Comment on Ask HN: Do startups usually design their own site or outsource the work?Comments−patheman14ywe currently do interaction design / wireframes ourselves and plan to get a visual/graphic designer onboard in the next weeks.one point learned already here: a visual designer could have given valuable input early on. so try to gather some ideas from designers early on−brewerhimselfOP14yHave you reached the MVP stage yet? I'm wondering whether it's viable to release before having a professionally made design.−patheman14yno we havent released a MVP yet and i also think a mvp needs at least a "decent" design. (depending on your customers of course)but we will do some user tests before the design is ready, just to find major flaws in the interaction & interface.
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we currently do interaction design / wireframes ourselves and plan to get a visual/graphic designer onboard in the next weeks.
one point learned already here: a visual designer could have given valuable input early on. so try to gather some ideas from designers early on
Have you reached the MVP stage yet? I'm wondering whether it's viable to release before having a professionally made design.
no we havent released a MVP yet and i also think a mvp needs at least a "decent" design. (depending on your customers of course)
but we will do some user tests before the design is ready, just to find major flaws in the interaction & interface.