Episode 2: WeTransfer, Facebook & Ramp: Why Joining Facebook Was The Worst Decision Ever
Due Diligence by Henrick Johansson
Episode notes
Henrick Johansson sits down with product design leader Simon Corry in New York City for a wide-ranging conversation about creativity, compliance, velocity, and what it really takes to build products people trust.
Simon traces his unlikely path from British art school and Royal Mail to Amsterdam’s creative scene, where the early ideas behind WeTransfer grew out of a very real problem: agencies needed a simple, trustworthy way to send large files without accounts, passwords, or friction.
From there, the conversation moves through Facebook, anonymity, AI regulation, and Simon’s current work at Ramp, where speed, recruitment, education, and culture are central to scaling without becoming slow.
At the heart of the interview is a tension every modern company faces: how do you move fast without losing responsibility, customer empath ...