Bummed I missed this one :-/

Cap Watkins, VP of Design at BuzzFeed, talks with us about how they're trying to bridge the design and communication gap between the many departments of BuzzFeed, from the editorial side to marketing, branding, social, and more.

"We design less for design sake, and more to highlight the content and remove distraction." - Cap

Allan Branch, Founder of LessAccounting, talks with us about the myth of work/life balance and what he’s done to create the best combination of the business he wants to run and the family life he strives to protect. It was so refreshing to hear his candid and blunt perspectives on things that aren’t often talked about.

Hey sorry for delay - it's a static site built with Middleman, and deployed with Codeship (so we can sync up episode listens, and enable search with Algolia) to Digital Ocean/Cloudflare :-)

Preview: "I’m about to give you everything you need to setup a process to ship every project you work on. Because let’s face it, that project isn’t worth your team’s time if it isn’t going to ship. But first, I have a story I think you’ll relate to..."

Boom. "Ultimately word of mouth is the only thing that really matters."

It's great to hear how they are lighting a fire within the publishing world, and open to trying such radical new approaches :-)

I listened again last night and absolutely loved this part: "The traditional structure of a company is designed to empower a few people, and disempower most people."

It's so interesting to hear about how they removed layers of management from a company that didn't start out totally flat.

"Our riskiest assumption was that women in mass would be interested in coding." - Adda

Such a great talk with Adda :-) I loved her energy and passion for what they're trying to accomplish at SkillCrush!

From Cat: "Hey everyone! I’m Cat Noone, Co-Founder and Designer of Liberio (www.liber.io) — a platform for eBook creation and publishing.

Looking forward to answering all your questions about design, startups, publishing, funding outside of the valley and life here in the Berlin tech scene!"

Love HubSpot's approach with this. It's so methodical, and sets up the perfect amount of process to: 1) ensure progress is made and learning occurs 2) not drain the team with a non-creative outlet

If you can't tell from the interview - I have a serious company-crush on Planning Center.

There are few companies out there that hold such strong beliefs and really stick to them. The impact of this shows in the quality of their team, culture, and office environment.

Lots of good nuggets in this chat with Jeff.