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A comment on Ask HN: Forget technical co-founders, where do you find a good designer?.

Re:Ask HN: Forget technical co-founders, where do you find a... by senko on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @05:24PM (#2538489)
I'm in a similar position, and usually turn to a designer friend that I've done business before (he's my "go to" guy for anything design related).

That said, if you're just starting, you could just buy a design (from sites like http://themeforest.net/) and then tweak it according to your needs. The end result won't be the same as custom designed by a designer, but it can often be good enough for early iterations of the product/app/site.

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Re:Ask HN: Forget technical co-founders, where do you find a... by calebamsden on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @07:04PM (#2538770)
That's the direction I'm going in now, it just seems like I'd be able to get things done a lot faster with someone helping out on the front-end. Is it common for startups to have back-end devs also work on the front-end when they first start? Is it worth offering 20 or 30 percent, or is it better to just hack something together until you can afford to hire a designer?
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