Skateboarder / Designer / Entrepreneur
“Our data can be sold, and our every behavior can become part of a global algorithm.”
Your data or your freedom? – VPRO documentary – 2014
How do we remain in charge of our own data? Are there ways to escape the digital dystopia, where your data tells everything about you? We live in the world after Edward Snowden. The communication of citizens and consumers is widely intercepted and monitored. Your data is being monitored and analyzed, and now even sold.
The Tenets of A/B Testing from Duolingo’s Master Growth Hacker
Duolingo VP Gina Gotthilf has overseen the company’s growth as it exploded from 3 million to 200 million users. One tool that’s fueled this ascent? A/B Testing. Read on to learn from her favorite tests.
Whilst in beautiful Budapest I gave a talk at Marketing Magicians #10 about my latest book, Growth by Design. Jay Pitkänen spoke about content marketing for solopreneurs. Continue reading “Talk at Marketing Magicians #10: How good design helps SMBs”
Early on this year, I spent a 7-weeks stint in my hometown, São Paulo after living for a few years overseas. It was great to find a buzzing startup scene. The city has between 1,500 and 2,700 startups in activity. It grew a lot from back in 2010 when I founded guiaCMYK when the whole ecosystem was in its early days.
As a remote worker, I picked a few laptop-friendly places so you can get things done when in São Paulo, taste Brazilian Arabica coffee and experience this intense, crowded, city. Here it goes: Continue reading “Laptop-friendly spots to work from in São Paulo”
Why Perseverance Crushes Talent When it Comes to Success
In a moving preface to her first book, Angela Duckworth shared her story of growing up as one of three children of Chinese immigrants. Her father was particularly hard to please, and he had a favorite phrase for Angela and her siblings: You’re no genius.
“The lack of empathy in technology design doesn’t exist because the people who write algorithms are heartless but perhaps because they lack the texture of reality outside the technology bubble.”
Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum
Silicon Valley’s biggest failing is the distinct lack of empathy for those whose lives are disturbed by its technological wizardry, Om Malik writes.
To the majority of entrepreneurs and small business owners, a website ends up being more of a chore, than anything else. They build it, and leave it to take care of their daily hustle. What if your website could be an honest-to-goodness sales machine? A channel to bring you qualified leads, that takes less effort than managing a full sales team? In this article, I’ll be giving you some handy pointers on how website design can help you increase conversions and sales. Continue reading “How website design can increase conversions and sales”
I’m super excited to release my new book, Growth by Design. Entrepreneurs often struggle with so many facets of hiring a designer: How to find a talented freelance designer that fits their budget? How to communicate something they want, when even they themselves don’t know what that is yet?
Continue reading “Announcing my new book: Growth by Design.”
Once I stumbled upon this YouTube video of a guy crossing Vietnam by motorbike. Boom! After the 03:32 I was pumped! I have to do it. Continue reading “Road trip Vietnam: +3200km from Saigon to Sa Pa in 6-weeks.”
Hello!
I’m looking for creative professionals that wanna be part of a new product development. Are you a graphic/fashion/interior designer that use mood boards on your creative process? Wanna create something exciting to help your career and your peers? Continue reading “Calling all creative professionals!”