Design Strategy Technical Cofounder 
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 14, 2016
And as part of a contingent staffing strategy, emerging businesses and startups can afford access to outstanding technical experts that would otherwise be cost prohibitive on a full-time basis. Others are new to managing or stronger technically than as a supervisor. Here’s the problem. Some are excellent.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2011
Square , a financial services start-up created by Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, markets its transaction processing services directly to consumers and small businesses via the Internet. But to be revolutionary Lytro had to make several changes to camera design all at once. Lytro is far from alone in its quest for self-reliance.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 26, 2013
When web designer Ben Blumenfeld was working for a major TV network, he was responsible for creating websites for mainstream shows. Ben told me, "I knew Mark was going to build the company with or without me, and once I met the design team, I was just blown away. Every designer was insanely talented, both visually and technically."
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Into the people camp also falls Michael Schrage, who in the same year wrote a particularly thoughtful account of IDEO, “Playing Around with Brainstorming,” one of the first of many articles on design thinking that have graced the pages of HBR, and still one of the shrewdest.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 24, 2017
” Here are some strategies for coping if your boss is chronically indecisive. ” Alexi’s first coping strategy was to seek advice from other senior leaders in the organization who had a longer history with Frank. “He also wanted to be involved in every little design decision, but he often changed his mind.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
These figures were similar at other tech companies, most of which had fewer than 20% of their technical positions filled by women and had low representation of black and Hispanic employees. … When we designed the platform, three white guys, there were a lot of things we didn’t think about.”
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 5, 2018
The problem that Etosha and her cofounders ran into when they first sought to leverage the Silicon Valley ecosystem to get their business off the ground was that venture investors typically want to see a real product. Soon after, she and her technical cofounder also received a grant from Cyclotron Road.
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