Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Our guest for today Thalita is a Principal Product Designer at Adidas Runtastic. With a multitude of interests and creative pursuits, she feels UX design has the possibility to blend her passions for design, technology, and business, with her deep curiosity for human behavior.
Adidas Runtastic develops activity tracking apps and services such as training logs, data analysis, comparisons to other users, and other functions to help users improve their overall fitness.
On 5 August 2015, Adidas bought Runtastic for €220 million ($240 million).
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⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 Our guest of the day — Thalita from Adidas Runtastic!
01:07 Delivering the right experience to millions of users
05:34 Managing Time — Work, Interests & Personal Life
11:51 Resilience Training
12:55 Designing an application with lots of data
15:56 Top 3 Resources to Learn Design
21:56 Ways to connect with Thalita
22:30 Conclusion
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🔑 Resources mentioned by Thalita:
• Basics of UX Design — Theory & Foundation from Open Courses
• Put things to practice — Create projects for friends, people, volunteer
• Connecting with people in the industry
• Mentorship from platforms like ADPList
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Our guest for today Thalita is a Principal Product Designer at Adidas Runtastic. With a multitude of interests and creative pursuits, she feels UX design has the possibility to blend her passions for design, technology, and business, with her deep curiosity for human behavior.
Adidas Runtastic develops activity tracking apps and services such as training logs, data analysis, comparisons to other users, and other functions to help users improve their overall fitness.
On 5 August 2015, Adidas bought Runtastic for €220 million ($240 million).
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🌐 Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies
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🔮 This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network
10kdesigners.com
_____
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 Our guest of the day — Thalita from Adidas Runtastic!
01:07 Delivering the right experience to millions of users
05:34 Managing Time — Work, Interests & Personal Life
11:51 Resilience Training
12:55 Designing an application with lots of data
15:56 Top 3 Resources to Learn Design
21:56 Ways to connect with Thalita
22:30 Conclusion
_____
🔑 Resources mentioned by Thalita:
• Basics of UX Design — Theory & Foundation from Open Courses
• Put things to practice — Create projects for friends, people, volunteer
• Connecting with people in the industry
• Mentorship from platforms like ADPList
_____
🎙️ Listen on
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT
• Google Podcast: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw
• Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159
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⚡ Connect with us!
• Twitter: twitter.com/whiteboardfm
• Instagram: instagram.com/whiteboard.fm
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💫 Our guest, Thalita's Socials:
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/thalitagb
✨ Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra:
• Website: anshmehra.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/anshmehra.work
• Twitter: twitter.com/AnshMehraaa
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Your story
0:00 Introduction
02:45 How did you get started in design?
Freelancing and Remote Work
05:34 How did you make the transition from full-time work to full time freelancing?
08:14 What are the key differences between being a freelancer, working remotely, and being a consultant?
13:00 What are the responsibilities when working as a consultant?
14:33 When should designers consider freelancing as a full-time option?
18:10 What do you feel about the current freelance space as compared to when you were starting off?
20:35 How do you feel Covid-19 is going to affect remote work?
Personal Branding
23:30 Do you feel that everyone should have a personal brand?
24:08 What is the purpose of a personal brand according to you?
25:48 What does a personal brand consist of?
27:02 What are the expectation vs realities of building a personal brand?
29:17 What was your approach in building your personal brand?
36:49 How can someone build their story and narrative?
40:47 Since “Mediums influence the message”, what kind of mediums do you feel are the best for aspirants to put worth their message?
Side Hustles
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47:30 What are your criteria for featuring content on the Product Disrupt website and newsletters?
52:23 What methods did you use for scaling up your projects and getting more reach?
55:30 What are some of the difficulties you faced while building and sustaining Product Disrupt?
59:10 How do you decide between working on new side hustles vs scaling up existing ones?
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Experiences and Learnings
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Sign off
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