My guests today is Om Suthar who is the Director of Product Design at DISQO. In this episode, we discuss the following: - Why I'm interviewing Om Suthar (Director of Product Design at DISQO) - Why is it important to control your burn rate as a startup founder? - What is Founder Market fit? - Startup Founder shares lessons learned from failing to raise funding from venture capitalists - Should you tell your employer about the startup you are doing on the side? - How to manage your startup and day job simultaneously? - How to Build Your Second Brain? - Startup horror stories from a first time founder - How to trust people and manage expectations? - How to evaluate different career opportunities? - Why do companies want to hire design entrepreneurs? - How does being an entrepreneur help a designer collaborate better with product partners? - Why should designers learn about how a business operates? - How can designers/researchers effectively present research findings to C-level executives? - What are the benefits for a designer to learn about the business side of things? - Why you should not quit your job to pursue an idea/startup? - How to set a career goal correctly? Interview Video: https://youtu.be/asEjJAov3nU For show notes, guest bio, and more, please visit: www.designmba.show
Om is a designer by profession and entrepreneur by aspiration. Today, he's the Director of Product design at DISQO by day and CEO, co-founder of Personify by night.
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