InBootcampbyCalin Balea·Jan 20, 2025How to interview your users (and unlock product-market fit!)In the early days of building a startup, founders tend to focus heavily on engineering and marketing their product. While these areas are…
InUX PlanetbyCalin Balea·May 4, 2023A primer on how to run efficient team meetingsObvious to some. Unfamiliar to many. Vitally important.
InBootcampbyCalin Balea·Apr 7, 2023How to run a user interview — for dummies (start-up founders)Tips on how to run user interviews and achieve product-market fit by gaining valuable insights into customer needsA response icon1A response icon1
InBootcampbyCalin Balea·Apr 4, 2023Start-up founder vision — what it is and, most importantly, what it isn’tI worked with many founders over the years and I’ve noticed a common mistake founders make that drastically hinders their chances of…
InUX PlanetbyCalin Balea·Feb 27, 2023How to improve product design through better designer-developer hand-off and collaborationNo design is useful unless it’s implemented as intended. That’s an uncomfortable truth all designers need to let sink in. A fluid…
InUX PlanetbyCalin Balea·May 30, 20225 pro tips on managing design feedback in meetingsIdeas to help designers request and deal with feedback in a way that’s productive and positive. My learnings from the Mochary Method.
InUX PlanetbyCalin Balea·Feb 17, 2022Why Design Critiques are useless outside of academia, and what to replace them withDesign critiques are an essential tool in design schools but they’re rarely useful outside of the classroom.A response icon2A response icon2
InUX PlanetbyCalin Balea·Jun 2, 2020How conservative designers can stifle innovation and creativityA short rant about how designers dismiss new ideas under the pretext of bad UX
InUX PlanetbyCalin Balea·May 19, 2020A short, practical guide on how to maintain clean design filesHow to deliver design files people actually understand and enjoy using. Figma component library included.A response icon1A response icon1
InMuzli - Design InspirationbyCalin Balea·Apr 21, 2020A design critique of the new OLX logoThe good, the bad, and some useful lessons about logo designA response icon3A response icon3
