Startup Product Design Blog | Insights from Lumi Studio

Dec 1, 2025

Why your startup needs a Chief Product Officer

Learn when to hire a Chief Product Officer for your startup, what they actually do, and how to avoid expensive hiring mistakes

Oct 29, 2025

Product-led growth starts with your website: here's why

Find out what's killing your PLG conversion (and 4 fixes from a PLG-led design studio)

Oct 2, 2025

ICE Scoring: How to Prioritise Competing Ideas When Everything Feels Urgent

We rarely stop to think about how we make decisions, but the quality and consistency with which you make decisions is one of the main factors contributing to your business' success

Oct 1, 2025

Top UI/UX Design Agencies for Startups: 2025 Founder's Guide

Scaling startups lose 40% of potential revenue to poor UX and design debt. This guide evaluates 16 agencies for growth-stage challenges.

Sep 15, 2025

Market Research vs UX Research

Creating a new product is as much science as it is art. And to do science, you need to do research.

Aug 28, 2025

A Guide to Product Validation with Lumi's AI Tools

The systematic approach we use with 50+ startups to make better product decisions, faster.

Jul 29, 2025

How Much Should a Startup Spend On UX?

A data-driven guide to UX budget planning for cash-strapped founders

Jun 30, 2025

Should you vibe code your MVP? The startup's guide to AI-powered prototyping

25% of Y Combinator's latest startups have 95% AI-generated code — here's when you should (and shouldn't) join them.

Jun 23, 2025

Design Systems: Everything You Need To Know

Imagine creating a small website that only had three or four pages. Keeping it looking clean and consistent would be easy. But what if that website expanded gradually over time, un

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