Laroche.fm - Design & Business

More thoughts on design context, how you prioritise a design process, where do you start and saying no to features. ------------------ I am building Shosho, an app for your writing: shosho.co ------------------ Read my articles on: medium.com/@eugenesanu Learn about my work: eugenesanu.com Follow the podcast on Spotify: tinyurl.com/y5langqg Or Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y5jj7ukh

Some quick thoughts on what to do and not do when hiring a designer. Lately I have been talking with many managers that are trying to hire a designer and I noticed a couple of things we can all do better. ------------------ I am building Shosho, an app for your writing: https://shosho.co/ ------------------ Read my articles on: medium.com/@eugenesanu Learn about my work: https://eugenesanu.com Follow the podcast on Spotify: tinyurl.com/y5langqg Or Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/y5jj7ukh

Millions of years ago, on the continent of Africa, humans who survived and emigrated to other parts probably did so because when they saw many beings running in the opposite direction, they followed them. Herd mentality and conforming to group norms is almost always a positive approach for your survival. We survived because we followed and mimicked others. This helped us develop norms. Learn what is a norm and how to use them to design better products. ------- Subscribe to my newsletter: https://goo.gl/iEq3Po ------- Follow me on Medium: https://medium.com/@eugenesanu Learn more about my work: https://www.laroche.co Follow the podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5langqg Or Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/y5jj7ukh

In this episode I will share with you some of the best books I have read on business, design and behavioural economics. These are an important read for anyone who wants to design great products and experiences. Here is the full list of all books mentioned: The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug Inspired by Maty Cagan Nudge by Richard Thaler Alchemy by Rory Sutherland Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Creativity, Inc by Ed Catmul Shoe Dog by Phil Knight Brand Thinking by Debbie Milman How to think Like a Great Graphic Designer also by Debbie All books by Marty Neumeier (Brand Gap, Scamble, Zag, etc) Flow and Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2 books) Zero to One by Peter Thiel Creators and Intellectuals by Paul Johnson (2 books) Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie Munger

Welcome to a new Raw! Behavioral economics, how we make choices, and how we can change value perceived by only changing a name and wallpaper and many more. Random thoughts expressed logically :) ------------ Follow me on Medium: https://medium.com/@eugenesanu My portoflio: https://www.laroche.co

In previous episode we discussed 5 most important skills a designer must have. One of them was communication skills, but I did not discuss how to develop them. And one way is writing. You can read the full article on Medium: https://tinyurl.com/y25g5njv Study 1: https://tinyurl.com/y7qetd6s Study 2: https://tinyurl.com/y4cnsvzh ------------ Follow me on Medium: https://medium.com/@eugenesanu My portoflio: https://www.laroche.co

In this episode I will talk about the most important skills any designer must have - communication skills. These skills go above any other. I will give you examples from my experience and how to apply them. --------- Link to the article: https://goo.gl/3TT9RG Follow me on Medium: https://medium.com/@eugenesanu My work: https://www.laroche.co/ my product: https://www.shosho.co/

I this episode I will share some thoughts about modern privacy concerns, how we can design with privacy in mind and many more. Vitaly Friedman article: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/04/privacy-concerns-ux-web-forms/ My work: https://www.laroche.co Check out Shosho: https://shosho.co Medium: https://medium.com/@eugenesanu

Have you ever noticed that once we make certain things more efficient, we, sometimes, lose the emotional connection with the brand, service or object? For example, we now have more efficient planes, but the flying experience is less pleasant. In this episode I will talk about how sometimes sacrificing an emotional experience for efficiency is not the best approach ------------- You can follow me on: Medium - https://medium.com/@eugenesanu Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/larocheco Personal website - https://www.laroche.co Shosho (personal product)- https://shosho.co

A couple of years ago, Wordpress had a security flaw, and once they fixed it, they asked all their users and customers to update to the newest version. Unfortunately, many people didn’t want to. After the Wordpress team gave it some thought, they came up with an unusual solution. During their next email update, they said they introduced five new emojis. And their users began updating the app. In this episode I will talk about how there is no average, and why logic is not always the best approach. Especially if you want to create value. You can follow me on: Medium - https://medium.com/@eugenesanu Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/larocheco Website - https://www.laroche.co Shosho (personal product)- https://shosho.co

In this episode I am going to give you a couple of thoughts I had on my mind lately about what is real innovation, what makes a person buy or not buy a product, do looks really matter or not and why context is key. ------- Don't miss any new podcast episodes or articles. Subscribe to my personal newsletter: https://goo.gl/iEq3Po You can follow me on: https://twitter.com/esanueugen https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanesan/ https://www.instagram.com/larochefm/ ------- Podcast Website - https://www.laroche.fm/ My Blog: https://www.eugenesanu.com/ About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

If you have been following my newsletter, you know that I shared 5 design principles through 5 different articles. This episode is a combination of all of them. I will talk about user testing, design simplicity and perception, commiting to delivering great products, and many other details. Enjoy! :) ------- Don't miss any new podcast episodes or articles. Subscribe to my personal newsletter: https://goo.gl/iEq3Po You can follow me on: https://twitter.com/esanueugen https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanesan/ https://www.instagram.com/larochefm/ ------- Podcast Website - https://www.laroche.fm/ My Blog: https://www.eugenesanu.com/ About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

In the era of "BREAKING NEWS" with big numbers flashing in front of our eyes through our feeds on how a 22-year-old kid just closed an investment round of 15 million, it becomes harder to stay focused on what is essential for your company. With that in mind, it becomes easier to copy to be recognised by the entire world. Or you could build your own path, and probably nobody will ever hear about you. By working with startups and building my own product on the side, several things keep re-appearing. Mistakes we still make, which are easy to spot, but hard to avoid. Of course, there are many more, but these come only from my own experience and practice. ------- Don't miss any new podcast episodes or articles. Subscribe to my personal newsletter: https://goo.gl/iEq3Po You can follow me on: https://twitter.com/esanueugen https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanesan/ https://www.instagram.com/larochefm/ ------- Podcast Website - https://www.laroche.fm/ My Blog: https://www.eugenesanu.com/ About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

In this episode, I had the pleasure to speak with Murat Mutlu. CEO and one of the co-founders of Marvel. We talked about the beginnings of Marvel, designing a product to respond to his needs as a designer, the vision for Marvel and other exciting stuff. You can find Murat on Twitter (@mutlu82) or check out his company Marvel - http://marvelapp.com ------- Don't miss any new podcast episodes or articles. Subscribe to my personal newsletter: https://goo.gl/iEq3Po You can follow me on: https://twitter.com/esanueugen https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanesan/ https://www.instagram.com/larochefm/ ------- Podcast Website - https://www.laroche.fm/ My Blog: https://www.eugenesanu.com/ About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/

In this episode I had the pleasure to speak with Dan Toma, one of the authors of The Corporate Startup. Dan started his career in entrepreneurship, being involved with technology startups across the world. Puzzled by the questions ‘why are innovative products mainly launched by startups?’, he focuses on enterprise innovation strategy - specifically on the changes blue-chip organizations need to make to allow for new ventures to be built in a corporate setting. In this capacity he worked with companies like Deutsche Telekom, Bosch, Jaguar Land Rover, Bayer, John Deere or Allianz. From innovation to startups and management mistakes, we discussed about everything and there is a little for everybody. Enjoy the episode! Dan's Website: http://danto.ma ------- You can subscribe to my personal newsletter: https://goo.gl/iEq3Po You can follow me on: https://twitter.com/esanueugen https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanesan/ https://www.instagram.com/larochefm/ ------- Podcast Website - https://www.laroche.fm/ My Blog: https://www.eugenesanu.com/ About Laroche: https://www.laroche.co/