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The Founder’s Vision Trap: Why Culture Beats Tech Every Time

It starts, as these stories often do, with a bold vision.

17h ago

The Founder’s Vision Trap: Why Culture Beats Tech Every Time

17h ago

Hacking Your Product Requirement Documents to Encourage Better Design

Most product requirement documents (PRDs) are boring, transactional, and — let’s be honest — kind of useless. They tend to be a simple…

17h ago

Hacking Your Product Requirement Documents to Encourage Better Design

17h ago

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The Design VC

Seven Things First-Time Founders Almost Always Get Wrong (And That’s O.K.)

Starting a company is a crash course in humility. You’re juggling 100 decisions a day, half of which you’ve never faced before. You’re…

1d ago

Seven Things First-Time Founders Almost Always Get Wrong (And That’s O.K.)

1d ago

“I’m Just Being Helpful” — How Designers Accidentally Come Across as Disagreeable (and What to Do…

A lot of designers, especially those with a strong systems-thinking mindset, pride themselves on being rigorous problem-solvers. We…

1d ago

“I’m Just Being Helpful” — How Designers Accidentally Come Across as Disagreeable (and What to Do…

1d ago

Why VCs Say No: The Real Reasons Behind the Rejections

When a VC passes on your startup, it often feels personal. But in reality, most rejections come down to patterns they’ve seen before. Sure…

Apr 17

Why VCs Say No: The Real Reasons Behind the Rejections

Apr 17

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The Design Coach

Transitioning to Design Management is Hard, Risky and Requires a Lot of Luck

There are three common paths into Design Management. Either you start at the bottom and work your way up, you take on a stretch project…

Apr 17

Apr 17

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The Design Coach

Are You an Accidental Design Saboteur? (According to the CIA)

As a design leadership coach, I work with a lot of incredibly thoughtful designers. They care deeply about their craft. They want to…

Apr 14

Are You an Accidental Design Saboteur? (According to the CIA)

Apr 14

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The Design Coach

The Role of Design in an Increasingly Financialized Business Environment

In recent years, businesses have become increasingly decoupled from traditional outcomes like profit, and many are now seen as financial…

Jan 5

The Role of Design in an Increasingly Financialized Business Environment

Jan 5

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The Design Coach

Cultivating the Right Kind of Conflict

The ability to share conflicting views about a situation or problem and still get on is a vital component of any high functioning team. It…

Jan 5

Cultivating the Right Kind of Conflict

Jan 5

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The Design Coach

Dealing With Conflict Using the PLEASE Framework

In my previous post I shared the idea that high functioning teams are comfortable with high levels of conflict, as long as it’s the right…

Jan 5

Dealing With Conflict Using the PLEASE Framework

Jan 5

Andy Budd

Andy Budd

he/him

Design Founder turned investor, advisor and leadership coach. Author of The Growth Equation. @Seedcamp Venture Partner. Formerly @Clearleft @LDConf & @UXLondon.

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