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Andy Budd

@andybudd

articles: 11
total claps: 311
top claps: 104
avg read: 5.9 min
paywalled: 1
active: 2025-05-14 → 2026-04-25

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STP · Startups & Venture · 5 DSN · Design · General · 4 UX · UI/UX Design · 4 AID · AI Design Tools · 3 PRD · Product Design · 3 📋 · Product Management · 2 LLM · Large Language Models · 1 CUL · Culture & Media · 1

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#design-process ·3 #ai-design ·3 #ux-design ·3 #product-design ·3 #startup-books ·2 #startup-growth ·2 #design ·2 #european-tech ·1 #european-startups ·1 #europe-vs-us ·1

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AN Andy Budd

Are We All Just Figma Operators Now?

As thousands of designers settled into a cavernous event space on the outskirts of London — laptop bags slung over shoulders, Stanley cups…

May 14, 2025 · 4 min read · 104 claps #figma #product-design #ux-design

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AN Andy Budd

As we Reach the Feature Event Horizon, our Processes Start to Collapse

We find ourselves at a singular moment of time. As an industry we’re starting to reach what I call The Feature Event Horizon. The point at…

Mar 13, 2026 · 5 min read · 100 claps #design-process #ai-design #agile-design

As we Reach the Feature Event Horizon, our Processes Start to Collapse

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AN Andy Budd · The Design Coach

What the “Four Types of Designer” Debate Gets Right and Wrong

A friend recently sent me a post from “the bad place” that broke product designers down into four types.

Apr 10, 2026 · 9 min read · 33 claps #ux-design #product-design #design-maturity

What the “Four Types of Designer” Debate Gets Right and Wrong

AN Andy Budd

The New Browser War: Why AI Companies Want to Own Your Starting Point

The shift from search box to chat box is reshaping the web. And the companies building the models want to own the browser that delivers it…

Nov 20, 2025 · 6 min read · 24 claps #browser-wars #ai-browser #arc-browser

The New Browser War: Why AI Companies Want to Own Your Starting Point

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AN Andy Budd · The Design VC

10 Practical Startup Books Every Growth-Obsessed Founder Should Read in 2026

A quick search for “startup books” will surface the usual classics: The Lean Startup, Crossing the Chasm, Blitzscaling, The Hard Thing…

Jan 08, 2026 · 7 min read · 23 claps #growthbook #startup-books #startup-guide

10 Practical Startup Books Every Growth-Obsessed Founder Should Read in 2026

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AN Andy Budd · The Design Coach

How AI will Affect the Design Industry

I don’t think that AI is going to “kill design” in the next few years (as some pundits are claiming).

Mar 20, 2026 · 1 min read · 15 claps #design #ux #design-process

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AN Andy Budd · The Design VC

The lazy myth that Europe regulated itself into decline

There’s a familiar libertarian story about Europe: too much bureaucracy, too many regulations, too many worker protections, too much…

Apr 25, 2026 · 15 min read · 6 claps #european-tech #european-startups #europe-vs-us

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AN Andy Budd · The Design VC

How AI-Enabled Startups Are Moving Faster — and Rewriting the VC Playbook

Artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping the relationship between founders and venture capital. On the surface, the AI boom still looks…

Feb 24, 2026 · 4 min read · 3 claps #fundraising #series-a #startup

How AI-Enabled Startups Are Moving Faster — and Rewriting the VC Playbook

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From Chess to Poker: How Speed Changed Design Before AI

There was a time when design was slow, considered and informed. This was not simply a matter of culture or temperament. It reflected the…

Mar 19, 2026 · 6 min read · 2 claps #design #ux-design #ai-design

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AN Andy Budd · The Design VC

Will AI Super Charge Venture Studios?

Coming from an agency background, I’ve always had a soft spot for the idea of the venture studio.

Mar 17, 2026 · 3 min read · 1 claps #venture-studio #startup-investing #the-design-vc

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AN Andy Budd · The Design VC

Why The Growth Equation Ended Up as an Audiobook (and Why I Didn’t Read It Myself)

One of the quiet failures of most startup books is that they assume founders have time to read them.

Mar 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #startup-books #startup-growth #startup-audiobooks