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November 13, 2024 | Designer Fund

How to Unlock Product Success Through Growth Design

Design isn’t just about aesthetics or creating a great user experience—it’s a critical driver of product growth and revenue. Kate Syuma, former Head of Growth Design at Miro, shares how growth design principles can empower designers to bridge great user experience with business impact.

September 26, 2024 | Ben Blumenrose

Designer Fund Guide to Designing Your Fundraising Process

September 4, 2024 | Designer Fund

Applications Open for Designer Fund Partnership

August 7, 2024 | Designer Fund

8 Startups Using Design to Create Climate Solutions

June 20, 2024 | Designer Fund

Welcoming Marissa Cui and Nina Mehta to Designer Fund

Introducing Marissa Cui, our newest Venture Fellow, and Nina Mehta, our first-ever Community Advocate.

May 16, 2024 | Designer Fund

Brand Building in the AI Era: Q&A with Jessica Rosenberg

Jessica Rosenberg, Creative Director at Jasper AI, answers our community’s biggest questions about branding in the day and age of AI, tips for navigating a turbulent job market, and how to foster a collaborative design team culture.

May 8, 2024 | Designer Fund

A Designer's Guide to Climate Tech

Whether you’re a product designer, brand designer or UX writer, there’s a place for you in climate tech. Read our guide for skills to hone, ways to break into the space, and how to find the right role for you.

March 25, 2024 | Santhi Analytis

How to Design Climate-Forward AI Companies

How might we design the systems surrounding the usage and development of AI to have a lesser (or even positive) environmental impact? Read on for tips on how founders and designers can build more sustainable and socially forward AI companies.

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Designer Fund's Guide to Building a Winning VC Pitch Deck

If you’re looking to land VC funding for your company, one of the smartest investments you can make is to build a stellar pitch deck. We share what we think truly makes a great deck—and where and why founders go wrong.

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A Founders' Guide to Hiring your First Designer

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What You Need to Know Before Becoming a Designer Founder

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Design for Business Impact Case Study Library

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Stripe: Embedding Design into the Fiber of Fintech

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The Comprehensive Guide to Building Your Startup Design Team

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Climate Tech Guide for Designers

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Designer Fund Guide to Designing Your Fundraising Process

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The ROI of Branding: Best Practices for a High-Impact Project

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A Guide for Working with Design Freelancers and Creative Studios