Designers Like to Steal

This week on episode 5, we talked about:The music you listened to between ages 12 and 20 (and how it’s the best, no matter how old you are)Revisiting the music video for Cannonball by The BreedersSpeaking at a Stanford BioDesign class led by the founder of Cala Health (we ran a sprint with them in 2016!)Lightning Demos, a quick way to gather inspiration for new solutions and a key part of every Design SprintThe amazing cover of Made to Stick by Chip & Dan Heath (and why Jake had a copy within reach!)A study showing how outside inspiration leads to better ideasThe three reasons Lightning Demos work so wellLightning Demo Demos — we do live Lightning Demos of three websitesShiny Object SyndromePlaydate’s hardworking headlineAligning your “why” with your customer’s “why”A great podcast episode: Seth Godin on Animal SpiritsAnd much more📩 Get an email about every episode at JakeAndJZ.com💸 Learn more about our seed fund Character Capital🥸 Find Jake on LinkedIn and X🤠 Find JZ on LinkedIn and XChapters00:00 Musical nostalgia03:40 Technology and pop culture06:08 Speaking at Stanford BioDesign08:15 Lightning Demos14:00 Outside inspiration leads to better ideas17:35 How we used Lightning Demos with Cala Health21:35 Lightning Demo Demos23:04 Lightning Demo: Oura Ring27:47 Lightning Demo: Fathom32:35 Making a palette of Lightning Demos35:33 Lightning Demo: Playdate43:55 Review of today's Lightning Demos45:12 The viral Mr Beast production memo47:27 Seth Godin on the Animal Spirits podcast