WHY MANY STARTUPS NEVER ACHIEVE GREAT DESIGN (AND HAPPY USERS)

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

It can be challenging for even highly skilled professionals to achieve meaningful results in startups because they need an environment that allows them to flourish. Apple, Netflix, and Tesla achieved their design success primarily by enhancing design maturity and empowering their teams. The process to reach that stage of maturity is not predictable, but startup founders can avoid pitfalls such as failing to learn design basics, misinterpreting hiring patterns, ignoring user research, and tolerating a feature factory mentality.