Gabriel Valdivia
@gabrielvaldivia
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I help startups ship fast without compromising quality. Past clients: @daylightco, @workmatelabs, @gather_town, @slingshotai_inc
Brooklyn, NY
Joined April 2008
“It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.” Willem's attention to detail applied to one of the toughest decisions in a company's inception: its name. Worth giving it a try for sure!
Naming a startup is hard. Usually it's chaos: throw words on a whiteboard, argue, and as fatigue hits, settle on good enough. @untitleddotnew offers another way. I turned the method I used to name dozens of startups into an app. It's free to try and uses the latest AI models.
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Two years ago, I attended Kinference and was generally blown away by the people on stage: real creatives talking about their creativity. No frameworks or strategies or “leadership” mumbo jumbo. Just people who have been sweating the details for decades talking about their work.
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🛡️ The Zolana Bridge is live. Your Intent: $ZEC on Solana. Delivered: with NEAR Intents + OmniBridge powering Zcash’s $ZEC token on Solana.
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It’s nice to see people older than my 2-year-old sometimes. Lovely gathering hosted by @AIResidency and @designerfund
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A NEW ERA IS HERE! . . . . Actually wait a lil longer
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What’s the most overrated “best practice” in Design, and what do you replace it with?
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The IRS will soon begin enforcing Form 1099-DA, a major change in how digital assets are reported. The biggest shift: You’ll now have to track cost basis per wallet, not universally across all wallets. Here’s what that means and how to get ready...
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When I share design work, I try to use Figma's prototype mode to show the work in context and avoid panning around a Figma canvas, which can feel disorienting to anyone unfamiliar with the file. This shifts the focus away from the noise of my design process and onto what actually
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"996 mindset is a psyop measuring inputs not outputs"
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Wild times: building consumer products for work and SaaS for fun.
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When you mentor, what lesson do you repeat most because you learned it the hard way?
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When you let people in while the work is still forming, feedback becomes less of a verdict and more of an essential ingredient that helps shape the end result.
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Grateful for the opportunity to share the lessons I’ve learned over the last 2 years as a Fractional Design Partner 🎢
I believe the market for fractional design is about to explode 📈 So I asked @gabrielvaldivia to share the lessons he's learned building his "design cofounder as a service" He's one of my favorite designers on the planet so it turned into a heck of a deep dive 👇
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I spent the last two months working with a new client on an entirely new category of consumer products. We launched the alpha yesterday and have started getting feedback straight to our slack, triaging it on Linear, discussing next strategies. It’s just the best feeling, man.
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The lower you are on the corporate totem pole, the more freedom you have to speak inconvenient truths.
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PSA: Make your design channel public. Working in the open not only keeps the team aligned but also builds a collective history of how the work has evolved over time.
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A lot of exciting new consumer product launches recently. Some of my favorites are from Dex, MDS, HoverAir, and Insta360. Check out the latest drops:
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One measure of a successful career is the number people you admire that also admire you.
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If you could replay one career decision, would you jump to a startup sooner or stay big-co longer?
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One of my favorite slides from a talk I'm putting together. I will die on this hill...
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Don’t wait weeks to unveil your designs. Share progress early and often to gather “micro-yeses” — small approvals that bring everyone on board, one step at a time.
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When it comes to presenting design work, your energy sets the tone. If you sound unsure or disconnected, people will mirror that. But if you show up with excitement, curiosity, and conviction, others will lean in. Don’t just show the work — show that you care.
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