Interviews

Designer Founders is a book series of interviews exploring the path designers take to create tech startups. Our first edition features the designers who founded Pinterest, Behance, fuseproject, Slideshare and theicebreak. Future editions will include designers from Instagram, Kickstarter, AirBnB, Path, Flipboard and more.

Upcoming Interviews

  • Garry Tan

    Garry Tan
    posterous.com

  • Lisa Strausfeld

    Lisa Strausfeld
    majorleaguepolitics.com

  • Xander Pollock

    Xander Pollock
    getpunchd.com

  • TJ Zark

    TJ Zark
    955dreams.com

  • Stewart Butterfield

    Stewart Butterfield
    flickr.com

  • Rob Kalin

    Rob Kalin
    etsy.com

  • Nicholas Felton

    Nicholas Felton
    daytum.com

  • Mitch Kapor

    Mitch Kapor
    Lotus Software

  • Mike Matas

    Mike Matas
    pushpoppress.com

  • Mike Kreiger

    Mike Kreiger
    instagram.com

  • Melissa Miranda

    Melissa Miranda
    tinypost.co

  • Matt Shobe

    Matt Shobe
    feedburner.com

  • Luke Wroblewski

    Luke Wroblewski
    bagcheck.com

  • Josh Williams

    Josh Williams
    Gowalla

  • Jon Kolko

    Jon Kolko
    ac4d.com

  • Jesse Pickard

    Jesse Pickard
    mindsnacks.com

  • Jeff Veen

    Jeff Veen
    typekit.com

  • Jasper Hauser

    Jasper Hauser
    madebysofa.com

  • Jason Putorti

    Jason Putorti
    votizen.com

  • Jack Dorsey

    Jack Dorsey
    squareup.com

  • Elaine Wherry

    Elaine Wherry
    meebo.com

  • Dustin Mierau

    Dustin Mierau
    path.com

  • David Rose

    David Rose
    vitality.net

  • David Karp

    David Karp
    tumblr.com

  • Dave Baggeroer

    Dave Baggeroer
    blockboard.org

  • Daniel Burka

    Daniel Burka
    Milk

  • Charles Adler

    Charles Adler
    kickstarter.com

  • Chad Hurley

    Chad Hurley
    youtube.com

  • Brian Chesky

    Brian Chesky
    airbnb.com

  • Ben Pieratt

    Ben Pieratt
    svpply.com

  • Aza Raskin

    Aza Raskin
    massivehealth.com

  • Akshay Kothari

    Akshay Kothari
    pulse.me

  • Alexis Ohanian

    Alexis Ohanian
    reddit.com

  • Aaron Epstein

    Aaron Epstein
    colourlovers.com

  • Ryan Freitas

    Ryan Freitas
    about.me

  • Lane Becker

    Lane Becker
    getsatisfaction.com

  • Dave Morin

    Dave Morin
    Path

  • Alexa Andrzejewski, foodspotting

    Alexa Andrzejewski
    foodspotting.com

  • Joe Gebbia, airbnb

    Joe Gebbia
    airbnb.com

  • John Lilly, greylock

    John Lilly
    greylock.com

  • Kevin Cheng, kevnull.com

    Kevin Cheng
    kevnull.com

  • Andrei Herasimchuk, specular

    Andrei Herasimchuk
    specular.com

  • David Cole, sleepoversf

    David Cole
    sleepoversf.com

  • Khoi Vinh, mixel

    Khoi Vinh
    mixel.cc