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Malavich: Prefers Sketch over Figma due to workflow and speed limitations
“A lot of people use Figma right now, but I'm not a fan of Figma for various reasons. I work pretty fast and adjust the workflow doesn't work. So I work primarily in Sketch and we actually built the books in Sketch as well.”
Malavich: Coined popular UI design trends Neumorphism and Glassmorphism
“I accidentally coined a couple of very popular design trends worldwide. It kind of led to also adding these to the book because we have to be, you know, if I created a term called, like, new morphism or glass morphism that became popular in the design trends o…”
Malavich: Would consider selling Hype4 for $5 million to $10 million
“Obviously, if the price was like super crazy in a way, then maybe we would even consider it... Probably around five or 10 mil.”
Malavich: Ebook 'Designing UI' generated $170,000 in just over a year
“It's currently at 170,000 dollars in a little over a year.”
Malavich: Stanford university class was taught using 'Designing UI' ebook
“We know that a class at Stanford was actually being taught using the book.”
Malavich: Hype4 sold 1,000 course pre-orders in just three weeks
“And also we actually sold a thousand pre-orders in like three weeks.”
Malavich: Hype4 aims to reach $1 million in revenue in 2021
“We're aiming for a mil, but we'll see.”
Malavich: Hype4 achieves 40% to 50% year-over-year revenue growth
“Yeah, it's still, it like has year over year growth of about like between 50, 40%.”
Malavich: Hype4 generated its 2020 revenue across seven or eight clients
“Okay, so for, yeah, for the entire company, it was I think seven or eight clients.”
Malavich: Hype4 is building proprietary SaaS tools for designers and developers
“We're building a couple of SaaS products in the background.
As I said, they're not really that big yet, but they are kind of based on our needs as designers and developers.”
Malavich: Asana and Notion are slow, disconnected, and missing features
“Like we tried Asana, we tried Notion and they're not really that perfect for us in like, there is always either something missing or they're too slow or they're not really that well connected.”
Malavich: Hype4 has 15,000 subscribers across its newsletter and channels
“We have 15,000 people in our newsletters and in our other channels.”
Malavich: Hype4's 'Designing UI' newsletter achieves a 50-55% open rate
“Between 50% or 55, sometimes around that.”