Andy Budd@andybudd

Design/Product Advisor, Investor & Coach. Venture Partner @Seedcamp. I help startups hit 1M+ ARR and Design/Product leaders excel in their careers 🚀 He/Him

 Brighton, England
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Joined December 2006
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Andy Budd@andybudd
Jan 22
I’ve just launched my first podcast. It’s called The Design VC. It’s about the intersection of creativity + capital, and how design shapes early-stage startups (for better and worse). First episodes: @destraynor (Intercom), @jakek + @jazer, @katearonowitz (GV).
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I believe that token costs have become the new Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Rather than spending money on paid advertising, you now need to spend a ton of money giving away free tokens in the hope that users get enough value to want to pay. medium.com/the-design-vc/tok…
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So Bending Spoons have just bough Miro. Curious who folks think the next most likely acquisition targets will be? Typeform, Calandly, SurveyMonkey, Webflow, Pipedrive, Dropbox?
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Really cool AI teammate tool for folks who live and work inside WhatsApp and Slack. The thing I like the most about the tool is that it doesn't wait to be told what to do. Instead it learns about your business and suggests tasks it can take off your plate.
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Aug 26
Today, we're launching Ako: our AI teammate that completes work for you in Slack and WhatsApp. Ako works across your team, connects to all your tools and gets work done. Try: withako.com You've heard this pitch before, so I'll cover the principles Ako is built on:
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For instance when I signed up for Ako, it quickly saw that was a leadership coach, and offered to help me run a promotional outreach campaign. It also saw that I was thinking of moving away from Substack and offered to help with the migration. All without me asking.
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Krishna
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Aug 26
Today, we're launching Ako: our AI teammate that completes work for you in Slack and WhatsApp. Ako works across your team, connects to all your tools and gets work done. Try: withako.com You've heard this pitch before, so I'll cover the principles Ako is built on:
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After five years advising early-stage founders, I’ve noticed a recurring pattern: the thing founders obsess over most isn’t always the thing that determines whether they succeed. The harder part often starts after launch. medium.com/the-design-vc/if-…
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I personally like the look of the new Ferrari Luce by Jonny Ives, but charging is a bit of a pain.
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There’s a familiar Libertarian story about Europe: Too much bureaucracy. Too much regulation. Too many worker protections. Too much privacy law. That’s why Europe doesn’t produce as many tech giants. It’s a neat argument. I’m just not sure it survives contact with detail.
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A better diagnosis would include: Fragmented markets. Less late-stage capital. Weaker stock-option culture. Fewer giant domestic tech buyers. Less aggressive public procurement. Lower risk appetite. Less founder upside. Fewer repeat scale-up operators. That’s more realistic.
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More here. medium.com/the-design-vc/the…

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…

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