My guest this week is Lauren Hom, a designer and letterer known for her bright color palettes, playful letterforms, and quirky copywriting. She has created work for clients like Starbucks, Google, AT&T;, YouTube and TIME Magazine. And has been recognized by Communication Arts, the Type Directors Club, the Webby Awards, and so many others that I can’t even. She is also the author of the ever-so-popular popular blog and book: Daily Dishonesty.

On this episode we dig into:What it means to suck at something, and how to embrace it.How to work with fear.How a career in design can evolve and take shape in different ways.
Discover more about Lauren Hom: https://www.homsweethom.com/



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Suck at Something (with Lauren Hom)

Brought to you by Bottle Rocket, ‘Liftoff’ is a podcast about experience. We talk business transformation, product growth, leadership and everything in between. It’s about real people, real advice and real conversations that lead to actionable insights for your business. Bringing together years of strategy and design experience, co-hosts Tony Daussat and Peter Klayman highlight the challenges facing today’s business professionals. Featuring conversations with other professionals, Tony and Peter discuss physical, digital and human experiences and the role they play in our lives. Liftoff was born as an evolution and extension of the podcast, Experience Design with Tony Daussat.

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This week marks a very special episode for Liftoff. Join Peter and Tony for some big announcements, our Summer retrospective, and a look into the future.

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Until next time, friends...stay curious.



The End of an Era

Our guests today are Will Coleman and Jonathan Campos, the founding CEO and CTO of Alto.

Alto has created a product and service company in a space dominated by tech platforms. They offer members safe, predictable, and professional on-demand rides—where user set the vibe.

As founders life and business get complicated. As non-founders, we can also agree. So how do you balance the two? And how do you balance… the balance?

Check out Alto: https://www.ridealto.com/
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Balancing Work-Life Balance (w/ Will Coleman and Jonathan Campos)

Our guest today is Michael Stutts, a Transformation-Driven Leader with a  focus on all things Customer - how they make selections, how to reach them, and how to profitably turn transactional relationships into true loyalty. He’s also a cool cat we’ve had the pleasure of partnering with in the past. 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelstutts/ Email Michael: michaelstutts@gmail.com - Join the Bottle Rocket Team! Check out all job openings here: https://www.bottlerocketstudios.com/careers Until next time, friends...stay curious.

Mental Health: Beyond the Buzzword (with Michael Stutts)

Adam Greco is a Product Evangelist @ Amplitude, helping teams build better products through workshops, blogs, videos etc. Speaking of blogs… He’s written over 200 blog posts related to Adobe Analytics and as an analytics industry veteran, he authored the definitive book on Adobe Analytics.  And in 2020, our guest founded the Search Discovery Education Community (SDEC) to provide free digital analytics education to the masses.



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Connect with Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgreco/

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Marketing and Product: How Do We Play Nice? (with Adam Greco)

Our guest this week is Doina Harris. She is the Chief Product Officer at Simon Data where she drives continuous improvement of the Simon Platform. For those that don’t know, Simon is a customer data platform that helps organizations unlock the power of customer data and put it to good use. Prior to joining Simon, she had multiple roles at Google and App Nexus. She’s passionate about all things technology and advertising and has scaled multiple organizations and Business units.

Connect with Doina on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doina-harris-28b22a/

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Suck at Something (with Lauren Hom)

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