Name: UXNight: The Design Founder with Sahil Lavingia
Start: 2014-11-19T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2014-11-19T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Eventbrite's New Office

You must purchase a ticket on Eventbrite to attend this event. Order at: http://uxnight16.eventbrite.com.

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Schedule:

6-7:00pm: Networking Hour
7-8:20pm: Presentation
8:20-9:00pm: More networking

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As designers, we solve problems and build products for other people, yet we are often afraid to step up into a leadership role and launch our own products. As a result, our ideas get filtered through someone else’s vision. How can we feel less intimidated to bring our own ideas to life?

Sahil Lavingia went from being the first design hire at Pinterest to the founder of Gumroad, where he raised more than $8 million and built a 20 person team. For this special UXNight, he will share his experience of transitioning from working as a successful designer into the design founder role. You will learn:

• How to go from product idea to implementation

• How to apply design thinking principles to build a company from the ground up

• How to communicate your vision with the world

• How to delegate design and product decisions as you grow

Meet Sahil Lavingia

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Sahil Lavingia is the founder & CEO of Gumroad, a platform that enables creators to make a living selling directly to their audiences. He was the first design hire at Pinterest and builder of the Turntable.fm app. Sahil has been featured in Fast Company, Wired, TechCrunch, The New York Times, and was listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in technology. He’s also a member of the KPCB design council.

Follow Sahil on Twitter at @shl (https://twitter.com/shl).

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