Creative Founder – Eleganthack

Design’s Unsexy Middle Bits

While Design Thinking gets all the attention, it is not the same as (Digital) Product Design. In How I […]

There are three thinking styles that have transformed how we develop new products today: Agile, Lean (Startup) and […]

There are three thinking styles that have transformed how we develop new products today: Agile, Lean (Startup) and […]

or, Competitive Research the Creative Founder Way For a long time, I’ve been disappointed by competitive research approaches. Most […]

Class Write Up: Three Years of Learning Creative Founder is in many way the anti-foundations of interaction design.It has […]

This is a write-up of a key learning from my fall class “The Creative Founder,” open to Juniors […]

December 29, 2016Business, Creative Founder

At California College of the Arts, Creative Founder is that elective that students tell each other “You have […]

Part 3 of the Needfinding/Ideation/MVP Creation Charette This is the third part of a three part essay on rapid […]

Part Two of the Needfinding/Ideation/MVP Creation Charette This is the second part of a three part essay on rapid […]

Part One of the Needfinding/Ideation/MVP Creation Charette A startup must be in the business of disruptive innovation. Making a […]

September 29, 2016Business, Creative Founder

Part of a series of essays for the Creative Founder class at CCA. Previously: What is a Market? […]

September 21, 2016Business, Creative Founder

In the Creative Founder, students are paired semi-randomly, and then spend a semester trying to get to product-market […]

September 20, 2016Business, Creative Founder

This is the first of a series of essays for my class, The Creative Founder. Follow our progress […]

February 24, 2014Business, Creative Founder, Design

When we talk about Minimum Viable Product, we often forget to discuss what it means to be viable. […]