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MIKE MONTEIRO
@MONTEIRO · MULE DESIGN

2.
I COME WITH
GOOD NEWS

3.
DESIGN RULES!

4.
IT’S ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE, DAMMIT!
BITE ME

5.
THIS IS THE
GOLDEN AGE
OF DESIGN!

6.
THIS IS THE
GOLDEN AGE
OF DESIGN!
AND WE’RE
SCREWED

7.
HOLY SHIT

8.
WE CAN’T
FIND
DESIGNERS
1 2

9.
WE CAN’T
FIND
DESIGNERS
1
DESIGNERS
AREN’T
READY
2

10.
WE CAN’T
FIND
DESIGNERS
1
DESIGNERS
AINT
READY
2

11.
500
“Where are you going to find
good designers?”

12.
Mediocre.
He didn’t
make it!

13.
He didn’t
make it!
Mediocre.
When do I vest?
Time to visit
General Assembly
for more.

14.
BUT MIKE,
Didn’t they teach
this in design
school?

15.
Design school
is awesome.terrible.

16.
Design school
is criminal.terrible.

17.
FRESH MEAT!

18.
12-week boot camp.
Two 3-week projects.
One 6-week project.
THE IBM CURRICULUM

19.
12-week boot camp.
Two 3-week projects.
One 6-week project.
THE IBM CURRICULUM

20.
BUT MIKE,
I can’t spare 12
weeks to train
a designer!

21.
Young designers and
startups are toxic.

22.
DRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATIONDRAMATIZATION

23.
APPRENTICE
MENTOR

24.
APPRENTICE
MENTOR

25.
What do I need to do to
start my own studio?
WAIT 10 YEARS!

26.
Don’t fail with your
own money!

27.
Use old people to
your advantage!

28.
IS AANDY
DESIGNER

29.
IS AANDY
DESIGNER

30.
Confidence
isn’t thinking
you know it all…

31.
…it’s being
unafraid to admit
you need to learn.

32.
Everybody leaves.

33.
Use design, Andy!

34.
Bet on the future.

35.
BUT MIKE,
Why should I work
for a crotchety old
fart like you?

36.
IF YOUR DESIGN TEAM LOOKS LIKE THIS
THE ODDS ARE NOT
IN YOUR FAVOR

37.
“We need to develop a shared
aesthetic vocabulary.”

38.
Don’t confuse your
own growth with a
company’s growth.

39.
Don’t adopt other
people’s chaos.

40.
BUT MIKE,
Why do you hate
startups?

41.
#fightme

42.
#fightmeHERE COMES
THE SOCIALISM.

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Today’s UBER…

44.
…yesterday’s UBER.

45.
Same shit.
Different day.

46.
CLEAN WATER
IMMIGRATION
STATELESSNESS
VOTING RIGHTS
GUN VIOLENCE
GLOBAL WARMING
EQUAL RIGHTS
ACCESSIBLITY
RACISM
HOMELESSNESS

47.
The world is
working exactly as
we designed it.

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I ♥STARTUPS!

49.
DESIGN ENGINEERING PRODUCT BUSINESS
CUSTOMER

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The value of
experience is 10x.

51.
GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

52.
GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

53.
GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

54.
GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

55.
GOOD
LEADER
GOOD
TEACHER

56.
Experience
minimizes your
chance of failure.

57.
Design the
world better.

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Thank you.