How To DESIGN EVERYTHING if you don't know ANYTHING | Design for Startups

Today we walk through 5 steps so that you can start designing anything, anywhere, regardless of whether or not you've ever done it before. The fact that you clicked on this video means you don't think of yourself as a designer. Stop that right now.

You can use interaction design, UX design, and visual design to reach product market fit. Minimalism is a big piece of it. Here's how—

0:00 Intro
0:43 Overview
1:13 Step 1: De-label Yourself
2:30 Step 2: Empathize With Your User
6:24 Step 3: Illuminate The Path for Users
8:21 Step 4: Minimize the Non-essential
10:08 Step 5: Create Something Great'
12:50 Recap! What You Need to Know

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I’m Garry Tan, venture capitalist and founder at Initialized Capital. We were earliest investors in billion dollar startups like Coinbase and Instacart, and I’m a Forbes Midas List Top 100 venture capitalist in the world. We want these videos to be about helping people build world-class teams and startups that touch a billion people. Our startups have gone on to create more than $40 billion in market value so far, and Initialized has over $770M in assets under management.

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[TheKiller]

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[advocate]

Me in my room, trying to design a page layout for my startup concept at 11: 45 pm facing what you call designers block, and then this video pops up.

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[ohislawrence]

I don't really design frontend, I spent over 15 hours searching for a good template for my homepage... Finally I got one to work with, simple and straight to the point.

[curiouspreetam]

I am always curious to learn and I love to learn because whn I don't learn I feel like I am just turning my brain into a dustbin and I don't feel like having fun

I learned editing + logo design made my own logo + Adobe illustrator + Dancing + Sketching + 4 Languages + I hated books but now I love business books + after my exam I will start to learn Python
( AND EVERYTHING I LEARNE IS FROM YOUTUBE AND UDEMY)

[yamilletrivas]

I don’t know the universe makes this happen- but just as I am researching a career jump into Product design- you share this post! Love it! You are definitely my biggest mentor!

[dinkatesso]

I can't believe ppl aren't subscribing to this channel. It's among the channels with great contents on YT I have ever come across so far! Thank you so much Sir.

[josetibus]

For someone that uses design in marketing, your points surprisingly made me say "Aha". Particularly the third point where every designer should illuminate the users' path. Great, Garry👍

[andreslaley]

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[Desipreneur]

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[raulcame]

Gary, I found you when you had subs in the teens... I've been loving every minute of it... you are my inspiration in my own journey.

[eganfuego]

Dude you are amazing for sharing this gold with us for free.

Hope to report back in due time with the testimony of my success.

[DaLakersFan]

Really good, I'm impressed. I'm a startup founder who ran away from design bc I thought I was not qualified.

[patricksamy]

That was awesome Garry! No BS, simple & accessible. I learned a lot as a non-designer who has been doing design everyday for 2 years.

[TheGeorgegenesis]

I repeat, this is premium quality content on YouTube, so direct, so smooth and so understandable. This relates to all of design and not just software engineering design.

Thanks Garry, keep up the great work.

[chrishallnyc]

Loved this one garry! My favorite lesson was learning to be really hard on myself about getting rid of visual elements that don’t matter. Simplicity can be beautiful and fast!

[mehdikanny]

Thanks, Garry for sharing, while watching I was thinking about how to implement every step on my startup.

[supadickhead]

I just learned some of these principles in a UX course that i’m studying

[MarkFeng]

This is gold my friend! Currently building an app without hiring a professional “UI” designer. Will put your lessons to use! I also recommend Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things” which expands on what you cover. Keep it up brother!

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