This Part 1 only, make sure to check Part 2 for more in-depth knowledge and stories shared by Harald.

Harald is the founder and Creative Director of design studio Momkai and the cofounder and Creative Director of De Correspondent. With his fifteen years of experience as a digital entrepreneur, Harald has developed a keen eye for the creative and business opportunities the online world offers. A holistic approach to design can be seen in all his work. His Momkai designs cultivate calm, so that only the content can drive you to distraction.

De Correspondent is a Dutch news organization optimized for trust. Their membership model is working extremely well in the Netherlands. De Correspondent has over 60,000 paying members paying and bills itself as an “antidote to the daily news grind.” De Correspondent aims to launch a U.S. edition in the near future: The Correspondent.

This Part 2 only, make sure to check Part 1 for more in-depth background about Harald, his agency, work and some project insights.

In this episode, we talked about Harald's second company DeCorespondent which is a Dutch news company (soon in the USA too). We talked about how he combines his work at Momkai and the news company, what he brings new to the table. Also we talked about his learnings through all these years .

Harald is the founder and Creative Director of design studio Momkai and the co-founder and Creative Director of De Correspondent. With his fifteen years of experience as a digital entrepreneur, Harald has developed a keen eye for the creative and business opportunities the online world offers. A holistic approach to design can be seen in all his work. His Momkai designs cultivate calm, so that only the content can drive you to distraction.

De Correspondent is a Dutch news organization optimized for trust. Their membership model is working extremely well in the Netherlands. De Correspondent has over 60,000 paying members paying and bills itself as an “antidote to the daily news grind.” De Correspondent aims to launch a U.S. edition in the near future: The Correspondent.

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ryan Carson, CEO, and founder of Treehouse. Ryan shared a lot of knowledge from his own experience on how he did build Treehouse, what is a great product and how to create one, why a great team is one of the most important things for your company. And what I found most interesting is when he shared what he learned from growing Treehouse and why passion is important when building a product.

About Treehouse: our mission is bring effective, valuable and accessible technology education to everyone so they can change their lives and change the world.

Soundcloud: https://goo.gl/nqSCrk

iTunes: https://goo.gl/QkZ3Ui

Website: https://www.laroche.fm/

About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

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Laroche.fm is a podcast hosted by Eugeniu Esanu, the founder and creative director of Laroche.co, a design agency from Amsterdam. We are on a journey of learning from different experts and industry leaders about how they design great & valuable products and what do you need for a creative culture.

This is part two only, make sure to check for part 1 too for more context and background about Joe. As we had a very pleasant and long talk with Joe, I had to split the interview.

In this episode, I talked with Joe Stewart who is a designer and founding partner of Work&Co. Recently, Fast Company named Work & Co to its 10 Most Innovative Companies in Design list for 2017. His personal client list includes Apple, Virgin America, YouTube, Target, & Rapha. He also was named to the Fast Company Most Creative People in the industry.

If you know the famous Virgin America redesign, then you know Joe, as he was the guy responsible for their website redesign. We touched a bit the process, how did Virgin increase their conversion by 16%. Why a great user experience is important and how they did it for Virgin.

We also went a bit deeper and talked about what is inspiration and how to stay inspired, create good products, how he cofounded Work&Co, why you should not be in a rush in everything you do and much more knowledge shared by him.

Soundcloud: https://goo.gl/bakxTk

iTunes: https://goo.gl/sQsihX

Website: https://www.laroche.fm/

About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

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Laroche.fm is a podcast hosted by Eugeniu Esanu, the founder and creative director of Laroche.co, a design agency from Amsterdam. We are on a journey of learning from different experts and industry leaders about how they design great & valuable products and what do you need for a creative culture.

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Music: https://soundcloud.com/itsnglmusic

This is part one only, make sure to check for part 2 too. As we had a very pleasant and long talk with Joe, I had to split the interview.

In this episode, I talked with Joe Stewart who is a designer and founding partner of Work&Co. Recently, Fast Company named Work & Co to its 10 Most Innovative Companies in Design list for 2017. His personal client list includes Apple, Virgin America, YouTube, Target, & Rapha. He also was named to the Fast Company Most Creative People in the industry.

In this part, we talked about what it takes to build the best agency in town and how Work&Co and does it. How they hire great people, how to get the best out of people, what is so innovative about their company and approach to work and why Fortune 100 companies trust them with their work.

iTunes: https://goo.gl/ZJUP34

Soundcloud: https://goo.gl/mLnxrg

Website: https://www.laroche.fm/

About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

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Laroche.fm is a podcast hosted by Eugeniu Esanu, the founder and creative director of Laroche.co, a design agency from Amsterdam. We are on a journey of learning from different experts and industry leaders about how they design great & valuable products and what do you need for a creative culture.

Charlie Waite is GoPro's User Experience Director. From an agency life to an in-house design director, Charlie explains what it takes to create a great product, talks about his background and what changed his perspective on how he designs products. Also, we talk about what companies can learn from GoPro and design better products.

We talked about what is user experience, Google Home and Alexa, the future of user interface, how GoPro design products and how it motivates a creative culture.

About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

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Laroche.fm is a podcast hosted by Eugeniu Esanu, the founder and creative director of Laroche.co, a design agency from Amsterdam. We are on a journey of learning from different experts and industry leaders about how they design great & valuable products and what do you need for a creative culture.

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Music: https://soundcloud.com/itsnglmusic

This episode was on fire! Full of knowledge and insights on sales, pricing, positioning and how to set yourself as an expert.

Founder Blair Enns is a 25-year veteran of the business side of the creative professions. In 2002, he launched Win Without Pitching. WWP has worked with thousands of creative professionals in numerous countries through direct engagements, seminars, workshops & webcasts. He also wrote a book Win Without Pitching for people providing creative services.

You can also listen to this episode on:

iTunes: https://goo.gl/NmzgJH

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/larochefm/win-without-pitching-blair-enns

About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

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Laroche.fm is a podcast hosted by Eugeniu Esanu, the founder and creative director of Laroche.co, a design agency from Amsterdam. We are on a journey of learning from different experts and industry leaders who share their expertise and knowledge.

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Music: https://soundcloud.com/itsnglmusic

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Marty Neumeier, author, designer, and director of transformation at Liquid Agency. We talked about what is a brand, why customers are in charge of your product, how to differentiate yourself on the market, and how to create a culture of constant innovation.

Marty has written several best-selling books, including, The Brand Gap, outlining how to bridge the distance between business strategy and design. When Marty is not lecturing or writing, he is facilitating inspirational workshops or providing consulting services to companies the likes of Apple, Google, Microsoft, Skype, Twitter, and Patagonia.

You can also listen to this episode on

iTunes: https://goo.gl/GMbdoL

Soundcloud: https://goo.gl/dWESmC

About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

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Laroche.fm is a podcast hosted by Eugeniu Esanu, the founder and creative director of Laroche.co, a design agency from Amsterdam. We are on a journey of learning from different experts and industry leaders who share their expertise and knowledge.

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Music: https://soundcloud.com/itsnglmusic

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Marty Neumeier, author, designer, and director of transformation at Liquid Agency. We talked about what is a brand, why customers are in charge of your product, how to differentiate yourself on the market, and how to create a culture of constant innovation.

Marty has written several best-selling books, including, The Brand Gap, outlining how to bridge the distance between business strategy and design. When Marty is not lecturing or writing, he is facilitating inspirational workshops or providing consulting services to companies the likes of Apple, Google, Microsoft, Skype, Twitter, and Patagonia.

You can also listen to this episode on

iTunes: https://goo.gl/GMbdoL

Soundcloud: https://goo.gl/dWESmC

About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

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Laroche.fm is a podcast hosted by Eugeniu Esanu, the founder and creative director of Laroche.co, a design agency from Amsterdam. We are on a journey of learning from different experts and industry leaders who share their expertise and knowledge.

In this episode, I talked with Douglas Davis, creative strategist, the author of Creative Strategy and Business of Design and he is also the principal of The Davis Group LLC.

We talked about his book, getting the right strategy behind your products, how to write a good strategy and what should you take into account when creating products or solving problems for your consumers. His work experience and previous clients include ABN·AMRO Bank, Council for Economic Education, The Economist, HSBC, Tribal DDB, JWT, Deutsch and many others.

Book references during this episode include Hey Whipple Squeeze This by Luke Sullivan, Truth Lies, and Advertising by Jon Steel and Juicing the Orange by Pat Fallon

His book can be bought on Amazon: https://goo.gl/2iAsfG

You can also listen to this episode on

iTunes: https://goo.gl/2cyAgu

Soundcloud: https://goo.gl/gByB8P

About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

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Laroche.fm is a podcast hosted by Eugeniu Esanu, the founder and creative director of Laroche.co, a design agency from Amsterdam. We are on a journey of learning from different experts and industry leaders who share their expertise and knowledge.

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Music: https://soundcloud.com/itsnglmusic