Why Entrepreneurs Should Learn Design Skills

 After going through our website redesign and launch, the New York International team definitely agrees!

By Ritika PuriAs an entrepreneur, one of the most important investments that I make is in my own learning. Having spent a year running a content marketing consultancy, I've learned more than I ever would have imagined about my clients pain points, the legalities of growing a new venture, and even accounting.Across all of these disciplines, I've noticed the following the trend that with the proliferation of data and the pace at which information moves, information is becoming increasingly more difficult to communicate.For years, I thought that learning to code would give me a competitive edge as a founder. I've been self-teaching principles of data science and programming for years, to the extent that I can confidently work with developers. When my CTO Justin joined my team as co-founder, however, I came to a touch realization: I was wasting both of our time by figuring out how to become an expert programmer.The best way to increase my value as an entrepreneur would be to learn design.

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