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Perhaps not typically, as tech startup founders tend to skew on the engineering side (outside of your traditionally MBA-founded startups). But I believe a UX d
by felideon 6y ago
Perhaps not typically, as tech startup founders tend to skew on the engineering side (outside of your traditionally MBA-founded startups).
But I believe a UX designer would make a great co-founder if they focus on user research, information architecture, and interaction design.
- meristem 6y agoUX designers also have built in product management skills.
- duxup 6y agoI mean this sincerely, they do? I don't know much about UX designers jobs, do they deal with project management often?
- TomMarius 6y agoThey said product management, IMHO an important distinction. Project management is managing the work, product management is shaping the product - again, IMHO.
- meristem 6y agoExactly.
- felideon 6y agoNot all of them have the same product sense of a good product manager[1]. However, as far as I can tell, the lines do get pretty blurry the more senior you become as a designer. You shift from tactical work to strategic work which can have a huge influence on the product. [1] Conversely, a lot of product managers do not have the same UX sense of a good designer. My favorite PMs are ones that have a solid UX background.
- meristem 6y agoYeah, true. Lucky for everyone both UX skills and product skills can be taught. Otherwise we'd have no hope and a sea of disjointed unusable products. Product management and UX get pretty blurry (positively) when product management wants to generate value to customers by listening to them/distilling what users want into a good strategy that meshes with the business.
- meristem 6y agoProduct, not project or program management. Project and program management are detached from the skill set of both product manager and UX experts. One can have the skills, but it is not because they know product or UX.