Value Proposition by Irene Kuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4 en-us 2018-02-02 07:00:30 UTC 2025-11-19 19:48:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Interview Questions for Friends/Family ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/227374293
  • Describe a time that I’ve been really excited.
  • Can you talk about a time when I was frustrated? 
  • When does it seem like I have the most fun? 
  • When does it seem like I’m the most satisfied?
  • What type of work makes me unhappy?
  • How do I get along with others?
  • How do I give / take feedback? 
  • How do I work in a team? How about working alone?
  • Describe a time recently when I seemed to be deeply focused. 
  • What are some of my strengths and weaknesses?
  • How do you describe me to people you meet? 
  • What’s your fondest/funniest memory of me?
  • What frustrates you about me? 
  • What is something I do that makes you feel happy? 
  • What would you ask me for help with? 
  • When does it seem like I feel the most confident?
  • What do you see me doing in 10 years? 
  • What’s a job you see me never doing?
  • What’s something I should work on this year?
    • ]]>     2018-02-02 07:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/227374293     Friends/Family Interviews ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/227376518 2018-02-02 07:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/227376518 Interview Qs for Peers ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229897631
  • What's your first impression of me?
    1. How about now?
  • How do I work w/ppl in a team?
  • Interpersonally in terms of broader social dynamic, what do I do well?
  • How do I give / take feedback?
  • What would you ask me for help with? 
  • What’s something you never see me doing?
  • If there’s 1 piece of advice you had to give me, what would it be?
  • Do you think we work well together?
  • What type of person do you think I need to balance me out?
  • What are some of my strengths and weaknesses?
  • How do you describe me to people you meet? 
  • When have you seen me frustrated?
  • What's something you wish I would do more of?
  • Where do you see me in 5 years?
    • ]]>     2018-02-09 04:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229897631     Peer Interviews ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898130 2018-02-09 04:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898130 Value Prop Drafts ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898180 I can provide my ability to find whitespace opportunities and design new businesses to Google Creative Labs in order to explore and execute the impossible / unknown
    • in order to: reinvent how people experience the world; reinvent how people feel; inspire others  

    I can provide my ability to find whitespace opportunities and design new businesses to the world / myself in order to start my own company that solves said problem in a smart, efficient way that resonates w/people

    I can provide my ability to find whitespace opportunities and design new businesses to a consulting firm focused on social impact in order to reduce global waste; solve the water crisis in South Africa; educate white feminists; prevent sex trafficking

    I can provide my ability to find whitespace opportunities and design new businesses to a VC firm (NEA, Combine, Kapor, Acumen) in order to change the world in a scalable way (by funding global solutions / investing in companies creating the future I want to see / investing in diverse founders)

    I can provide my ability to unearth people's motivations to a technology start up in order to (1) positively impact people's experiences on a daily basis and (2) also establish an early competitive advantage for the firm

    I can provide my ability to unearth people's motivations to a technology start up in order to ensure we're always solving the right problem for the right people

    I can provide my ability to unearth people's motivations and execute my findings through design to a technology start up in order to build  lasting, iconic products for new generations

    ]]>     2018-02-09 04:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898180     Synthesis from Friends/Family ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898194 Add from your other doc]]> 2018-02-09 04:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898194 Synthesis from Peers ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898243 2018-02-09 04:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898243 Futures :'-) WHAT DO ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898755
  • Working in VC
  • Work w/social impact --> impact investing?
  • Ability to explore design opportunities w/few constraints --> Google Creative Lab
  • See an idea thru from start to implementation --> head of product at tech startup
  • User research
  • MY OWN COMPANY
    • ]]>     2018-02-09 04:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229898755     What I'm good at ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229899569
  • Experience Design
  • UX / UI (tech)
  • Research
  • Wild stuff
  • Connecting and understanding ppl 
  • Building a complementary team
  • Design systems

    • ]]>     2018-02-09 04:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229899569     What I need to work on ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229904756
  • Indecision
  • Analysis paralysis
  • Prototyping the imperfect
  • Imposter syndrome and still being curious in the face of it 

    • ]]>     2018-02-09 05:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/229904756     What Do I Want in a Team? ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/230069082 2018-02-09 15:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/230069082 VP Draft Round 2 ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/232247527 I can provide my ability to find whitespace opportunities, design new businesses, and unearth people's motivations as a founding member of a startup in order to reinvent how people experience the world. -->  Mira, is the 'what' too wordy??? I feel like I'm trying to stuff all of myself into it

    I can provide my ability to find whitespace opportunities and design new businesses to Google Creative Labs in order to reinvent how people experience the world.

    I can provide my ability to find whitespace opportunities and design new businesses to a VC firm (NEA, Combine, Kapor, Acumen) in order to change the world in a scalable way 
    ]]>     2018-02-16 08:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/232247527     Feedback ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/232247791 What evidence is there to back up this ability (find whitespace opps and design new BUS) ]]> 2018-02-16 08:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/232247791 Feedback ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/232247956 Hard to criticize unknown]]> 2018-02-16 08:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/232247956 Feedback ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/232316169 "investing in the future I want to see" might not be compelling for VC firms ]]> 2018-02-16 13:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/232316169 VP Draft 3 (3/10/2017) ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/240476593 research - knowing ppl's needs to create businesses that solve that need in a new way 

    transform whitespace bus opportunities -
    design 
    facilitate
    create opps 
    whitespace = need no one is addressing at the moment
    things you have to know about to appreciate - the idea of whitespace; either someone is going to know what that means or have to look it up 

    ppl may filter out your value prop based on your phrasing and what you can include]]>     2018-03-10 17:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/240476593     Expert Interviews ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/247428265 Kevin Liu: VC with data-science and product BG
    Takeaways: 
    If you like building products / researching, get product and design experience before jumping into VC

    Chris Gallelo, founder of Purple.pm

    Takeaways: As a founder, he misses building things. PMs act in service to all the teams around them; it's a people coordination job.

    Stella K. Tran, social impact investor at Acumen w/interest in design x coding
    interview rescheduled for today at 5:30PM

    ]]>     2018-03-30 03:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/247428265     VP Draft V4 (03/28/2017) ikuo https://padlet.com/ikuo/horolwqpi2e4/wish/247473877 I can provide my ability to find whitespace opps by unearthing people's motivations as a design strategist?? designer???
    in order to empower people to do their best work and live their best lives, in the form of services and systems I design or investments in socially impactful founders and businesses.

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