What Karri Saarinen thinks about management
Co-founder and CEO of Linear; previously principal designer at Airbnb, where he led the Design Language System, and founding designer at Coinbase.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Karri Saarinen has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingA company that does not learn from the work it does would probably eventually lose its advantage.
Their wordseventually if you don't learn from the work you do I think eventually you would lose the advantage of what you have currently in your in your space or in your company
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