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Author Mathias Jakobsen

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Mathias Jakobsen is a Learning Designer at Hyper Island and the creator of Think Clearly. Born in Denmark, he has worked as a life coach and consultant for startup CEOs and corporate executives as well as Bloomberg, Google, The New York Times, Carrot Creative, Holstee, Coca-Cola, Pratt, The Wharton School, CUNY, FiftyThree and many more.

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From Fledgling To Founder: How Designers Can Push Their Creations Into The Real World

The time, effort and money invested in designing better user experiences, more beautiful branding, and innovative advertising creates stronger, successful companies. Designers can become founders by implementing the three key simple phases of ideation, validation and iteration. Yes, there are other factors to making this process successful. However, the path should start with designers. Regardless of space, time and budget, the future of design founderism can be better realized with disruptive educational practices and open source collaboration, which nurtures more innovative designers and, in turn, results in more innovative companies. Read more…