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HOW TO LEARN MORE FASTER Since 2010, we’ve helped hundreds of GV startups (like Nest, Foundation Medicine, Flatiron Health, Slack, Gusto, Lime, and Uber) use UX research to answer critical bu...

https://library.gv.com/gv-guide-to-uxresearch-for-startups-b6d0c8ac81b3

HOW TO HELP YOUR TEAM GET THE MOST OUT OF RESEARCH INTERVIEWS Source There’s nothing quite like visiting a foreign city for the first time — especially with a great tour guide. That e...

https://library.gv.com/ux-watch-parties-543d22b1478d

When I do UX research for startups, I try to make it easy for teams to observe from anywhere, while demonstrating they don’t need a fancy usability lab to do it themselves. Having conducted ove...

https://library.gv.com/how-to-build-a-simple-ux-lab-anywhere-86e6c6b3fed4

Photo by Dose Media on Unsplash HOW TO SPOT THE 5 STUDIES STARTUPS NEED MOST After completing hundreds of research projects for startups across dozens of industries, I finally noticed somet...

https://library.gv.com/field-guide-to-ux-research-for-startups-8569114c27fb

Twenty years ago, when I started my design career, I made a lot of fake stuff. I can still clearly remember when I designed my own CD covers for albums by famous bands, created a fake e-commerce ...

https://library.gv.com/fake-designs-yield-real-results-c39cfc9ae93

When coaching startups to conduct interviews and usability testing, I see one opportunity that is missed again and again: building a strong rapport with research participants by reading and respo...

https://library.gv.com/how-to-build-better-rapport-for-better-research-interviews-869952b6a71d

I’ve advised recruiting operations at close to 300 startups, ranging from a five-person team at Scalyr to a several-hundred-person team at Gusto . Most startups share a common theme: Technical...

https://library.gv.com/ive-advised-recruiting-operations-at-close-to-300-startups-ranging-from-a-five-person-team-at-220959eebc25

Photo by Alice Achterhof via Unsplash Recently, Jared Spool caught my attention with an article about how Netflix’s performance engineers are actually designers. It’s a provocative idea,...

https://library.gv.com/everyone-is-a-designer-get-over-it-501cc9a2f434

GV’S SIMPLE RECIPE FOR GETTING STARTED ON YOUR BRAND With super deluxe thanks to Laura Melahn , Daniel Burka , and John Zeratsky Warning: This is a post about branding, but I’m no brand...

https://library.gv.com/the-three-hour-brand-sprint-3ccabf4b768a

A FEW TRICKS FOR DISTRIBUTED TEAMS One of the most common questions about the GV sprint process is “How do you run a remote sprint? What if the team can’t be together in one place?” I�...

https://library.gv.com/how-to-run-a-remote-design-sprint-without-going-crazy-840c23eef8a9