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The Microwave Portfolio

The 5-minute video that sells your design value while you sleep.

One short video, scripted word for word, that sells the work before you ever get on a call.

The Microwave Portfolio
  • Five minutes. Scripted word for word.
  • Your projects. Your clients' language.
  • Sells before you ever speak.
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The real problem

You don't need a better portfolio.
Or more case studies, or a prettier grid.

You need something that sells the work, not just shows it.

Inside The Microwave Portfolio, you get

The 5-minute script template

The exact structure, section by section, from the opening line to the call to action. What you say, in what order, and why. Fill in your projects, read it to a camera, done.

The minute-by-minute breakdown

What each of the five minutes has to do: name who you're for, show the problem you solve, prove it with one project, put a value on the outcome, and end with one next step. A portfolio grid does none of these. That's why it gets eight seconds.

The lo-fi production guide

How to record and assemble the whole thing in one afternoon with a phone, a screen recording, and zero editing skills. The microwave rule: if it takes more than an afternoon, you're doing it wrong.

The delivery scripts

The word-for-word messages for sending it. The reply to "can I see your portfolio?", the line for your bio and email signature, and the follow-up for after they've watched it.

PlusThree annotated examples: real five-minute scripts marked up line by line, so you can see why each section earns the next minute of watching.
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Your host

About Patrick.

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I'm Patrick O'Connell. Industrial designer, eight years on my own, about $6M in design fees, a design practice still running today at a seven-figure run rate, and 700+ designers across 25 countries. None of that is the point.

The point is where I started: quitting my nine-to-five, around the time I was parking cars at a casino for fourteen dollars an hour and getting up at half past three for mentor calls. I failed at this three separate times. I didn't start with an audience, money or contacts.

The distance between that start and now is habits and systems, not talent. These days it runs from Bali: two hours of work on Wednesdays, golf on Fridays, my wife hasn't had to work since 2018, and for three years I've never missed my kids' school events. The machine runs. I steer it. And that's what I teach.

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Questions

A portfolio shows the work.
This sells it.

Do I need to be good on camera?

No, and you barely need to be on it. The template works with your voice over your project images and screen recordings. A face on camera for the first 20 seconds helps trust, but it's optional, and the guide shows both versions.

I'm not a video editor. How hard is this to actually make?

If you can record a voice memo and a screen recording, you can make this. The production guide is built for zero editing skills: one afternoon, a phone, and free tools. The microwave rule applies: if it's taking longer than an afternoon, you've added something the template doesn't ask for.

Will this work for my type of design?

Yes. The structure is the same for every discipline, because it sells the outcome of your work rather than the medium. The three annotated examples cover different disciplines so you can see the template flexing.

What if I only have a few projects to show?

You only need one. The video is built around a single project told properly: what the client's problem was, what you did, and what it made them. One project with a story beats twelve images with captions.

How is this different from just putting a video on my website?

A showreel is a moving portfolio, so it still just shows the work. This is structured like a sales conversation: who it's for, the problem, the proof, the value, the next step. The client finishes it knowing what you're worth and what to do next.

Where do I actually use it?

Everywhere "portfolio" currently goes: the reply when someone asks to see your work, your Instagram bio link, your email signature, your proposals, and the pre-call message so clients arrive already sold. The delivery scripts cover each spot word for word.

Do I need this if I already have the DM scripts?

They're two halves of the same enquiry. The scripts run the conversation, and this answers the portfolio question inside it. Instead of deflecting "can I see your work first?", you send one link that sells for you and come back to a warmer conversation.

What exactly do I get, and how is it delivered?

One Google Doc, delivered by email immediately after purchase. Inside: the 5-minute script template, the minute-by-minute breakdown, the production guide, the delivery scripts, and three annotated examples. Build your video this week, use it on every enquiry after.

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