CoCreate Conference - Online
Join fellow designers, founders, and builders for a day of small group discussions and keynotes in San Francisco. Brought to you by the team at Design Buddies and UXGO!
In San Francisco? Join us in-person in SF
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Keynotes: Hear from established design leaders who've built successful companies and shaped industry trends.
10:00 am: Livestream starts and welcome + exciting announcements! MC: Grace Ling
10:15 am: Sally Carson - From Designer to Founder: Building Your VC-Optional Startup in 2025
10:30 am: Delia Lazarescu - How I built a 500K+ Community (and How You Can Do It Smarter with AI)
10:45 am: Dylan Huey - DIY Brand Building for Entrepreneurs
11:00 am: Rahul Jain - Influence without Authority for designers
11:15 am: Claire Bai - Not Just a Side Project: Turning Your Passion into a Scalable Venture
11:30 am: Madan Thangavelu - Trust the vibe, sometimes
11:45 pm: Leon Zhang - Talent Isn’t Found — It’s Built
12:00 pm: Eric Simons - Why Designers Are the New Builders
12:15 pm: Lunch! Provided by us
1:00 pm Kathy Wang - what no one tells you about breaking into design
1:15 Eric Wang - Leveraging Startups to Kickstart Your Design Career as a Student
1:30 pm Johnny Huang - From Curiosity to Craft: Journey into UX Design
1:45 Demos from our UXGO cohort!
Here's how last year's conference went!
Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible!
Title sponsor: Bolt.New
Venue sponsors: Context VC and Media Mobilize
Sponsors (more to come): Adobe, Weaver, HypeTribe, Superflex
Want to showcase your brand to top designers and entrepreneurs—both in-person and online? Reach our 2M+ community and hundreds of conference attendees through activations, breakout sessions, live demos, designer recruiting, lead gen, and organic content creation.
Interested? Contact Grace Ling the founder of Design Buddies at [email protected] to get involved!