Interview with Ellie Bahrmasel, Co-Founder & CEO at Further Faster Design

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Interview with Ellie Bahrmasel, Co-Founder & CEO at Further Faster Design

Brought to you by The Chicago Woman's Club

Marina

Sep 21, 2021

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In this episode:

I interviewed Ellie Bahrmasel. A serial strategist with a creative core, Ellie has spent her career growing and transforming organizations, programs, and products through design. Her diversity of experience - from government to Fortune 100’s to venture backed startups - has given her insights that fuel her ability to help teams maneuver around and through their biggest growth challenges.

Key Highlights/Tools:

Empathy and care shapes who you are
Ellie’s dad success with agoraphobia
First one to go to college
“The digital divide”
Designing Tech to matter

Timestamp:

0:00 Introductions

1:00 Ellie’s Story

6:00 Growing up and agoraphobia and the pandemic

15:00 Building great start-ups

15:30 The Digital Divide

21:00 Designing Solutions that matter

32:00 Starting Further Faster Designs

50:00 What we do at Further Faster Designs

1:00:00 Biggest misconception about starting a company

1:05:00 Outros

Memorable Quotes:

Digital Access Is A Civil Rights Issue
We cannot talk about growth until we do the foundational work for traction
Designing is like a slingshot, it creates “the beautiful tension” to hit the target fastest and more accurately

Useful Links and Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliebahrmasel/
https://www.furtherfaster.design/
ellie@furtherfaster.design

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