Design advocacy in product development
To increase the awareness of the importance of design in product development, Karen Donoghue and Craig Newell from HumanLogic have presented to founders at accelerators and entrepreneurship centers and have also shared their knowledge with product development teams
Hosted by:
MIT Venture Mentoring Service
2 hours, virtual presentation
January 2022
Hosted by:
Derby Center for Entrepreneurship at Tufts University
1 hour, virtual presentation
October 2021
UX Expert Office Hours
Karen Donoghue provides 1:1 advice for founders and product teams in early-stage ventures
MIT VMS supports innovation and entrepreneurial activity.
Hold Office Hours several times per year since 2011
E14 Fund is the early-stage venture capital firm from and for the MIT / Media Lab startup community.
Held Office Hours during Summer 2021
Advised founders and teams participating in the 2021 New York Barclays Accelerator on product design planning.
Held Office Hours March – May 2021
Advised founders and teams participating in Georgian.io CoLab
Held Office Hours August 2021 – January 2022
Publications
To scale the delivery of design’s importance in the product definition process
Expert, practical guidance on user experience and product design for founders and new product managers. (Published by HumanLogic, 2021)
For founders investigating PMF, design a product architecture to enable flexibility in the user experience that allows for strategic selling and investigation of potential partnerships.
The first business book on UX, a practical guide to linking business strategy with the art and science of user experience. (Published by McGraw-Hill, 2002)