Currents: REUP This is the right problem to solve (with Eric Bollman)

The Funsize Show

On this episode throwback, we discuss:

• Eric's experience running and growing a startup called Perkville in the bay area
• Creating a culture of mentorship
• Being a Chief Design Officer of one, and how running a startup helped Eric refine his focus and purpose
• Eric walks us through the Facebook Groups team, their mission and how they work
• The importance of "north star" concepts and their ability to help you sell an idea and a vision to your team
• Why shorter (3 day) sprints can be more effective than 5 day design sprints
• The "People/Problem" framework at Facebook and how Facebook designers drive the products and determine what to ship
• The value of diverse job experiences and how working in an agency can help you learn skills to create and sell ideas
• Having a diverse team of designers gives you awesome collaboration and outcomes.
• Testing incremental changes get you incremental results, but when you test big bold ideas you can see huge angle changes in your metrics
• Designers need to get out of their bubbles (most of your users are not like you)
• Tips on user testing when you don't have real user testing support or funding

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