of age, the true role design plays in a business, and dives into the details of what his design school is aiming to do differently.

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Squarespace – Squarespace is a SaaS-based content management system offering a website builder, eCommerce, and domains. We're big fans of Squarespace, they're a must-have for startups, photographers, bloggers or hobbyists looking to put up a beautifully designed digital presence!

Get 10% off your first purchase on Squarespace.

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InVision – InVision is the world's leading product design platform, powering the future of digital product design through our deep understanding of the dynamics of collaboration. Teams that build digital products are at a serious advantage when they use InVision's suite of prototyping tools. They're a great way of getting everyone on board.

Get 3 full months on InVision FREE

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Searle Video – Searle Video is a creative studio based out of Portland, Oregon. They've helped the creative community tell stories for over 10 years. They've done advertisements, behind the scenes stories, and documentaries for companies like Slack, Intel, Adobe, Google and the XOXO festival.

http://bit.ly/searlesponsor

Jared M. Spool is a co-founder of Center Centre and the founder of UIE. In 2016, with Dr. Leslie Jensen-Inman, he opened Center Centre, a new design school in Chattanooga, TN to create the next generation of industry-ready UX Designers.

In this preview he shows us how companies can pin-point what stage of UX maturity they're in and clear steps on how to evolve their understanding and execution of design.

Get early access to Jared’s full episode here: http://highresolution.design/early-access

Maria Giudice is the VP of Experience Design at Autodesk and co-author of “Rise of the DEO.”

In this episode, she shares how artists can become CEOs, explains what a Design Executive Officer is, and speaks on the skills designers can develop today to help them become the leaders of the future.

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IBM – IBM's mission is simple: put the user at the center of our products. If you are a passionate problem-solver, able to empathize with users and turn that empathy into design insight, we want you to join us in creating exceptional experiences that span our vast product portfolio.

Learn about the team!

http://bit.ly/ibmsponsor

InVision – InVision is the world's leading product design platform, powering the future of digital product design through our deep understanding of the dynamics of collaboration. Teams that build digital products are at a serious advantage when they use InVision's suite of prototyping tools. They're a great way of getting everyone on board.

Get 3 full months on InVision FREE

http://bit.ly/invisionpartner

Searle Video – Searle Video is a creative studio based out of Portland, Oregon. They've helped the creative community tell stories for over 10 years. They've done advertisements, behind the scenes stories, and documentaries for companies like Slack, Intel, Adobe, Google and the XOXO festival.

http://bit.ly/searlesponsor

Maria Giudice is the VP of Experience Design at Autodesk and co-author of "Rise of the DEO." In this preview she discusses the key differences and advantages between behaving like a DEO versus a CEO.

Get early access to Maria’s episode here: http://highresolution.design/early-access

Ian Spalter is the Head of Design at Instagram. In this episode, he talks about his experiences working with agencies vs. startups, how to build a design team as a company matures, and how a company the size of Instagram manages to iterate so quickly.

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THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS

Squarespace – Squarespace is a SaaS-based content management system offering a website builder, eCommerce, and domains. We're big fans of Squarespace, they're a must-have for startups, photographers, bloggers or hobbyists looking to put up a beautifully designed digital presence!

Get 10% off your first purchase on Squarespace.

http://bit.ly/sqspacesponsorlink

InVision – InVision is the world's leading product design platform, powering the future of digital product design through our deep understanding of the dynamics of collaboration. Teams that build digital products are at a serious advantage when they use InVision's suite of prototyping tools. They're a great way of getting everyone on board.

Get 3 full months on InVision FREE

http://bit.ly/invisionpartner

Searle Video – Searle Video is a creative studio based out of Portland, Oregon. They've helped the creative community tell stories for over 10 years. They've done advertisements, behind the scenes stories, and documentaries for companies like Slack, Intel, Adobe, Google and the XOXO festival.

http://bit.ly/searlesponsor

Ian Spalter is the Head of Design at Instagram. In this preview, we discuss what it takes to become a member of the Instagram design team, how designers can feel empowered and how his agency-background has shaped the way he thinks about storytelling.

Get early access to Ian’s episode here: http://highresolution.design/early-access