After advising 50+ consumer companies over the last year, the one thing that separates those who can execute and those who can't:
Having a full-time designer in the room at all times
I've met with countless companies that have raised millions—and even one that has raised
x.comAfter advising 50+ consumer companies over the last year, the one thing that separates those who can execute and those who can't: Having a full-time designer in the room at all times I've met with countless companies that have raised millions—and even one that has raised
The bigger issue, however, is that these companies don’t understand or place importance on the pre and post product experience. How do people get to my product? How does the product live in their lives? In tech, where the goal has to become ship fast at all cost, we’re losing those threads.
Design has been devalued so much with the advancement of... See more
Design has been devalued so much with the advancement of... See more
Everyone’s a Part-Timer: An interview with Cam Diamond of ITM
On the one hand, design could become one of the few key differentiators in product building and every team with more than 10 employees will have in-house designers.
Clement Vouillon • ✍️ Mapping Designer Tools
This advice is true for B2B companies.
At Ramp, we had 3 designers at 25 people (also because our engineers were shipping too quickly).
Recently, I’ve been helping founders hire their first designer & have done so successfully at startups now backed by Thrive, Sequoia, and a16z.... See more
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