Chris Shepard - How to Create and Launch Your Own Digital Product

Описание: In episode 46 of The Product Design Podcast, Seth Coelen interviews Chris Shepard, Cofounder & CEO at Wisiwig, the collaborative browser design tool to achieve pixel-perfect UI design.

During our chat, Chris shares how a free meal led him to his first UX Design role, how he decided to take the entrepreneurial route and start his own product, and what you can learn from his journey from ideation to launching Wisiwig! This episode is filled with fantastic advice if you have ever considered creating and launching your own product!

During our interview with Chris, you will learn:

🍕 How a slice of pizza helped Chris land his first UX Design gig
🔥 How the friction between designers and developers inspired wiziwig
🤔 Chris’s take on bootstrapping versus fundraising
🎯 How to prioritize product features when building your product
👏 How to decide if building your own product is right for you

So happy to have you join us today!

00:00 Introduction
01:51 Two unique opportunities that sparked an interest for Chris in UX Design
05:30 How a slice of pizza helped Chris land his first UX Design role
06:44 Back in the wild wild west days of UX
13:06 How the friction between designers and developers inspired Chris to branch out and build wiziwig
19:01 The ambitious vision and the inner workings of wiziwig
23:24 How to set a strategy around making your own product
30:01 Prioritizing product features
33:10 Chris’s take on starting your own product
34:34 Strategy on whether to bootstrap or raise funding for your product
39:16 Is starting your own product the right decision for you?

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MassChallenge startup accelerator: https://masschallenge.org/

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