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November 17, 2022 | Designer Fund

Building Design Teams From the Ground Up

How do you build a great design org from the ground up? Here are best practices and advice from three design leaders in our community on hiring designers at early-stage startups.

October 27, 2022 | Designer Fund

Demystifying the Founding Designer Role

October 17, 2022 | Designer Fund

Monograph's Design DNA: Q&A with Moe Amaya

September 28, 2022 | Ben Blumenrose

Announcing Designer Fund – Fund III

September 21, 2022 | Designer Fund

Announcing Dopt: Building for Builders

Announcing our investment in Dopt, a modern user adoption platform that helps teams build tailored onboarding and engagement flows.

September 7, 2022 | Robyn Park

Driving Impact Through Design: A Fireside Chat with Alissa Briggs

Alissa Briggs, Director of Design at Autodesk and Designer Fund advisor, shares invaluable advice on driving significant business outcomes through design and leading through change.

July 28, 2022 | Robyn Park

From Twic to Forma: Rebranding the world of benefits

A meaningful, well-crafted brand can have an outsized impact on a startup's trajectory. We spoke to the team at Forma, who recently went through a major brand evolution—transforming not just their design, but also changing their name.

May 24, 2022 | Designer Fund

6 Companies Building the Future of Creative Tools

Meet six startups that are improving access to creative tools and helping teams build at scale.

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Discover great roles at mission-driven startups that value design through our job board.

We launched a job board to make it easier for designers to discover great roles at mission-driven startups that value design.

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10 Design Leaders on How to Empower Women in the Workplace

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A Founders' Guide to Hiring your First Designer

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Stripe: Embedding Design into the Fiber of Fintech

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Driving Impact Through Design: A Fireside Chat with Alissa Briggs

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

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A Guide for Working with Design Freelancers and Creative Studios

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A Designer’s Guide to Working in Tech

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