Imagine if you went from having your business take off like a rocket ship to losing all but one client in the first three weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here, Metajive Founder Dave Benton discusses putting his entire 12-person team on one project, how they adapted during the pandemic, and why he stress-built a backyard fort for his daughter to take his mind off things.

Robert Brunner shares how they’ve designed FEND, why Ammunition invests in the products it builds, and what he’s learned about developing a great team and culture as one of San Francisco’s last independent studios.

Sean Green discusses the problem he set out to solve, how a chance meeting with a gallery owner assistant was the key to customer adoption, and the best entrepreneurial lesson he learned from his mother.

Trevino Baccon shares the mindset needed to dedicate years to a single project, how she asks a single question—or half a question—for each project that drives the design focus, and why the future of office space will be “spaceless.”

Layne Braunstein shares how they took elements of Bill’s life and designed an experience with them, how the constraints of the space (a former Abercrombie & Fitch store) led to new bursts of creativity, and what most surprised him about Bill Cunningham.

Devo Harris operates at the intersection of creativity and capital, and he can communicate the value of each party to the other (a rarity). Here, he shares why he wants to push the idea of what “can be” with Adventr, his personal experiences with racism while raising capital, and how he is making change for the next generation.