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September 17, 2020 | Designer Fund

Diversity Scholarships Available for Business Essentials Workshop

As part of our commitment to help create more paths into design and tech for Black and underrepresented minorities, we're offering 10 scholarships to our next Business Essentials for Designers workshop this October.

September 9, 2020 | Heather Phillips

A Founders’ Guide to Hiring your First Designer

July 28, 2020 | Nathalie Arbel and Kelsey Aroian

A Guide for Working with Design Freelancers and Creative Studios

July 6, 2020 | Designer Fund

Design for Business Impact Featuring Twitter & Slack

June 18, 2020 | Designer Fund

Office Hours for Black & Underrepresented Founders

We're hosting office hours for founders and pre-founders from Black and historically underrepresented minority backgrounds in tech. If you're interested in pitch, product or design guidance with one of our advisors, read on.

June 8, 2020 | Designer Fund

Building a More Inclusive Design + Venture Ecosystem

We stand with Black Lives Matter and against the systemic racism and oppression in our country. First and foremost, we want the black members of our community to know that we see them and stand with them in solidarity.

April 29, 2020 | Designer Fund

Design for Business Impact featuring Dropbox & Pinterest

We invite you to the first event in our virtual speaker series about how to use design as a strategic lever for business impact. Especially during challenging times, we need to show how design can help our companies thrive.

April 15, 2020 | Designer Fund

Announcing Primer: Create a Space You Love

Designer Fund is excited to announce our investment in Primer, a new way to help people and companies design exceptional spaces.

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For Founders

A Founders' Guide to Hiring your First Designer

Understand who the right first designer is for your company and how to build an environment where design can thrive.

Culture

Shaping Design Culture

Career Guidance

A Designer’s Guide to Working in Tech

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Career Guidance

The Right Way to Accept a Job Offer

For Founders

A Guide for Working with Design Freelancers and Creative Studios

For Founders

The Future of Design Entrepreneurship

Design Management & Leadership

Design for Business Impact Case Study Library

Women in Design

10 Design Leaders on How to Empower Women in the Workplace

Design Management & Leadership

Level Up: A Framework for Growing High-Performing Design Teams

Craft

3 Tips for Designing Behavior Change