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24 alternatives to Dorm Room Tycoon with Tobias van Schneider

Finding your Design Path

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dorm Room Tycoon with Tobias van Schneider launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Dorm Room Tycoon - Finding your design path w/ Tobias van Schneider▲105

   Spotify's (former) lead designer talks product design

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Dorm Room Tycoon - Sam Altman▲73

   Sam outlines the future of Y Combinator

   2015 · feedproxy.google.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Intern Beds▲118

   A solution for the intern summer housing crunch

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Nice To Meet You - 5: Q&A with Tobias▲102

   Q&A with Tobias Van Schneider about Design questions

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   Dorm Room Tycoon - Andy Weissman▲88

   Behind the scenes of Union Square Ventures

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Dorm Room Tycoon: Adam Lisagor▲77

   How to make a startup video

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   Real-Life UX Processes▲85

   Peek inside design at Slack, Autodesk, and others.

   2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →

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   Design Life - 001: Why We Have a Side Project▲92

   Filling the female design podcast gap

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   UI Breakfast - #9: Designing Products with Amy Hoy▲66

   Opinions on and workflow of designing products.

   2016 · uibreakfast.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Layout – California Style Sheets▲72

    The future of Sketch and the story of how we got where here

    2016 · layout.fm · its alternatives →

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    Ways to Connect ▲127

    A book on design by Ryan Singer from Basecamp (pre-launch)

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Lighthouse London #15: Just Enough Design: Tips For Creating Effective Prototypes▲52

    Maximising prototypes for learning, not aesthetics

    2016 · wearelighthouse.com · its alternatives →

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    Mitya▲87

    Prototyping for Interaction Designers

    2014 · mitya-app.com · its alternatives →

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    Learnetto Podcast-5: Marko Vuletič▲72

    How to learn to design apps

    2016 · learnetto.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Designers MX▲143

    Curated playlists by designers, for designers.

    2014 · designers.mx · its alternatives →

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    UI Breakfast Podcast #41: Writing Killer Design Proposals with Nathan Powell▲57

    How to produce unbeatable proposals with tiered pricing

    2016 · uibreakfast.com · its alternatives →

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    Homee▲106

    Chat with a designer who will help furnish your room

    2016 · homeeapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Dorm Room Tycoon - How to Grow your Startup, Josh Elman▲82

    It starts by building a habit around your product

    2015 · feedproxy.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Descriptive - 22: with Ashley Williams▲54

    Building abstractions that aren't ahistorical

    2015 · descriptive.audio · its alternatives →

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    Design Workflow with Sketch▲157

    An e-course from Clark Wimberly at InVision

    2016 · miro.com · its alternatives →

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    Designing UX: Prototyping▲13

    Communicate and Test Design Ideas Through Prototyping

    2017 · sitepoint.com · its alternatives →

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    Revision Path Ep. 113 - Justin Edmund▲66

    An interview with Pinterest's first design hire

    2015 · revisionpath.com · its alternatives →

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    The Sketchbook Project▲87

    A crowd-sourced library of Sketchbooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Hunie▲96

    Dribbble for designers

    2014 · its alternatives →

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