Design For Early Startups

​📣 Join my conversation with Minjeong (MJ) Kim, on March 28th as we discuss being early at Coursera (Design hire #1), and Design for early startups.

​​🎙 Featured Speaker

​Minjeong (MJ) Kim is an independent designer and educator.

​She’s led product design projects and teams at Coursera, Daylight Design, and early startups. She’s versed in designing new products, evolving existing products, and collaborating with people. 

​At Stanford, she teaches Capstone Design, a final project class for undergraduate seniors.

​What we'll cover:

• ​When it the right time to hire your first designer?

• ​What qualities should you look for in your first design hire?

• ​What do early stage design teams need to be successful?

• ​Where can you find designers who want to work at early stage companies?

​​🎙 Your Host

​​Gelila Asnake (ex-Coursera, Quora) is the founder of the Journey — an exclusive talent network for aspiring entrepreneurs, committed to guiding them on their path to becoming founders through community, development, and opportunity.

​​🌱 About the Journey

​​The Journey members are tech leads, founding engineers and PMs at venture-backed startups. They are intentional about career growth and committed to seizing opportunities that align with their passion and vision. In Conversation is our speaker series where we hear from entrepreneurs and operators who’ve been there, done that. The small, intimate format is intentional to allow space for discussion.

​​If you're not already part of our Talent Network, apply for consideration. We will approve your registration upon review.

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