The Design-Led Startup
A Human-Centered Playbook for Early-Stage Innovation
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Most startups don't fail because the idea is bad. They fail because founders misunderstand people. In the rush to build, scale, and launch, many founders skip the most critical work, understanding human behaviour, context, and meaning. They optimise features before clarity, chase speed before insight, and follow formulas that were never designed for the complexity of real-world ecosystems. The Design-Led Startup offers a different path. Grounded in human-centered design, behavioural insight, and systems thinking, this book introduces a practical, deeply human approach to building startups-one ...
Most startups don't fail because the idea is bad. They fail because founders misunderstand people. In the rush to build, scale, and launch, many founders skip the most critical work, understanding human behaviour, context, and meaning. They optimise features before clarity, chase speed before insight, and follow formulas that were never designed for the complexity of real-world ecosystems. The Design-Led Startup offers a different path. Grounded in human-centered design, behavioural insight, and systems thinking, this book introduces a practical, deeply human approach to building startups-one that prioritises understanding before execution. Drawing from years of work across design, entrepreneurship, and innovation ecosystems, the book presents a clear nine-step design-led blueprint that guides readers from problem framing and user insight to experimentation, co-creation, iteration, and sustainable growth. Along the way, it explores the emotional and contextual realities founders must navigate-uncertainty, ambiguity, trust, and meaning. This is not a book about copying startup playbooks but about building with intention, empathy, and clarity. Whether you are launching your first venture, working inside an innovation team, or teaching entrepreneurship, The Design-Led Startup offers practical framework for creating products that truly matter. Build less. Understand more. Design wisely.
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