Designing a Community - Preet Singh (Founder @ DesignX)

My guest today is Preet Singh who is the founder of DesignX, a leading global design community. In this episode, we discuss the following: - Why Preet moved from India to Canada - How Preet got into the design field - Why Preet started DesignX - Challenges organizing the first ever DesignX event - Doing a full time job, freelancing. growing a community on the side and being married - Leaving a stable job to focus on DesignX full time - Taboo of monetizing a community - How to make the community self sustaining - Why partners are better than sponsors - Why Adobe is an amazing design partner to have for your event - Rejecting an acquisition offer for DesignX - Difference between community organizer and conference organizer - Pet peeves of event organizers - Benefits of volunteering for a design community - How to start your own community - How to collaborate with others - How to deal with rejections - How to contact Preet Singh - How to provide value when building new relationships For show notes, guest bio, and more, please visit: www.designmba.show Level Up Your Design Career (Free Email Course): https://levelup.designmba.show/