CoCreate conference recordings + resources!
Hey everyone! Thank you all for tuning into our second ever conference, CoCreate! Here is the recordings (edited and uploaded from higher quality than the lifestream)
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From Designer to Founder: Building Your VC-Optional Startup in 2025 by Sally Carson
How I built a 500K+ Community (and How You Can Do It Smarter with AI) by Delia Lazarescu
DIY Brand Building for Entrepreneurs by Dylan Huey
Influence without Authority for designers by Rahul Jain
Not Just a Side Project: Turning Your Passion into a Scalable Venture by Claire Bai
Trust the vibe, sometimes by Madan Thangavelu
Talent Isn’t Found — It’s Built by Leon Zhang
Why Designers Are the New Builders by Eric Simons
From Curiosity to Craft: Journey into UX Design by Johnny Huang
Cohort 19 Coaches + Founders
Cohort 19 Presentations
What no one tells you about breaking into design by Kathy Wang
Leveraging Startups to Kickstart Your Design Career as a Student by Eric Wang
Ways to get involved with CoCreate!
For design learners:
If you're trying to get your first job in UX design, our next CoCreate 10 week design project cohort is open! We have 2 more spots left, actually :O
In 10 weeks:
- You’ll be the designer who ships real products with engineers, PMs, and founders
- You’ll design side by side with a big tech team and big tech coach
- You’ll be the designer who presents to SF’s top founders, hiring managers, and design leads. Gain work experience, and a killer portfolio/resume piece
- Get hired through the cohort, and grow with guidance from alumni who’ve done it before. You'll work on a really good project/team and have a killer portfolio piece
Cohort starts early June, apply today
Job hunting? Join our dedicated CoCreate talent collective:
For founders:
Anyone building a cool startup and need UX design work done? We’re recruiting project partners again at CoCreate (by Design Buddies and UXGO) for our next design project cohort which starts late May 2025. We have ONE spot left.
It's a 10 week design project cohort where designers (vetted students & career switchers) learn UX design and ship a feature (based on your startup) and get coached by a design coach (a UX designer in big tech with 3-5 years of experience)
If you or know any friends who are interested, please fill out the form on our website: https://www.cocreate.careers/ and email me grace@designbuddies.community
Resources from our sponsors
Bolt.new world’s largest hackathon, starts May 30: https://hackathon.dev/
We’re also hosting another event in June with them! Stay tuned in our Discord to hear about it first
Adobe Creative Apprenticeship: https://www.behance.net/resources
Weaver early access: https://weaver.design/
HypeTribe venture studio: https://www.hypetribe.com/
Pencil AI early access: https://form.typeform.com/to/b7ow93BS
Events!
How to price your design work (without trading time for money) online Thu Jun 3, 12 pm Pacific Time with our friends at The Brief Collective! RSVP: https://lu.ma/design-pricing
Winning Stakeholder Buy-in Join Femke and Edward live on June 2nd as they discuss how to get buy-in from stakeholders through building trust, providing clear strategies, and being confident in the reasoning behind your choices. RSVP: https://femke.kit.com/products/livestream-edward-052625
We also did an AMA with Design Better! Get a free trial here too if you’re not a sunscriber yet
Portfolio roasting session recordings:
🐰 About CoCreate (Design Buddies/UXGO - we’re the same team)
CoCreate (Design Buddies/UXGO) is a community where you level up your design career. Land jobs, improve your design skills, and make friends. We have resources, events, design challenges, job boards, fun perks, and more.
👋 Visit our website and hop into our Discord community.
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