- Posted in agency-life build-in-public obra-studio ondernemen
Ik heb gisteren na 4 maanden eindelijk nog eens de tijd gevonden om een ritje te maken met de fiets. Een vriend had een volgwagen geregeld. Met zijn drieën gingen we op weg naar Teotihuacan (ongeveer 60km van Mexico-Stad). Het was een fantastische fietsrit en ik was blij om nog eens iets anders te doen […]
- Posted in obra-studio ondernemen
Currently, I am about four months in starting up my new agency. I wanted to document a bit of the journey as we move forward. Starting a company has its ups and downs and is definitely not as stable a job as working for a product company, but most days I couldn’t be any happier […]
- Posted in blijvend-leren build-in-public entrepreneurship obra-studio ondernemen
You can have these dreams about a cool design agency, but in the end, you have to treat it like a business. But if you treat it too much like a business, it becomes something else, something you might not agree with. This blog post is about purpose, strategy and vision. Three highly conceptual topics. […]
- Posted in ai obra-studio
This final post continues my blog posts based on the conclusions of my trip to Belgium. This one is about how AI changes the game for designers. I was in a lot of conversations in the past weeks. One overarching theme was the change to design as a job. The big shift that is happening […]
- Posted in obra-studio ondernemen
This post continues my blog posts based on the conclusions of my trip to Belgium. If you are curious, you can read my post from Tuesday about hiring only freelancers (for now) + focus on a design lead and my other post with general end of trip conclusions. After this, one more post is coming […]
- Posted in hiring obra-studio ondernemen
As mentioned in my blog post end of the trip I will post some details the next few days about some conclusions I had during this business trip. I suppose once I have everything set up, this business blogging will more or less stop, but now that I am actively building the company, it’s interesting to write […]
- Posted in obra-studio ondernemen
My business trip to Belgium is nearing it’s end. It’s been a productive three weeks with a lot going on. Now the time comes to return back to Mexico. I can look back at a productive period where I got lots of work done and set up the logic for the rest of the year […]
- Posted in build-in-public obra-studio process
I’ve noticed that a lot of people are following my story, which incentivizes me to write. Currently, I am doing design work for a start-up I believe in, while also juggling recruiting and business development. I am working 10 to 12 hour days and most weekends. It’s not sustainable, but I have the energy. My […]
- Posted in hiring obra-studio
Dear designer, Thank you for your first year at Obra. In this year, we did a lot of work as a team. As a founder, I’m happy we grew the team to seven people. Now we have a solid base of designers to grow the company once more. We’re aiming to become a design reference […]