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Re:Billions worth of value created by tech startups with des... by asanwal on Thursday December 15, 2011 @07:13PM (#3358719)
The not-so-subtle implication that there is a causal relationship between design and success is totally unproven. In general, ascribing success to one factor is always a bad idea. And of course, success = funding is a different matter altogether.

In a practical sense, however, startups that are fundraising and which have design chops should use this type of data/meme to their advantage by talking about design as if it actually has a causal relationship with success. Use pattern matching to your benefit.

Re:Billions worth of value created by tech startups with des... by quique on Thursday December 15, 2011 @07:16PM (#3358727)
Of course, stats 101...We put caveats below the infographic: -we're not making the claim that tech startups with designer founders are statistically better in some way, instead we are highlighting interesting case studies to explore further

-Of course the designers featured here can’t possibly take all the credit for any success, it's all about team work and we're celebrating design together no matter what background you come from

-The goal is to raise awareness about the existence of designer founders and their diverse backgrounds with data in a fun way that has never been done before (not draw causal claims)

Re:Billions worth of value created by tech startups with des... by quique on Thursday December 15, 2011 @10:11PM (#3359232)
We were also pretty intentional about not really using the word 'success' too