All content for Design MBA is the property of Jayneil Dalal and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Design MBA is an interview series with design leaders and design entrepreneurs hosted by Jayneil Dalal.
Designing Company Culture - Pieter Omvlee & Emanuel Sa (Cofounders @ Sketch)
Design MBA
52 minutes 36 seconds
3 years ago
Designing Company Culture - Pieter Omvlee & Emanuel Sa (Cofounders @ Sketch)
My guests today are Pieter Omvlee & Emanuel Sa who are the cofounders of Sketch.
Interview Video: https://youtu.be/7SFix4Sakt8
In this episode, we discuss the following:
- Pieter Omvlee and Emanuel Sá bio
- What was it like in the early days of Sketch
- Why Sketch decided to raise venture capital money from Benchmark
- What is the Sketch company culture
- Why Sketch's hiring process prioritizes communication skills
- How to create a company culture where it's about the work and minimize politics
- How to deal with a wrong hire
- How to not get bored as a founder when working on same problem for 10 years
- A day in the life of Pieter Omvlee and Emanuel Sa
- Why Sketch did not move to silicon valley and open an office
- How to view competition
- Making difficult choices
- Creating a transparent team culture at Sketch
- How to prevent silos from forming at the company
- Advice from Pieter and Emanuel for folks looking to join Sketch
For show notes, guest bio, and more, please visit:
www.designmba.show
Design MBA
Design MBA is an interview series with design leaders and design entrepreneurs hosted by Jayneil Dalal.
