The Designer MBA
Corey Lee
Led Figma’s design advocacy across APAC. Ex-CDO at Anamne, consulted on Notion’s Japan launch, and founder of The Designer MBA, mentoring designers to build profitable, scalable businesses.
FBD
Small rooms, big moves
東京 35.6762° N / 139.6503° E
Founder by Design
A home for designers building their own thing. Evenings, masterminds and an ongoing community for the ones who are done waiting for the right moment.
- 30+
- Designers in the first room
- 02
- Events so far
- 20
- Seats per mastermind
選ばれ方を設計する
Designers who build待たずに、つくるPrice itPitch itShip it許可はいらないTaste is a business model自分の名前でCraft is the floor選ばれ方を設計するSignal over noise
01 / Why we exist はじまり
Most design events are about craft. This one is about the decision to build.
デザインのイベントは、たいていスキルや制作の話。ここで話すのは、自分のビジネスをつくる決断について。
Founder by Design brings together designers who left corporate, are thinking about it, or are already running their own thing and figuring it out as they go. We talk honestly about identity, pricing, saying no, and building systems while still serving clients.
02 / What we do やること
Ways to build with us
01Evenings
Talks, origin stories and honest conversation about the leap from designer to founder.
02Masterminds
Small and hands-on. You leave the room with an offer that’s designed, priced and pitched.
03Community
An ongoing room of design founders sharing pipelines, pricing and wins between events.
04Library
Frameworks and worksheets from every session: offer statements, pricing ladders, pitch scripts.
03 / What we talk about 話すこと
The layer above craft.
The things nobody teaches in design school or inside a product team: how to price, how to sell, how to say no, and how to become the founder of your own practice.
04 / Events 集まり
Upcoming & past rooms
05 / Who runs the room 主催
Your hosts
Two design leaders who made the leap, building the room they wish they’d had.
Dark UX Academy
James Hsu
Founder of Dark UX Academy and Product Design Lead at Sony/Crunchyroll. 18+ years leading design at Disney, Live Nation and FabFitFun, teaching designers to influence decisions and lead without authority.
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