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April 4, 2022 | Designer Fund

Five Climate Tech Companies Designers Should Know

Designers can meaningfully accelerate climate action by bringing their skills to the table. Meet five climate tech companies that are using design to address the climate crisis.

February 9, 2022 | Designer Fund

Open Roles at Companies That Value Design

January 26, 2022 | Enrique Allen

Design at Gusto: Keeping Collaboration and Customers at the Core

October 20, 2021 | Ben Blumenrose

Announcing Mage: Helping more businesses harness AI

September 13, 2021 | Ben Blumenrose

Embedding Design into the Fiber of Fintech

Welcome to the first article in our Design Impact Series, where we explore inside stories from our portfolio companies. From internal team structure to design philosophy to UX, this series looks at the ways design can lead to greater impact. In this article we look at how Stripe used design at their company to impact the company's success.

July 14, 2021 | Designer Fund

Summer Design Office Hours

We're hosting Design Office Hours for founders and designers at early stage companies. This is a great opportunity to receive expert design feedback on topics like your product, UX, brand, design org and pitch deck. Meet our design coaches and request an invite.

April 22, 2021 | Enrique Allen

Climate Tech Primer for Founders

To combat climate change, Climate Tech focuses on decarbonization across all sectors of our economy from energy to mobility to food. We're undergoing one of the biggest transformations as a civilization: from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This means big opportunities for startups to use design to improve nearly every aspect of our lives. We know it can be overwhelming if you're new to Climate Tech, so we've highlighted the basics for founders, designers and builders who want to solve earth scale problems.

April 22, 2021 | Enrique Allen

Climate Tech Guide for Designers

At Designer Fund, we're increasingly investing at the intersection of technology, design, and sustainability. We've seen designers not only make new, sustainable innovations possible, but also make them engaging and more adoptable. Whether you’re a product designer, brand designer or UX writer, there’s a place for you in climate tech. But, how can you find the right opportunity?

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Career Guidance

The Designer Fund Job Board

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.

Craft

3 Tips for Designing Behavior Change

Career Guidance

The Right Way to Accept a Job Offer

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For Founders

A Founders' Guide to Hiring your First Designer

For Founders

A Guide for Working with Design Freelancers and Creative Studios

For Founders

The Future of Design Entrepreneurship

Career Guidance

A Designer’s Guide to Working in Tech

Culture

Shaping Design Culture

Women in Design

10 Design Leaders on How to Empower Women in the Workplace

Design Management & Leadership

Design for Business Impact Case Study Library

Design Management & Leadership

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