Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to Founder Fridays - a Notion founder series - where we sit down with builders who’ve been in the trenches to talk shop - product, design, and the real lessons no one puts on a slide deck.
In this episode, Brian Lovin, Product Designer at Notion and former founder of Campsite, shares his journey from tinkering with side projects to leading design at Notion, how to balance fast iteration with high craft, and why distribution and storytelling are more powerful than ever in the AI era.
To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: https://ntn.so/founderfridays
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
03:24 Lessons from Side Projects
04:12 The Spark Behind Campsite
05:19 MVP and Feedback Loop
09:14 Crafting at High Speed
10:46 Joining Notion
13:52 Maintaining Design Quality
15:58 Tools, Hiring, & Founder Advice
18:36 The Power of Building in Public
Welcome to Founder Fridays - a Notion founder series - where we sit down with builders who’ve been in the trenches to talk shop - product, design, and the real lessons no one puts on a slide deck.
In this episode, Brian Lovin, Product Designer at Notion and former founder of Campsite, shares his journey from tinkering with side projects to leading design at Notion, how to balance fast iteration with high craft, and why distribution and storytelling are more powerful than ever in the AI era.
To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: https://ntn.so/founderfridays
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
03:24 Lessons from Side Projects
04:12 The Spark Behind Campsite
05:19 MVP and Feedback Loop
09:14 Crafting at High Speed
10:46 Joining Notion
13:52 Maintaining Design Quality
15:58 Tools, Hiring, & Founder Advice
18:36 The Power of Building in Public
