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6 User-Centered Design Guidelines To Thrill Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

Today’s customers demand more than a good product; they expect a great customer experience. A few companies are leading the way, including Apple with their iPad and iPhone, offering irresistible stores with friendly experts, elegant packaging, and customer service that never ends. Keep users engaged throughout design and development.

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Hunker Launches New Home Design Site

socalTECH

A new, online home design site, called Hunker , launched today, focused on home design, home tours, product recommendations, personal essays, and helpful information for homeowners and apartment-dwellers. Leaf Group has recently been undergoing a massive overhaul of its online properties and strategy, led by CEO Sean Moriarty.

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Private tech companies mobilize to address shortages for medical supplies, masks and sanitizer

TechCrunch LA

While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally. 3D-printing companies are working on new ways to manufacture personal protective equipment and swabs for COVID-19 testing.

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Day in the Life of a UX Designer

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 -- Day in the Life of a UX Designer. Curious about the role of Tech's Most Wanted role, User Experience Designer at different companies? Wondering where most designers start their careers and why they're the highest demand tech job? Generaly Assembly. See https://generalassemb.ly/education/day-in-the-life-of-a-ux-designer/los-angeles/27169.

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What is your biggest error in company planning?

Berkonomics

Most entrepreneurs quote a resource for market size but fail to then take the next step to eliminate all parts of that market unreachable by the company or product. But many decisions were made within my company walls, and surely by competitors, based upon those numbers. The post What is your biggest error in company planning?

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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles. “That worldwide reach is very important,” Grignon said.

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Workpop: Using UX And Design To Power The Next Career Site

socalTECH

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? The company recently landed a $7.9M How did you two meet?

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