This is a common question entrepreneurs, product managers, marketers, and other decision makers ask. As someone who has been on both sides— previously the sole designer at two startups, and now running a small team that designs for startups—I have some insight. If you have the time and budget, hire at least one full-time designer Designers add a lot more value than just…

We’re experimenting with Startup Packages at TomYum to make design more accessible to early-staged companies. Design talent can be difficult to find. This is especially true for new startups where funds are very limited. Hiring a full-time designer or agency is costly. The result is that these companies often put…

This is a follow up to our last post: Our redesign of Medium’s Claps…and why they may not have chosen to do it this way. By now you’ve probably heard of or tried Medium’s new feedback metric, Claps . There’s already been a lot of good…medium.com Over 1600 of you showed your support by applauding more than 25,000 times. Thank you. Since clapping is a new metric, I wanted to dig into the numbers a little. Here is the clap distribution from 1 to 50, of 700…

By now you’ve probably heard of or tried Medium’s new feedback metric, Claps . There’s already been a lot of good discussion on why the previous Recommend system is better than Claps, and vise-versa. This post will not be adding to that. Instead, we want to look at how Claps…

Perhaps you’re in the process of getting a new logo designed. Or maybe you’re thinking about getting one done for your new venture. A logo is one of the most important investments a business can make, but many do this step poorly. …

Taking the next step in my career — Published January 10, 2017 🎂 When I turned 22, I wrote a blog post about the state of my life. Now, 4 years later, I think it’s time for another update. A week ago today, I informed my manager that I was ready to leave Thanx. February 28 will be…

Update November 10, 2017: Looks like Instagram is now doing this in their Stories Update :) So I’m browsing through Justin Kan’s Snapchat story. Suddenly Qasar appears in one of his Snaps. Justin tells everyone to add “qasar” on Snapchat. Of course I’ll add the COO of Y Combinator. …

It’s seriously going to blow your mind — I sent the following as an email to the Thanx team on April 1st. Team, April 1st marks the 10-month anniversary of Thanx’s rebranding. Unfortunately in this current tech landscape, companies must constantly rebrand or die. Luckily for everyone, your new Design Overlord has the situation handled (Thanx JSON. …

Let me preface this by acknowledging that I have no insight into the minds of Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett regarding Beme. These guys are thinking about their product every single day with a team of talented individuals. Chances are they’re aware of their shortcomings and challenges with the app…