Perfecting Your Sales Pitch to Get Your Ideas the Green Light
As designers strive to build businesses and brands of their own, many find they need to be fluent in more than Photoshop to spark the interest of the investment community. And for those looking to launch a company or clearly articulate a new business idea, veteran investor Tige Savage, Managing Partner at Revolution Ventures, offers his best advice on how to craft a winning pitch.
By Matt McCue
How Man Made Music Uses Sound to Brand Everything from the Super Bowl to Electric Cars
We don’t necessarily realize it, but every moment of our lives is scored with music and sound. And Man Made Music founder Joel Beckerman has made that his business by launching and leading his sonic branding company.
Bleak Time, Bold Moves: The State of the Digital Nation 2020
Jules Ehrhardt’s provocative observations on the state of digital consultancies comes with a message of hope for those in the industry.
By Matt McCue
From the Drawing Board to the Board Room
A design firm gives everyday employees the chance to make some of its most important decisions.
Jon Hirschtick Aims to Upend a Market Dominated by the Company He Founded
For his next act, CAD pioneer Jon Hirschtick is shaking up the $8.7 billion CAD industry instead of retiring.
Google’s Tea Uglow: How to Share Something About Yourself that You’ve Never Told Anyone
The 2018 99U Conference theme is about overcoming creative challenges, so we’re asking our speakers to reflect on a pivotal pressure-cooker moment and share how they navigated it.
Meow Wolf’s Vince Kadlubek on Running out of Project Money, and Needing More to Finish
The 2018 99U Conference theme is about overcoming creative challenges, so we’re asking our speakers and breakout session leaders to reflect on pressure-cooker moments and share how they navigated them.
Pentagram’s Naresh Ramchandani: Do the Green Thing
Do the Green Thing might be 10 years old, but the issues it tackles, including corporate social responsibility, are very much the hot topics of today. Co-founder Naresh Ramchandani reflects on how commercial creativity can put something good into the world.
Super Heroic’s Jason Mayden: When Corporate America Doesn’t Buy That Your Favorite Title Is ‘Dad’
The 2018 99U Conference conference theme is about overcoming creative challenges, so we’re asking our speakers and breakout session leaders to reflect on a pivotal pressure-cooker moment and share how they navigated it.
