Business Karaoke Podcast with Brittany Arthur

Ep. 49: The Business of Design; from Startup to IPO and Beyond with Boris Jitsukata

April 11, 2021 Season 1 Episode 49
Business Karaoke Podcast with Brittany Arthur
Ep. 49: The Business of Design; from Startup to IPO and Beyond with Boris Jitsukata
Show Notes

In this episode we are joined by Boris Jitsukata. Boris is the Managing Director of the German entity of Goodpatch, a Design Studio, and an executive board director at their HQ in Tokyo. Goodpatch went public in 2020 at Tokyo Stock Exchange, making it Japan's first IPO as a design firm.

In this episode Boris shares with us the power of leaning into uncertainty like a designer, his journey of not only growing a company but also growing with a company. We also explore the power of duality; both in Business and Design but also in a Japanese HQ and international sister studios and look the the future and learn about what trends Boris is most excited about including; life beyond the screen.

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💡 Key Conversations
09:05  | 
From Startup to IPO; diversifying revenue streams and managing talent
27:05  |  Prototyping in and on your business
39:00  |  Managing multi-city studios; siblings not twins
51:20  |  Future trends; Planet-Centric Design, XR & life beyond the screen
01:01:40  |  Role of co-creating in tackling complex problems

Learn more about Boris here or Goodpatch here.

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