Founders

i've been many flavors of designer in startups—full-time, part-time, freelancer, agency, and at all levels of the totem pole.

i've learned the only way to truly create a design-driven product is to design the org chart. 

design is culture, not a job.

+1

The ideal structure to give as much control to the design/product team as possible is tiny ground team with a higher up but committed leader, to unblock any pushback

building far.quest & @wieldlabs.eth. cofounder at miy.com ventures. FID #274. Previously Square/Cash App. https://hiimnico.xyz/

i don’t know if control needs to consolidate to the design/product team. but every team needs to be pushed to make decisions with the customer/user in mind.

By control I mean full creative control, as often this gets lost with more management in the mix

Based on my experience I feel that most decisions are made with the tech in mind rather than users