Welcome to Ready For Launch, the show where Ian Black talks to founders of early stage companies about how they launched their business into the world.

This week I’m talking with Stephanie Golik Founder at Huddle.

Among many things, we discuss:

• From Design to Founder: Steph’s journey from studying Architecture to becoming co-founder of Huddle
• The Power of Building: How Steph used app development as a way to kick start her career in design
• Searching for The One: How moonlighting on different creative projects led to finding the one to go all in on.
• The Idea Graveyard: Learnings from killing small projects that helped launch Huddle
• Getting Paid In Equity: What designers and builders should know about getting paid in equity by startups.
• The Art of Investment: How getting seed funding was a strategic choice in moving quickly and catching the wave of people looking for more work flexibility
• Being Non-Scalable: The importance of doing non-scalable tasks early on to deliver a great customer experience, and how to relinquish that control later on.
• Quarterly Planning: How looking ahead helps Huddle stay on track with their vision to make the future of work more flexible.

Enjoy the show!

Links:

Huddle site

https://www.huddle.works/

Want to join as a builder?

app.huddle.works/builder-invite/itomblack

Want to hire a team?

app.huddle.works/invite/itomblack

Workshops on becoming a founder

https://www.dive.club/course/go-from-designer-to-founder