Human Interface
A bespoke design advisory for early-stage founders
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December 4, 2020
Turning a hobby into a side business
I've spent the last 8 years working for startups & big tech companies as a product designer. Over my career, I've met some really awesome founders who have asked me to take a look at their product and provide them with some insights and feedback that might help them avoid costly UX mistakes.
It's been one of my favorite parts of my career. I've always had a high level of respect for those with the courage to be an entrepreneur and I grew to become obsessed with discovering the details that can turn a good product into a great one.
With the help of a few other colleagues in the design industry, I decided to turn this passion into a side project.
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Hey @Wolverine7 congrats on launching Human Interface. And nice IH handle btw I see what you did there haha.
I wanted to clarify something, are you connecting startups with other product designers from successful companies or are you reviewing the startups UX yourself?
Connecting product designers from successful companies to new startups is a very niche and interesting proposition. Founders who are serious about their product UX would take this seriously.
Hey @Nakkeeran!
Haha I'm glad my comic nerd humor is coming through. I use that one a lot and surprisingly, it still goes over some people's heads.
Great question! I should have been more clear in the description.
We are connecting startups with product design leads (so far all of our designers have more than 7+ years of experience) from successful companies to act as advisors to early-stage products. Similar to how a VC design studio would act (like Google Ventures) for their portfolio companies. I am one of the designers that may connect with a startup, but not the only one!
Haha sorry to say I haven't watcher Wolverine but these days DC/Marvel is just plastered all over Hollyword so it's hard to miss it or even avoid it.
Thanks for the clarification, sounds like a very useful service startups could use. Have you done your customer personality research yet? Correct me if I am wrong, from what I see this is likely to be very high value to startups that have raised seed and in the process of raising Series A or founders who are breaking even with their finances.