Startups that were founded by designers you didn’t know about
Think of any successful and famous startup and, most likely, their founders were either engineers or business people. Nonetheless that trend is reverting. Products and services that you use on daily basis are now created and delivered by startups whose founders are designers. Here you can see some of these companies and their founders.
Enjoy! 🤘
Youtube
Founded by Chad Hurley, during his tenure at Ebay, Hurley designed the original PayPal logo.
Founded by Mike Krieger, Krieger is a designer and software engineer.
KickStarter
Founded by Charles Adler, in addition to creating Kickstarter, graphic designer Charles recently launched Lost Arts, a new workspace for ambitious creatives.
Behance
Founded by Scott Belsky, Fast Company featured Belsky on its list of 100 most creative business people.
Airbnb
Founded by Brian Chesky, industrial designer Brian gained a spot on TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2015.
Etsy
Founded by Rob Kalin, Kalin originally aspired to be a furniture designer before starting the popular creative marketplace Etsy.
Tumblr
Founded by David Karp, Even though Karp didn’t earn a high school diploma, he is a successful young web designer.
Founded by Evan Sharp, Sharp went on to found Pinterest after his success designing for Facebook.
UXDesigner.top is a list of TOP designers (ux designers, ui designers, or product designers) curated weekly by David Martín Suárez.
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Thank you Kelsey for helping out! 😊
