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Nick Russell and Dan Robins - Co-Founders of Dualo - User Research is broken

34m · Fireside with Founders & Leaders · 22 Sep 07:52

In this weeks episode, we talk to Dan Robins and Nick Russell, Co-Founders of Dualo an insights repository to help showcase the value of research in product teams.

We chat about;

  • Their meeting as childhood friends
  • Starting out in Design and Product roles
  • Both being driven by the challenges they faced working in product teams
  • Remote work being powerful provided you use the right tools
  • Unlocking value in research to make business decisions
  • Finding the right partners
  • Working in a lean way before going for funding
  • "User Research is broken"

So for all this and more hit the play button now! 

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