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What Founders Can Do To Improve Their Design Game

2025/3/28
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Y Combinator Startup Podcast
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Raphael Schaad, founder of Cron (acquired by Notion), discusses the underrepresentation of designers in the founder space. He highlights the unique value designers bring to product development, emphasizing the importance of desirability, feasibility, and viability in building successful products. He also touches on the historical context of design, its evolution from artistic pursuit to problem-solving, and how modern tools empower designers to build products directly.
  • Designers possess unique skills for building successful products.
  • Historically, designers lacked control over production; software changed this.
  • Modern tools enable designers to build products directly.

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In this special episode of Design Review, Aaron sits down with Raphael Schaad, the Head of Calendar at Notion to discuss his leap from designer to founder, why illustration is an important first step when building a new product, and what ultimately makes designers uniquely qualified to start a company today.