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Building for Believers: Leif Abraham on Public's Long Game
A conversation with Leif Abraham on building Public, avoiding the next feature trap, and designing financial products people trust.
 • Designer Fund
Making of a Founder: Julie Zhuo’s Second Act
Julie Zhuo on chasing discomfort, building Sundial, the fear that stops designers from becoming founders, and her practical advice on how to start…
 • Ben Blumenrose
Six Months of Designer Founder Wisdom: What We’ve Learned
Trust your instincts, stop being so nice, talk pricing early, and other hard-won lessons from designer founders
 • Designer Fund
Ambrook's Blueprint for Design-First Company Building
Jeff Anders, co-founder and head of design at Ambrook, on bringing design fluency to agriculture and beyond—and why overlooked industries offer big…
 • Ben Blumenrose
The Anti-Silicon Valley Playbook: Evan Sharp on Following Love Over Logic
Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp on his new company West Co. and trading conventional tech wisdom for a new blueprint for meaningful work.
 • Ben Blumenrose
Lettering artist to software founder: Jessica Hische on founding Studioworks
"The most successful people are people who just made the thing they wish that they had."
 • Designer Fund and Ben Blumenrose
Creating personal software: Plaid’s founding designer Al Hertz on designing for hospitality
“Building a startup is exactly as hard as people say—and 10x more fun.”
 • Designer Fund and Ben Blumenrose
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The Ivanisms that power Notion: Lessons from Ivan Zhao in design, constraints, and taste
Why history is undervalued in tech, why you shouldn't spend too much time on edge cases, and how Notion is built to be a living system instead of a…
 • Ben Blumenrose
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