1.11 Carlo Liquido | Digital Equity for Hawaii

Carlo Liquido is Founder of Lady Bandit Studios, a local product studio dedicated to shaping a more equitable future in Hawaii. Pi’iku, his internship program, provides career-building opportunities for aspiring Hawaii-connected designers. Chapters (00:00:00) Get to know Carlo (00:02:10) Spotlighting Hawaii voices (00:03:56) Carlo’s journey into design (00:06:35) Moving home to Hawaii (00:07:24) Economic Impact on Kanaka Maoli (00:09:27) How tech companies calculate pay (00:11:19) Carlos’ work at Shopify (00:14:07) Circular Design Internship (00:17:08) Bridging the gap between education and jobs (00:19:08) Cohort 3 rebrand to Pi’iku (00:23:34) The Craft’s Product Design Accelerator (00:25:40) Companies don’t get value from interns (00:28:55) Bias towards hiring seniors (00:29:40) The future of design education (00:31:54) Financial struggles with pursuing a business (00:34:00) Building businesses that are not extractive (00:34:21) The 6 categories in life (00:35:30) Be local Where to find Carlo Liquido: Pi`ikū Co: https://piiku.co Pi`ikū Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/piiku-co/ Carlo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carloliquido/ Carlo Website: https://www.carloliquido.com/ Where to find Sera Tajima: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seratajima YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SeraTajimaPodcast Website: https://www.seratajima.com/