Founder’s stories - Building & scaling large tech communities
Join us for a fireside chat with Henrika, Joseph, and Grace - all founders of the largest tech communities on the internet, Product Buds, Tech Pod, and Design Buddies!
All of us started our communities during the beginning of COVID-19 and while interning or working full-time! Learn about how we went from idea to community, challenges we overcame, best practices in building & scaling online communities, future plans, and more. You may also submit your questions to be asked live.
Event Location
This event will be taking place on Discord Stages in the Design Buddies Discord community. There will also be a text channel to communicate during the event:
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🐰 About Henrika
Henrika Lim is a Product Manager at Microsoft, and a Co-Founder of Product Buds, a global community of 7000+ early career product managers. Her personal mission is to pursue impact-driven tech initiatives that create opportunities for the disadvantaged, believing that everyone deserves a fighting chance of succeeding regardless of the privileges they are born with. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Victoria. Prior to graduating in 2020, Henrika interned at BCI and Workday, where she discovered her desired career path in project management within the tech industry.
Join Product Buds here, sign up for their newsletter, check out their website, and follow them on Instagram and LinkedIn!
🐰 About Joseph
Joseph Choi had a non-technical major in college but was dissatisfied with the prescribed career paths like consulting and finance. In 2020 he co-founded Tech Pod, which empowers young professionals to find meaningful careers outside of traditional career paths such as finance and consulting. Joseph also currently works in product @ Salesforce.
Connect with Joseph on LinkedIn!
🐰 About Grace (host)
Grace is a designer, community builder, artist, runner, speaker, and content creator (40K+). She is a Designer at Electronic Arts and the Founder & Product Design Lead of Design Buddies. She also has her own art business and tables at art conventions.
In the past, Grace designed and developed virtual reality games to train surgeons and to make education fun. She is a self-taught designer and recently graduated from studying bioengineering and computer science/engineering in school.
Connect with Grace on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter. Also, check out her portfolio and art Instagram!
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🐰 About Design Buddies
Design Buddies is an inclusive design community aimed to connect and empower designers by providing free resources, events, mentorship, and more.
👋 Visit our website and hop into our community!
🌟 Watch our past events, read our blog, check our shop, support us, and connect with us on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn for more fun!
See you here, Every Bunny!
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