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Experimenting with AI-Generated Design: Lessons from the Trenches

Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a handful of CTO friends publicly playing around with tools like Cursor to “vibe code” their way to…

Jun 5

Experimenting with AI-Generated Design: Lessons from the Trenches

Jun 5

🎓 Designers Make Great Founders. The Industry Just Hasn’t Caught Up Yet.

Over the years, I’ve had countless conversations with designers who’ve said some version of the same thing:

Jun 5

🎓 Designers Make Great Founders. The Industry Just Hasn’t Caught Up Yet.

Jun 5

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Why So Many Designers Are Feeling Burnt Out Right Now

Talk to any designer today and you’ll hear a similar story:

May 30

Why So Many Designers Are Feeling Burnt Out Right Now

May 30

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How to Alienate Your Investors (Without Even Realising It)

You worked hard to raise money. You pitched. You hustled. You got the cheques. Now what?

May 16

How to Alienate Your Investors (Without Even Realising It)

May 16

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Why AI Interviews Could Be Bad News for Honest Designers

I recently watched a demo of a new AI-enabled recruitment tool. It used a synthetic avatar and voice to run a mock Zoom interview with a…

May 16

Why AI Interviews Could Be Bad News for Honest Designers

May 16

Are We All Just Figma Operators Now?

As thousands of designers settled into a cavernous event space on the outskirts of London — laptop bags slung over shoulders, Stanley cups…

May 14

Are We All Just Figma Operators Now?

May 14

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The Need for Speed: How Startups Can Improve Product Velocity

For most startup founders, product velocity — the speed and consistency with which your team ships meaningful updates — is an obsession…

May 9

The Need for Speed: How Startups Can Improve Product Velocity

May 9

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What Design Teams Can Learn from Air Traffic Control

When pilots call up air traffic control (ATC), they don’t just announce their presence-they request a specific level of service based on…

Apr 30

What Design Teams Can Learn from Air Traffic Control

Apr 30

When Everything is on Fire, Founders Sometimes Struggle to See the Wood for the Trees

In 1949, a crew of elite smoke-jumpers parachuted into Montana’s Mann Gulch to fight what looked like a routine wildfire. But within hours…

Apr 25

When Everything is on Fire, Founders Sometimes Struggle to See the Wood for the Trees

Apr 25

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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.

Apr 24

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

Apr 24

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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