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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!

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Keynotes: Hear from established design leaders who've built successful companies and shaped industry trends.

10:00 am: Livestream starts and welcome + exciting announcements! MC: Grace Ling

10:15 am: Sally Carson - From Designer to Founder: Building Your VC-Optional Startup in 2025

10:30 am: Delia Lazarescu - How I built a 500K+ Community (and How You Can Do It Smarter with AI)

10:45 am: Dylan Huey - DIY Brand Building for Entrepreneurs 

11:00 am: Rahul Jain - Influence without Authority for designers

11:15 am: Claire Bai - Not Just a Side Project: Turning Your Passion into a Scalable Venture

11:30 am: Madan Thangavelu - Trust the vibe, sometimes
11:45 pm: Leon Zhang - Talent Isn’t Found — It’s Built

12:00 pm: Eric Simons - Why Designers Are the New Builders

12:15 pm: Lunch! Provided by us

1:00 pm Kathy Wang - what no one tells you about breaking into design
1:15 Eric Wang - Leveraging Startups to Kickstart Your Design Career as a Student

1:30 pm Johnny Huang - From Curiosity to Craft: Journey into UX Design

1:45 Demos from our UXGO cohort!

Here's how last year's conference went!


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, Superflex

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!

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