PBC #44: Growing USTWO + The Future of Creative Business with Jules Ehrhardt

Episode description

Ever wanted to hear from a creative design business master???

Well, today is another very special episode. This time Jonathan interviews Jules Ehrhard of UsTwo fame about building one of the biggest most revered design companies.

Unfortunately, no Jake on this one… But Jonathan and Jules expand on a recent article called ‘The State of the Digital Nation 2020’, diving deep into the commoditisation race to the bottom and how to outlast the pricing structure wars in design companies.

They also Chat about Jules’ start; from London to Japan, From Australia to the US and heading up offices around the world! This is now for sure, the worlds no.1 podcast — about design — officially!!! Because we have a number 1 designer on our show. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Find out more about the Master-Class here: AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Master-Class: ajsmart.com/masterclass

Links

1. Jules Ehrhardt (@ezyjules) | Twitter
2. Jules Ehrhardt | Medium
3. Jules Ehrhardt | LinkedIn
4. FKTRY — A Creative Capital Studio
5. FKTRY (@fctryIO) | Twitter
6. FKTRY | Medium
7. ustwo | Digital product studio
8. Adobe Dreamweaver
9. The State of the Digital Nation 2020 | Jules Ehrhardt| Medium
10. MouthOff | App Store
11. Accenture Design (Fjord)
12. State of the Digital Nation 2016 | Medium
13. Work & Co — Digital Product Agency
14. Teehan+Lax — Defining Experience
15. Frog Design
16. IDEO
17. ClickFunnels™ — Marketing Funnels Made Easy
18. Squarespace: Build a Website — Website Builder
19. FKTRY —A Creative Capital Studio
20. The deal Jeff Bezos got on Basecamp | DHH | Signal v. Noise
21. Founders Factory
22. Prehype
23. BarkBox
24. Managed By Q
25. Expa
26. Science Inc
27. Betaworks
28. The Origin and Evolution of the Startup Studio | Jules Ehrhardt | Medium
29. Google Ventures (GV)
30. YCombinator (YC)
31. TechStars
32. Company (formerly Grand Central Tech)
33. Two And Twenty | Investopedia
34. Pro-Rata | Investopedia
35. David Schwarz | LinkedIn
36. HUSH Studios
37. Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
38. McKinsey

The Hosts

• Jonathan Courtney: Instagram, Twitter, AJ&Smart, Innovation Hackers, jonathancourtneyux.com
• Jake Knapp: jakeknapp.com, The Sprint book, Make Time book, Twitter
• Podcast email: pbc@ajsmart.com
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P.S. I’m not affiliated with the hosts or the podcast. I’m just a fan of the show. 🤓