CoCreate Conference (San Francisco)
Join fellow designers, founders, and builders for a day of small group discussions and keynotes in San Francisco. Brought to you by the team at Design Buddies and UXGO!
Not in SF? Join us online for free here!
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🗓️ Schedule
9:30 am: Doors open!
10 am - 1:30 pm Keynotes: Hear from established design leaders who've built successful companies and shaped industry trends. We'll cover:
Exciting CoCreate launch + bunnies? 🐰
From Designer to Founder: Building Your VC-Optional Startup in 2025 by Sally Carson
Why Designers Are the New Builders by Eric Simons
How I built a 500K+ Community (and How You Can Do It Smarter with AI) by Delia Lazarescu
What they don’t tell you about breaking into product design by Kathy Wang
Talent Isn’t Found — It’s Built by Leon Zhang
Not Just a Side Project: Turning Your Passion into a Scalable Venture by Claire Bai
DIY Brand Building for Entrepreneurs by Dylan Huey
Influence Without Authority for Designers by Rahul Jain
Trust the Vibe (Sometimes) by Madan Thangavelu
From Curiosity to Craft: Journey into UX Design by Johnny Huang
Leveraging Startups to Kickstart Your Design Career as a Student by Eric Wang
Design demos by our students!
MC: Grace Ling
1:30-2:15 pm Lunch
2:15-5 pm Breakout discussions on design craft, building teams, building a company, raising venture funding, design tools, and more.
5 - 6:30 pm: Mingling!
Sign up sheets will be emailed!
Here's how last year's conference went!
🐰 Event features
Real talk with people who've been there
Full access to full day learning sessions
Early career insights
CoCreate swag you'll actually want
Check out cohort demo day
Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible!
Title sponsor: Bolt.New
Venue sponsors: Context VC and Media Mobilize
Sponsors (more to come): Adobe, Weaver, HypeTribe
Want to showcase your brand to top designers and entrepreneurs—both in-person and online? Reach our 2M+ community and hundreds of conference attendees through activations, breakout sessions, live demos, designer recruiting, lead gen, and organic content creation.
Interested? Contact Grace Ling the founder of Design Buddies at grace@designbuddies.community to get involved!
Check out our awesome community partners!
GenAI Collective, Intern Ship, ACCELER8, AGI House, BobaTalks
[more coming!!]