What Karri Saarinen thinks about startups

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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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   Our readingFounders, designers and developers need to develop their taste the way a sushi chef develops a palate, and appreciating culture is how.

   designtaste

   Their wordsLike sushi chefs, we as founders, designers or developers, need to develop our tastes, in order to build things people can be impressed about.

   ↗Jiro’s Dreamkarrisaarinen.com