Listen ""Founders are NOT artists...." w/ Martin Ringlein"
Episode Synopsis
Follow Martin: https://x.com/martymadrid/
About Martin:
Martin started as a Computer Science undergrad at The University of Maryland and is an alumni of the Columbia Business School. He spent the majority of my early career as a designer and front-end developer prior to jumping into the world of entrepreneurship.
His first start-up was acquired by Twitter, pre-IPO, where he joined to help build and lead the Research & Design function. Following Twitter, he joined the Obama administration as a Presidential Innovation Fellow. And then, his most recent start-up was acquired by Eventbrite, pre-IPO, where he joined to run Global R&D.
he has spent the past four-years in Venture Capital investing in early-stage start-ups as well as leading corporate innovation initiatives within the Fortune 500 through a Venture Studio model.
Now, he is building Agree.com and is a GP at Adventure Fund.
(00:00) Intro
(02:06) Who is Martin?
(02:58) How has design evolved overtime?
(07:56) What creates good design?
(11:17) What really is taste? Martin thinks it's irrelevant what it is 👀
(16:20) Lucky v/s unlucky
(26:09) Storytelling is more important than Designer?
(40:05) Pattern Recognition!
(45:46) Are people more similar in their way of thinking or more different in their way of thinking?
(58:51) The greatest question
About Martin:
Martin started as a Computer Science undergrad at The University of Maryland and is an alumni of the Columbia Business School. He spent the majority of my early career as a designer and front-end developer prior to jumping into the world of entrepreneurship.
His first start-up was acquired by Twitter, pre-IPO, where he joined to help build and lead the Research & Design function. Following Twitter, he joined the Obama administration as a Presidential Innovation Fellow. And then, his most recent start-up was acquired by Eventbrite, pre-IPO, where he joined to run Global R&D.
he has spent the past four-years in Venture Capital investing in early-stage start-ups as well as leading corporate innovation initiatives within the Fortune 500 through a Venture Studio model.
Now, he is building Agree.com and is a GP at Adventure Fund.
(00:00) Intro
(02:06) Who is Martin?
(02:58) How has design evolved overtime?
(07:56) What creates good design?
(11:17) What really is taste? Martin thinks it's irrelevant what it is 👀
(16:20) Lucky v/s unlucky
(26:09) Storytelling is more important than Designer?
(40:05) Pattern Recognition!
(45:46) Are people more similar in their way of thinking or more different in their way of thinking?
(58:51) The greatest question
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