Career lessons from Haraldur Thorleifsson, Founder of Ueno(acquired by Twitter)
Work hard, use humor, start a company and win the person of the year award!
Haraldur Thorleifsson did freelance designing for 8 years before starting Ueno, a design agency. His career follows the ‘Overcoming the monster’ archetype - one of the 7 story types. This interview captures his journey nicely. Also, he was voted Iceland’s Person of the Year in 2022.
He credits his company's success to hard work, brand, culture, leadership, and relationships.
He uses humor, a lot, to stand out and to say uncomfortable truths.
Here is the link to a 25-minute talk in which Thorleifsson shares 6 stories from his life. It is a fun talk filled with interesting anecdotes.