Marc Hemeon
Head of design at Brigade, a political startup (formerly Causes), co-founder of Hodinkee, and previous product desinger at Youtube and Google
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Marc Hemeon
@hemeon · Founder Design Inc.
Hello dear friends! I'm Marc Hemeon, currently the Head of Design for a political startup called Brigade (formally Causes), prior to Brigade I co-founded North and built fun apps like Tiiny and Watchville, North is now Hodinkee. Before North I was a product designer for 4 years at YouTube and Google and worked on a variety of projects there, including a small stint at Google X working on the self-driving car. I came to YouTube and Google by way of acquisition of a startup I co-founded called Fflick. I have worked at a ton of big and small companies (including Digg and Oakley) and been a co-founder of many others (Design by Humans and TeeFury) - I've had a lot of experience (ie made a ton of mistakes) over the years as a co-founder, manager, and individual contributor, so I have good deal of experience and thoughts on any of those roles. I'm beyond excited to be here and have not slept for 3 days waiting for this moment :) ask me anything!
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Jacqueline von Tesmar
@jacqvon · Community, Product Hunt ✌️😻
What's something you used to fervently believe that you now see as misguided?
Ryan Gilbert
@ryangilbert · workspaced.com
What was next on the roadmap for North before Watchville took off? 👀
David Lopez
@iamdavidlopez · Data Visualization Designer @ UFC
@hemeon What are some skills you feel designers need to stay current and active in todays media world?
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Marc Hemeon
@hemeon · Founder Design Inc.
@iamdavidlopez great question I think designers need to be full stack 1) UX strategy and thinking 2) visual chops - ie make logos, brands, visual identity 3) interaction and animation and motion design 4) story telling / communication
David Lopez
@iamdavidlopez · Data Visualization Designer @ UFC
@hemeon @iamdavidlopez any specific tools/apps to start using for UX?
Menachem Krinsky
@mkrinsky · Designer / Co-Founder at UglyNotes
Looks like you've had great growth with the new beard. How were you able to scale so quickly?
Johann Richter
@johrich72 · student
On Brigade you give us three options to take a position "Agree", "Disagree" and "Unsure". Has there been a long debate about the options? Why did you decide to go with those three?
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Marc Hemeon
@hemeon · Founder Design Inc.
@johrich72 totally - we debate using the words support and oppose all the time - we just want to be as unbiased as possible - we have also considered adding a 4th statement saying "learn more" - but we want to really keep things as lite as we can.
Johann Richter
@johrich72 · student
@hemeon @johrich72 Thanks for your answer on Periscope. I have a problem with "Disagree", because it could mean that I do not agree, but also don't oppose. Don't you think so?
Emily Hodgins
@ems_hodge · Community and Marketing, Product Hunt
@hemeon thanks for joining us today. During your career to date, what is the best piece of advice you've ever been given? Flip side - what's the worst?
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Marc Hemeon
@hemeon · Founder Design Inc.
@ems_hodge Follow your passion and follow your passion.
Theoharis Dimarhos
@theo_dimarhos · Marketing+Biz Dev at AngelouEconomics
From your experience at Causes, what are the 3-5 things that you think make people get excited/ share message / donate to a cause?
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Marc Hemeon
@hemeon · Founder Design Inc.
@theo_dimarhos it takes the combination of 1) friend and 2) cause you care about - when you combine those two things and have an invitation from a friend around an issue you care about - this is the biggest thing to get people excited about donating - but also timing is so key - like it would be weird to ask someone right now to donate to helping people who suffered during hurrican Katrina - it happened to long ago - so I would add a 3rd vector of freshness - so friends+issue they care about + timeliness of issue
BEN's Leads
@openbookben · Digital Marketing Manager, Open Book Ben
@hemeon As a busy entrepreneur involved in all kinds of different projects, how do you make sure you have time for yourself?
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Marc Hemeon
@hemeon · Founder Design Inc.
@openbookben great question - I am answering in depth on periscope please join over there - but basically - i dont.
Bjoern Zinssmeister
@zinssmeister · Co-founder of Design Inc.
How did you like Epicurrence, are you going to #3?
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Marc Hemeon
@hemeon · Founder Design Inc.
@zinssmeister I love EC!!! and YES I plan on attending EC #3