Product Breakfast Club #49: MONA PATEL on Starting and Growing a Multi Million Dollar Design Agency

Episode description

Jonathan interviews Mona Patel, who really makes Jonathan look like a boring, lazy person in comparison. Mona is the founder of 3 companies: Motivate Design, UX Hires, and Insider Insight. Aaaand she’s the author of Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate, and Think. Jonathan who?

Some of the topics covered:

Mona’s story in a nutshell. Her work at NASA(!!) and Kodak. 🤯

How do you get prove yourself in a company? Speak your mind, but only if you have something useful to say! 😛

Jonathan ADMITS he doesn’t think research is useless, and where it’s can be best employed. 🤓

THE INSIDERS! Who are they?! How are they contributing good karma to the world? And what is the Observation Method? 👀

Solopreneuring…while pregnant! 🤰🏽

How to hire well. 👩🏼‍💻

Tony Robbins comes into the story at some point. 🕺🏻

Why you should read Mona’s book, Reframe. 📖

Check out, nay, GO BUY the AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Master-Class: ajsmart.com/masterclass 💰

Links

1. Mona Patel on Instagram
2. Mona Patel on Twitter
3. Motivate Design
4. UX Hires
5. GaryVee
6. American Institutes for Research
7. Design Research (Wikipedia)
8. Buy Sprint!
9. BOOK: Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate, and Think by Mona Patel

The Hosts

• Jonathan Courtney: Instagram, Twitter, AJ&Smart, Innovation Hackers, jonathancourtneyux.com
• Jake Knapp: jakeknapp.com, The Sprint book, Make Time book, Twitter
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