Design is very important, I'll say its as important as code, If your code is great and your UI is just bad, people won't use your app. It's a huge advantage to

Design is very important, I'll say its as important as code, If your code is great and your UI is just bad, people won't use your app. It's a huge advantage to have a designer in your team, mostly because a startup changes so fast that depending of an outsider to redesign or add new features will just don't work. I think design is not just looking good, but being easy to use and understand.