Bottom Line Design

Harrison Telyan and Agree Ahmed assess the aesthetics, usability, functionality, content, performance, accessibility, responsiveness, and security of Y Combinator startups Double, Simplify, and Rollstack's sites. Full Video - https://youtu.be/KKnEiE66cMg Bottom Line Design everywhere else - https://linktr.ee/bottom.line.design YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bottom.line.design Twitter: https...

Agree Ahmed and Harrison Telyan sit down with the first designer at Instacart and founder of Nature’s Keeper, Zain Ali, to chat about his humble beginnings as an avid video gamer, being present during a company’s skyrocketing days, designing at Y Combinator, and his current passion for creating sustainable gear for snowboarders and skier Full Video - https://youtu.be/TMkkh2_3SLc Bottom Line Design...

Agree Ahmed and Harrison Telyan sit down with designer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of ReThink Design, Andres Gonzalez, to talk everything from the struggle and reward of starting your own business, balancing clients’ design needs, and the looming AI era and its place amongst the design/entrepreneurial community. Full Video - https://youtu.be/cC3pblrj9-g Bottom Line Design everywhere else - https...

Agree Ahmed and Harrison Telyan sit down with San Francisco-based designer, Kyle DeHovitz, a RISD alumni and current Lead Product Designer at CareEvolution, who also spent time in the same role at Apple, Uber, and IFTTT. Kyle talks about everything from Uber in its hyper-expansion days, ethics as a creative, and the values he has curated in his extensive and still-growing experience as a designer....

Harrison Telyan and Agree Ahmed sit down with Xitij Thakkar, a young, up-and-coming UI/UX Designer who wields his self-taught skills to help brands solve visual problems, and teach his large social media following design principles/techniques through his unique brand of bite-sized tutorial and instruction. Full Video - https://youtu.be/xWHma2vvc1A Bottom Line Design everywhere else - https://linkt...

Harrison Telyan sits down with filmmaker Julian Micheaux Marshall to talk everything from his Webby-winning short film “We Are George Floyd,” working with big brands like Amazon and Ford, and the creative strategies he uses to approach every project, large or small. Full Video - https://youtu.be/8hlDYZEhOm8 Bottom Line Design everywhere else - https://linktr.ee/bottom.line.design - YouTube: https:...

We sit down with Josh Dickinson, a renowned product photographer in New York who's worked with Nike, Converse, Oreo, Madewell, Truly, Smartwater, Don Julio, and more. He shares his story of how he managed to find his lane in product photography. We discuss: - How to break into a connections-driven industry like product photography - When he realized that he could make it as a freelance product...

We sit down with Hannah Pobar, a photographer-turned-designer-turned-founder. She shares her journey from wedding photographer to building Home Studio List, a marketplace where photographers can rent beautiful spaces for photoshoots, by the hour. We discuss: - How to turn your passion into a business - Building the connections and community you need to strike out on your own as an entrepreneur - H...

What's that secret sauce every Fortune 500 company has to increase production? A design guide of course! We review the importance of having a system that makes it easy for designers to work with marketers, and engineers, and iterate against customer feedback faster! Full Video - https://youtu.be/YIeW_Tn4_B0 Bottom Line Design everywhere else - https://linktr.ee/bottom.line.design YouTube: https://...

We discuss how an old trick we use at NUMI to assess the basic quality of any interface or page. It's super easy, takes just a second, and you don't need any design background to do it. Full Video - https://youtu.be/_G4DkP0lmDM Bottom Line Design everywhere else: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bottom.line.design TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bottom.line.design Instagram: https://www.instagram...

We discuss how startup founders can find hidden gem designers without breaking the bank - from sourcing and outreach to vetting portfolios to how non-designers should interview designers. Full Video - https://youtu.be/GzcH4sBQGiw Bottom Line Design everywhere else: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bottom.line.design TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bottom.line.design Instagram: https://www.instagr...

Introducing Bottom Line Design, a series where NUMI's co-founders, Harrison Telyan and Agree Ahmed, discuss the intersection of design and business. We break down how business leaders use design to build valuable products and scalable businesses and how you can too. Bottom Line Design everywhere else: - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bottom.line.design - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bottom.l...