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Components of a Winning Attitude

Usman Sheikh

No matter how hard we work to hide our true self. It finds a way to the surface. The fact of the matter is that we always project outside what we feel on the inside.

I was speaking to someone who was very chirpy on the surface. As we spoke longer, several negatives began to drop into the conversation (Ac,...

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Components of a Winning Attitude

Becoming more self-aware as a Junior Designer
John Carlos

Positioning talent
Usman Sheikh

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Components of a Winning Attitude

Usman Sheikh

No matter how hard we work to hide our true self. It finds a way to the surface. The fact of the matter is that we always project outside what we feel on the inside.

Usman Sheikh

No matter how hard we work to hide our true self. It finds a way to the surface. The fact of the matter is that we always project outside what we feel on the inside.

Becoming more self-aware as a Junior Designer

John Carlos

As a junior designer, a newcomer in the industry we are prone to being introduced into something new to us more often. To be able to conquer this, you must have to be able to learn, unlearn , and re-learn

John Carlos

10x Products

Usman Sheikh

How do you make a product better? It takes the same amount of effort to build a 10% better product and a 10X better product.

Usman Sheikh

How do you make a product better? It takes the same amount of effort to build a 10% better product and a 10X better product.

Positioning talent

Usman Sheikh

As a company grows, it becomes critical for everyone to know their growth contribution. Don’t assume that your title alone determines that position for you.

Usman Sheikh

As a company grows, it becomes critical for everyone to know their growth contribution. Don’t assume that your title alone determines that position for you.

Receiving criticism

Rancy Guanzon

Criticism is never easy to hear, and even harder to internalize and wrap your head around. Maybe it opens an opportunity to learn and improve.

Rancy Guanzon

Criticism is never easy to hear, and even harder to internalize and wrap your head around. Maybe it opens an opportunity to learn and improve.

Who is your customer?

Usman Sheikh

Struggling to define who your customer is as an entrepreneur? Here are some tips, including a breakdown on confirmation bias, to help you narrow it down!

Usman Sheikh

Struggling to define who your customer is as an entrepreneur? Here are some tips, including a breakdown on confirmation bias, to help you narrow it down!

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The Five Levels of Autonomous Organizations

Usman Sheikh

I heard Matt talk about the future of work on Sam Harris’ podcast. The part which stayed with me was his take on the 5 levels of autonomous organizations

Usman Sheikh

I heard Matt talk about the future of work on Sam Harris’ podcast. The part which stayed with me was his take on the 5 levels of autonomous organizations

Customize button styles in SwiftUI

Grey Esteban

Covering how to make custom style buttons in SwiftUI, Apples new framework for building user interface.

Grey Esteban

Covering how to make custom style buttons in SwiftUI, Apples new framework for building user interface.

Strategy tool: PR/FAQ

Usman Sheikh

Key points from a communication strategy used at Amazon called PR/FAQ. Great to follow if you’re starting a new project!

Usman Sheikh

Key points from a communication strategy used at Amazon called PR/FAQ. Great to follow if you’re starting a new project!

Designing on a different hue

Rancy Guanzon

Being a partial color blind designer doesn’t make you any less able or kick you out of the industry altogether. Use your color blindness as an advantage!

Rancy Guanzon

Being a partial color blind designer doesn’t make you any less able or kick you out of the industry altogether. Use your color blindness as an advantage!

Culture and consumer insights

Usman Sheikh

One of the discussions we had today was about the sales strategy about selling. We discussed category leadership, positioning and defining that ideal customer.

Usman Sheikh

One of the discussions we had today was about the sales strategy about selling. We discussed category leadership, positioning and defining that ideal customer.

Private Equity vs. Venture Capital

Fasih Kareem

Private Equity is a pooled fund created by raising funds from institutional investors. It is invested into various equity and debt instruments.

Fasih Kareem

Private Equity is a pooled fund created by raising funds from institutional investors. It is invested into various equity and debt instruments.

Landing your first design role

John Carlos

Building a portfolio is important even for non-designers. It’s proof that you as an individual are driven and enthusiastic about what you are doing.

John Carlos

Building a portfolio is important even for non-designers. It’s proof that you as an individual are driven and enthusiastic about what you are doing.

5 myths about QA and testing

Arriele Ancheta

Despite what it may appear to be, QAs are NOT your enemy. Every team feels like “QA is out to get us” but we’re just doing our job!

Arriele Ancheta

Despite what it may appear to be, QAs are NOT your enemy. Every team feels like “QA is out to get us” but we’re just doing our job!

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The secret of investing

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HELP! Where do I invest my money?? This sounds really pathetic for someone working in a Venture Capital firm but hey, we're all about keeping it real here. It's not that I don't know whatsup, it's just that I've always had a tough time "making up my mind" and yes I'm also easily swayed by people and their opinions.

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