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24 alternatives to How to Think About Design With John Maeda, Design Partner KPCB

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How to Think About Design With John Maeda, Design Partner KPCB launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Design for Startups▲32

   2016 · designforstartup.net · its alternatives →

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   Femgineer TV: Ep. 13 - How Creators Can Become Company Leaders▲66

   How leaders are applying design thinking to organizations

   2016 · its alternatives →

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

   Filling the female design podcast gap

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   An Interview with Brian Solis - X: The Experience When Business Meets Design▲54

   An Interview with Author and Digital Analyst Brian Solis

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Should Designers Code?▲133

   Press spacebar to ponder life.

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Scaling a Design Team - 1: Billy Kiely, VP Product at Invision▲85

   New podcast from HackingUI.com

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Future² ep. #83: Design a Better Business with Justin Lokitz▲55

   Design a better business book

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The DesignBetter.Co Podcast, from InVision▲210

   Stories and insights from the world’s best design leaders

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Innovator's Dilemma▲202

   The seminal business book

   2015 · its alternatives →

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    Layout Episode 38: Hashtag Design Drama▲66

    Should designers have a portfolio?

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Tim Ferriss Show - How to Optimize Creative Output — Jarvis versus Ferriss▲62

    A conversation/debate/trading of ideas

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Agile Designers▲164

    Best Resources for Designers and Developers

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Startupland▲118

    The story of Zendesk: From idea to IPO

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Frame Innovation▲63

    Create New Thinking by Design

    2016 · 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 · its alternatives →

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    Hack To Start - 97: Khoi Vinh, Director of Product Design, Mobile, Adobe▲74

    Khoi dives into the future of work/creating on new hardware

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Master iOS Design▲131

    Wouldn't it be nice to design apps as well as Apple?

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Mental Notes▲127

    Bring a little psychology to Web design

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Design Sprint▲62

    A healthy mash of Lean, Design Thinking and Agile "up front"

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Startup Chat 144: How to become more thoughtful▲78

    How to think your way to bigger results

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Why do designers become jaded? (Ep. 34)▲70

    A candid talk about what wears designers down & what to do.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    a16z Podcast: Culture and/of Design▲62

    "Mobile-first" (now AI-first) has been a mantra in design

    2017 · its alternatives →

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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 · its alternatives →

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    Seeking Wisdom: All About Hiring At A Startup▲56

    David Cancel and Dave Gerhardt on startups + learning.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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