Podcast Episodes

56- Yancey Strickler ex-CEO @Kickstarter - Towards more generous capitalism

Yancey Strickler is the cofounder and ex-CEO of Kickstarter, which revolutionized the field of early-stage investments with the crowdfunding model. T…

5 years, 5 months ago

55- Why would Tesla accept Bitcoin payments?

Last week, Tesla announced that it will let customers buy their cars with cryptocurrency Bitcoin. We break down the business rationale for this decis…

5 years, 6 months ago

54- Guestimation Challenge

This is our first ever Guestimation Challenge!

It’s a game in which we try to make fast estimations with very little data. For example, estimate how …

5 years, 8 months ago

53- Prototyping with Numbers

We recently hosted a webinar Prototyping with Numbers. In this episode, we share an audio snippet of the first part of that webinar, where Alen expla…

5 years, 8 months ago

52- Can you become business-savvy without compromising design values?

In this special episode, Alen shares his latest essay on the dilemma between business and design. Many designers are afraid that business literacy wi…

5 years, 10 months ago

51- Circular economy, outcome-based pricing, cutting out middlemen

In the latest Business Design Jam, Alen is joined by two d.MBA mentors, Jo Roberts (Lead business designer at Designit) and Andreea Strachină (busine…

5 years, 11 months ago

50- Why we compete in arenas, not industries

Competitor research is important. It helps us learn about our competitors so we can make better decisions. Decisions that lead to more value created …

6 years, 4 months ago

49- How one fine-dining restaurant thrives during the COVID lockdown

In the new Business Design Jam, Alen and Franz, discuss the latest business design stories:

how a Michelin 3-star restaurant is not only surviving …

6 years, 5 months ago

48- Rita Gunther McGrath - The end of competitive advantag

Rita Gunther McGrath is a world-renowned thought leader and a professor at Columbia Business School. She has received the #1 achievement award for st…

6 years, 7 months ago

47- Andy Budd - The current state of design leadership

UX Designer and CEO of Clearleft, Andy Budd curates the Leading Design and UX London conferences and helped set-up The Brighton Digital Festival. And…

6 years, 7 months ago