Michael Dubin
20 statements across 4 episodes · 7 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 17, 2018 by Guy Raz · said 17 times in 8 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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Dec 17, 2018
Dec 17, 2018
Dubin: UX and UI design function like architectural mazes guiding users
“UX, UI is a maze or a puzzle. That's what great architects do. That's what great restaurant designers do when they lay out a space or design a hotel lobby. You know, it's great what great product designers do. UX, UI designers do. They create these mazes for p…”
Dec 17, 2018 bullish
Dec 17, 2018 negative
Dec 17, 2018
Dec 17, 2018
Dec 17, 2018 positive
Dec 17, 2018 positive
Dubin: Catastrophic startup outcomes are rare and composure develops with experience
“And, you know, yes, there are some times when the worst possible outcome happens, but it's really rare. And you go through enough sort of crises and near-death experiences, and you come out on the other side, and you kind of like, in your mind, you say to your…”
Aug 18, 2025 positive
Oct 9, 2025
Oct 9, 2025 positive
Dubin: Pitching Founders Must Detail Expansion Beyond Initial Category
“I think you always want to go if you're pitching short answer is it depends who you're pitching, but you can never go wrong with going out with a big vision for how you're going to grow beyond your initial category. So it's great advice and, you know, you shou…”
Oct 9, 2025
Oct 9, 2025
Oct 9, 2025 neutral
Dubin: Founders Should Not Expect Lifelong Employee Loyalty
“Nobody comes to your company expecting it to be a lifelong relationship and you shouldn't expect that either, right? That's just not how it works. And then eventually they're going to move on and they're going to do something else. How can you play a role in t…”
Jan 5, 2026 positive
Dubin: Great UX and UI design functions like a guided maze
“UX, UI is a maze or a puzzle. That's what great architects do. That's what great restaurant designers do when they lay out a space or design a hotel lobby. You know, it's great, what great product designers do, UX, UI designers do. They create these mazes for …”
Jan 5, 2026 negative
Dubin: Dollar Shave Club struggled to raise venture capital through Series D
“Raising money has never been easy for us, and I think for, unless you're Snapchat circa 2000 whatever, You know, it's hard to raise money for any kind of company and for all the reasons that you pointed out in the beginning, you know, what, how do you think th…”
Jan 5, 2026
Dubin: Razor manufacturing has high barriers due to metallurgical complexity
“There are not that many people in the world that make great razors. And you think about the science that's involved. For such an old school sort of product that's been around for a long period of time, There's an extraordinary amount of science that goes into …”
Jan 5, 2026
Jan 5, 2026 neutral
Jan 5, 2026 positive
Dubin: Startup near-death crises happen frequently, but worst-case outcomes are rare
“I think there's a lot of times when you're starting a company and you're faced with certain death or near death. You have a near death experience, which will happen a lot. It's never as bad as you think. It's also not as great as you hope it will be either. An…”