User interface design

I mean, tech was really badly broken.

We looked at the UI UX experience that was badly broken.

We looked at, we did, you know, which I think we all should do.

We did an audience research in terms of who's buying what and why they're buying as opposed to, I think, you know, so, so, So we tried as much as possible, Mars, to bring in certainty in the conversation with proof points.

And the end in mind is I want a pretty dashboard.

The end in mind is the presentation layer, the UI UX presentation.

which is technically the exact opposite of the way that any systems engineer would actually build, right? And so that's what happens.

And that's, I would say, out of the last hundred applications that I've reviewed of AI software or AI system or AI companies that have got a product that they're bringing to market or a tool that they're using internally, At least 99 of 100 are built this way.

And I've handled a lot of the technical sides of bringing those things to life in the past.

So basically doing things like, you know, I was doing the verse code for a long time, but also things like setting up the... you know, things like UI and HUD.

Those are also some of my specialties.

I come from like a lot of like a motion design and animation background.

Today, we have a very special guest, Amara Khan, to unpack the topic of what happens when a product designer becomes a founder.

Amara Khan is a UX UI designer with over two years of experience designing user-centered experiences across healthcare, education, fitness, and AI-driven products.

Passionate about solving complex problems through research and systems thinking, she's currently building her first startup while exploring the transition from designer to founder.

Through her work, she advocates for continuous discovery, thoughtful product decisions, and building solutions that create meaningful impact.

so amara over to you tell us a little bit more about your background and why this topic is important to you

hello everyone my name is amara as sarah mentioned i'm a unix ui designer and i have experience working with a couple of startups and why being a startup owner matters to me as a designer i believe there are so many developers as a founder, and we should have more designers in the industry because I think so we can share good insights, good product experience.

And also, I just want to share my experiences with everyone because I believe a lot of us just thinking about building a product, and I want us just not thinking about it, start doing it.

And that's how we learn from our own experiences, the takeaways.