Huddle Stories, Episode 023: Be Around People Who Make You Sweat
“You should always be the dumbest person in the room and be around people who make you sweat.” - Stephanie Engle
Our 3rd episode of Huddle’s Podcast, Lone Geniuses, dropped TODAY.
This episode's guest and Huddle investor, Stephanie Engle, is best known for her role as a product designer at Snapchat as well as an angel investor in product driven companies.
In the episode, she covers topics such as:
How she was influenced by her dad, whose mantra was to always be around “people who make you sweat”
How a stint in horse photography and photographing Milan fashion week eventually led to her design career
How she DM’d the VP of Design at Facebook to land her role there
How an uncomfortable and intimidating period of weekly design critique by top designers at Facebook led her to massive growth
How her perception of feedback has changed over her career
How diversification of passions (flipping houses & horses to name a couple!) help her excel at her job
Why you should hire out for what you’re not good at as a CEO
How you’re always one person or opportunity away from where you want to be
…and more.
Listen to the full episode here.
We love to cheer on the founders we’ve worked with, and so we’re thrilled to share the following news:
Jameo, an early Huddle startup, launched its new product and move into the US market on Product Hunt today!
Jameo is like Figma for clothing, letting teams and groups bond and create eco-friendly clothing together.
Would you like to support their mission? Stop by PH and give Jameo an upvote!
Following is an update from the Huddle community: a Huddle success, a newsletter recommendation, and what our members are saying.
Toodles,
Diana Hawk
Head of Community @ Huddle
Huddle 🤝 Hairtage
Hairtage is an anti toxic space for Black women to meet their hair and health needs.
Thank you to Hairtage Founder Kelly-Ann McCleary for trusting Huddle to bring your vision to life.
Huddle members Nate Baltikas and Landry Miller worked with founder Kelly-Ann to build a unique and energetic identity for Hairtage including logo, brand system, and brand guidelines; creating a consistent and scalable look, feel, and voice at every user touch point.
PROJECT TYPE: Website UX & Design • Brand Design • Packaging Design
HUDDLE TEAM: Nate Baltikas and Landry Miller
HYPERLINKS: Case Study, Website
👉 Are you a founder? Get a great Huddle team building your project by next week.
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Huddle Love
Hairtage Founder, Kelly Ann McCleary:
“Huddle is the best of all worlds!
You get the benefit of being in a team setting to bounce ideas off someone other than yourself but it is intimate enough so that the experience does not feel sterile but curated to your needs, preferences and creative style. I am in love with the branding, Hairtage wouldn't be nearly as attractive without you [Nate + Landry x Huddle]. Would recommend and will come back again!”
Newsletter Recommendation
Scott Clary’s Newsletter - We love this newsletter because Scott discusses topics like how to bounce back after failure, professional rejection, and other vulnerable topics, alongside business strategies, lessons and interviews with top performers & C suites, and much more.
Join 100,000+ readers, discussing mental models, performance, business and entrepreneurship here.
Shout Out!
A quick shout out to our friends at Capsule (capsule.video), a fellow Miami startup and Huddle user. Capsule empowers teams to produce stunning video for any audience — with no expertise. Collect testimonials, create podcast clips, prospecting videos and much more.
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Startups apply to reserve Huddles (individuals or teams from our community) for things like MVPs, design help, pitch decks, software engineering, branding, marketing, advisory, and more. We help put the team together and care for all the messy bits - paperwork, legal, taxes, equity, etc. Plus, we host ongoing digital and IRL events to meet other members.
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