BROADCASTS.com

b'In today\\u2019s episode, Thomas Petersen (https://twitter.com/Hello_World (@Hello_World)) joins us for a 1-on-1 interview on the SaaS District podcast.\\n\\nThomas is a serial entrepreneur and startup expert in Service and Product Design, Innovation, Branding, UI/UX and just generally building great innovative Start-Ups from scratch. He has worked with hundreds of different organizations spanning from early stage startups all the way to large Fortune 500 companies. Thomas also co-founded Hello Group in 2006 which was sold to NOA Group in 2018, while spending time with a company called 80/20 before they were acquired by Square in 2012.\\n\\nHe was the Creative Director at Square for 5 years, where he developed some of the core products and services that exist there today, taking it from a start-up idea all the way until their successful IPO.\\n\\nHe is now the Co-Founder and CEO at First Principle, a Creative Venture Studio focused on starting, helping and funding businesses, including founding several companies such as WeekendHacker and Ghostnote. At First Principle, Thomas and his team help entrepreneurs and corporations create category defining products around the world. Some industry leaders they\\u2019ve worked with to build these startups, include: Adobe, Intel, Verizon, HP, Fidelity, Sony, Google, CitiBank, Nokia, Amazon among https://www.linkedin.com/in/thompete/ (many others).\\n\\nDuring this interview we cover:\\n\\n\\n Creative Venture Studios: what they do\\n\\n\\n\\n Validating your ideas\\n\\n\\n\\n Ranking idea products\\n\\n\\n\\n Underrated growth strategies for startups\\n\\n\\n\\n The importance of design principles\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nLinks and mentions:\\n\\nhttp://www.firstprinciple.co (First Principle)\\n\\nGet in touch with Thomas:\\n\\n\\n \\U0001f426Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hello_World\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMore about Akeel:\\n\\n\\U0001f426 Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber (https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber)\\n\\n\\U0001f4bc LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar (https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar)\\n\\n\\U0001f508 More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast (https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast)\\n\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/saas-district/message'