A newsletter empowering people to bring ideas to life through practical design advice and real-world maker stories
Creating bold products that people want, which are well designed, with a great user experience is hard.
That's why every two weeks, I share practical advice on creative processes, product design, and innovation, so that you can continue growing your business and building the future.
Who is this newsletter for?
For aspiring founders, makers, or Indie hackers — helping you to break out of feeling stuck, validate your ideas and and deliver products your users want.
For product teams — looking to better understand user needs and ideate laterally on how to solve them, through modern experience thinking.
For designers, product managers or aspiring ones — looking to work on their discovery skills, so that they can deliver more valuable experiences.
What does this newsletter cover?
This newsletter is new and will cover the following topics over the coming months. If you don’t see a topic or idea listed below which you’d like to discuss or think that I should write about, tweet or email me as I’d love to hear from you ✨
Creative processes, such as:
The process of designing from idea to execution
Iterating on your initial ideas
Techniques for having more ideas
Building your creative muscle
Product Design and User Experience
Helping you understand your user’s why
Continuous learning with users
Understanding user mental models
Learning with MVPs
Innovation
Regular roundups of impressive new products or bold ideas
The latest in growth such as utilising community in your product
How innovation works, and understanding the iterative process
Life and mental health
Dealing with Imposter syndrome
Managing the stress of ambiguity
Learning to think like a leader and trusting the process
Reducing feelings of anxiety and depression as a creative
Being mindful of burnout
How to thrive as a solo founder, PM or designer in a small startup
Confidence to pursue your ideas
All the best!
- Josh (@joshuanewton1)
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