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Helping founders to build World-class, High-Value Brands and Products www.design4growth.com
Do you really want to embrace #DeepSeek? Try these prompts.
January 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
With 1 billion people, LinkedIn is the place. But is it my place?

X never was my place.

Where do you truly belong?

📷 Frida and me: Texel, Netherlands. August 2024.
December 14, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Success and failure are separated by one thing: action. Most people I know have brilliant ideas—they just leave them parked in their heads.

Start today!
December 7, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Networking is overrated
Teamwork is overrated
Collaboration is overrated
Brainstorming is overrated
Co-creation is overrated
Iteration is overrated
Design thinking is overrated
Consensus is overrated

Can anyone imagine Steve Jobs saying: “Let's co-create” or “let's build consensus”?
November 24, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Engineers and regulators often focus on perfecting processes that shouldn't exist in the first place.

Europeans spend over 575m hours managing cookie consent banners annually. This decision:
• Provide questionable value to customers
• Result in lost of productivity
• Create unnecessary friction
November 24, 2024 at 12:03 PM
My last newsletter is online.

For those who want to quit their jobs to pursue their passions, start a side project, or make time for their hobbies. For those who are afraid to take the first step or appear in public. Everything in today’s newsletter:

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Pablo Rubio Ordás @ D4G | Substack
Hi, I'm Pablo. Helping founders to build world-class, high-growth brands and products. Entrepreneur, Director and Founder of Erretres.com, co-founder of Nordic-bikes.com → Helped to craft 3 unicorn br...
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November 22, 2024 at 6:11 AM
For those who want to quit their jobs to pursue their passions, start a side project, or make time for their hobbies. For those who are afraid to take the first step or appear in public.

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Design4Growth – How to create World-class, High-Growth Brands and Products
Pablo Rubio Ordás is an Entrepreneur, Director and Independent Consultant to Founders, VCs and, the C-Suite • Author of the book “Digital Branding“ Tokyo 2022.
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November 21, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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A Japanese flag
A Stop Traffic Light
Recording…
A Bindi
Mars
A Target
Danger
50% of MasterCard logo
Red Dot Design Award

Same symbol, endless meanings.
Context is everything.

Google, Yahoo vs ChatGPT. Searching wars are back.

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Pablo Rubio Ordás on LinkedIn: 🔴 A Japanese flag A Stop Traffic Light Recording… A Bindi Mars A…
🔴 A Japanese flag A Stop Traffic Light Recording… A Bindi Mars A Target Danger 50% of MasterCard logo Red Dot Design Award Same symbol, endless…
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November 17, 2024 at 9:33 AM
I've always been that person clutching a drink at a cocktail party, wondering if everyone noticed I was alone

[…]

he got up and began his speech, joking that he was always left alone at events, with an empty seat next to him. Everybody was looking at the me.

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Pablo Rubio Ordás on LinkedIn: #networkingevents #professionalgrowth #careerinsights #buildingconnections…
I've always been that person clutching a drink at a cocktail party, wondering if everyone noticed I was alone. Despite overcoming my shyness, these events…
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November 16, 2024 at 8:38 AM
November 15, 2024 at 8:23 PM
The Superpower behind Airbnb, Slack, Behance, and Pinterest’s global success? Here’s why Design beats Technology every time.

Each founder brought a DESIGN background or a design-driven mindset to the table.

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Pablo Rubio Ordás on LinkedIn: The Superpower behind Airbnb, Slack, Behance, and Pinterest’s global…
The Superpower behind Airbnb, Slack, Behance, and Pinterest’s global success? Here’s why Design beats Technology every time. Each one is a world-class brand…
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November 15, 2024 at 8:12 PM