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20Product: How AI Changes Product Design | Does the Design Phase Become Irrelevant in a World of Vibe Coding | The Five Pillars of Truly Great Product Design with Carl Rivera, Chief Design Officer at Shopify
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman.
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Carl Rivera is the Chief Design Officer at Shopify, where he previously led both Merchant Services and the Shop App as VP of Product. Before joining Shopify through its acquisition of Tictail, Carl was the co-founder and CEO of Tictail, the "Tumblr for e-commerce," where he built one of the most beloved design-forward commerce platforms of its era.
AGENDA:
Biggest Lessons from Selling My Company to Shopify
Where Does Shopify Suck at Product: Lessons from that?
What makes Truly Great product Design: The Five Pillars
The Future of Design in an AI-Driven World
Do We Skip the Design Phase in AI: Figma's Evolving Role in Design
Remote Work vs. In-Person Collaboration: Where Remote Loses?
What Happens to the Vibe Coding Market
Product Management and Team Dynamics
Does AI Favour Incumbents or Startups
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