Posts Tagged ‘Joshua Porter’

UX, Entrepreneurs and Startups – Why Should I Care!?!?!

Ever since having the opportunity to work with a startup back in the early fall, I’ve jumped on any chance I’ve had to do so again. I loved the atmosphere and the people, but most of all I loved the freedom with which to try and adapt the User Experience practices that I’ve been learning for so long.

Many of the people in my field migrate towards full-time work with established companies, because they desire the security that that type of work brings them. That is all well and good until the complaints about not being respected and not having the opportunity to be innovative and to learn begin. Very slowly, but surely, a change is beginning in the user experience world, and it is one that you as an entrepreneur or small business owner should not only be aware of, but should take advantage of.

User experience professionals are starting to talk about the joys of working with smaller companies and startups… and a very, very early migration has started towards that direction.

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