QC#53: Ben Blumenrose, Co-Director & Managing Partner at Designer Fund

In this week’s Quick Coffee, we speak with Ben Blumenrose, the Co-Director & Managing Partner at Designer Fund. We start out with some storytime and learn about Ben’s career step joining Facebook early as a Design Lead. We speak about how this step shaped him as a designer, how he interprets impact and how he believes founders create a truly product and design driven culture. And we cover the foundation of Designer Fund, his motivation, vision and the way that Designer Fund supports its founders. A amazing conversation we cannot wait for you to listen to, grab a coffee and meet Ben!

Our episode overview

(00:00:00) Opening the episode and welcoming Ben

(00:01:08) Ben’s career game changer joining the early Facebook as a Design Lead

(00:07:00) Understanding “impact” as a designer

(00:12:50) The culture that founders create who are sweating the product details

(00:20:00) Ben’s transition and motivation for founding Designer Fund

(00:27:00) What is special about how Designer Fund works with founders

(00:31:05) Wrapup and thanks to Ben

Ben’s book recommendation: https://shop.specialprojects.jp/products/kissa-by-kissa-4th-ed

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