Two-time founder & award-winning designer. I talk about founders' mental health and the mindset to live a joyful life. I love fixing old motorcycles 🛵

I’m a two-time founder and award-winning design director with a proven track record of leading teams to successfully bring over 50 innovative physical and digital products to market.

With 20+ years of experience across startups, consultancies, and corporate settings, I’ve developed a holistic approach that combines creative design thinking, operational and manufacturing expertise, and emotional intelligence to drive innovation and team success.

Today, I serve as Director of Products at Grizzly Industrial, where I lead three brands: Grizzly, Shop Fox, and South Bend, overseeing product strategy, design, merchandising, pricing, logistics, and development.

In parallel, I continue to coach a select group of founders and leaders, placing emotional intelligence at the core of my work to empower better decision-making, stronger collaboration, and sustainable growth. 

I also write regularly:

Advise Myself → essays on emotional intelligence and personal growth

The Design Practice → essays on product management, design, and leadership


Originally from Argentina 🇦🇷 and now based in Bellingham, WA, I enjoy life as a dad, exploring the outdoors, and restoring old motorcycles 🛵 🏍️.

Career Highlights include:

 ➜ Founded and led two startups, including one exit in 2022.
 ➜ Directed the design and launch of 50+ products across industries.
 ➜ Earned 35 patents for innovative product designs.
 ➜ Exhibited twice at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), with one design in its permanent collection.
 ➜ Created products that won more than 75 major design awards.
 ➜ Founded and built a design consultancy serving global brands such as Crate & Barrel, CB2, Club Quarters Hotels, and Herman Miller.
 ➜ Established overseas manufacturing operations for multiple clients.

Manuel Saez

David D. Postolski, Esq.

Gearhart Law, LLC

IP and Patent Attorney helping inventors, emerging companies, innovators, creators, artists, designers, entrepreneurs, small to large companies on their journey to understand, protect, strategize, monetize, enforce their intellectual property (patents, trademarks and copyrights).

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Helping inventors, emerging companies, innovators, creators, artists, designers, entrepreneurs, small to large companies on their journey to understand, protect, monetize, enforce their intellectual property (patents, trademarks and copyrights).

IP and Patent Attorney

Parsons School of Design

Ethical and regulatory contexts;  Intellectual Property Law for designers; makers and innovators.

Faculty, MS in Strategic Design Management Program

American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law

Continuing Legal Education Officer

American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section

Chair-Division 5 Professional Issues Division; CLE Board Member- Vice Chair 2017 Spring Meeting

Day Pitney LLP

Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Licensing, Litigation, Prosecution; Advertising

Associate, IP Practice Group

American Bar Association

Chair- ABA Intellectual Property Law Section Young Lawyers Action Group

Cantor Fitzgerald

Innovation Patent Division

Experienced Intellectual Property Attorney and Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the law practice industry. Skilled in Patent Law, Venture and Corporate Law, Trademarks and Copyright Law

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David D. Postolski, Esq.

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