Startup UX Design Blog

Free UX/UI design & marketing resources for startups  🚀

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Hello! This is a little resource library I put together for startup founders. It contains free UX resources, templates, and articles that might be useful for founders looking to take their startup’s UX and product to the next level.

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Resources & UX Templates

Helpful resources for startups to improve their growth & UX

Lean UX Canvas

A framework that helps you to clearly analyze and understand both the business and user sides of your product.

Brand Perception Map

Visually represents the relative position and perceptions of competitors (as well as your own brand) in the minds of customers.

Competitive Landscape

A template to help you identify and analyze your competitors and set the direction for where your startup could go in the future.

MVP Experiment Canvas

Get alignment on what you're testing, why you're testing, and for whom you're testing it.

One Page Business Plan

A concise one-pager that is a simplified version of traditional business plans that focus on the core aspects of your business.

Growth Marketing Canvas

A framework that allows you to map and look at the bigger picture of your growth strategy and plan.

Customer Journey Map

A visual representation of how your customer experiences your product or service.

PESTLE Analysis

A framework to analyze the various key factors that may influence your new startup idea from the outside.

Startup MVP Canvas

A simple and succinct blueprint for your new startup idea and its main value towards users.

One Page Product Plan

A one-pager template that will help you lay the groundwork for creating a new product or MVP.

SWOT Analysis

A simple but useful framework for analyzing your organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

Habit Loop (Duhigg)

A framework for thinking about the formation and engineering of user habits.

Product Canvas

An easy way for product managers to define a prototype, build a product increment or a Minimum Viable Product.

UX Project Canvas

Visualize the big picture of your UX and design projects, and get a convenient structure that holds all of your important data.

Persona Template

Get crystal clear on your assumed target audience by creating a customer archetype.

Business Model Canvas

A strategic management template used for developing new business models and documenting existing ones.

Hooked Model

A framework to help you think about about engineering addictive user habits into products.

Useful Tools

Discover some useful tools for startups & SaaS companies

Articles

My ramblings and musings on UX/UI for startups

10 App Gamification Examples to Increase Engagement

In this post, we'll go through 10 examples of real apps utilizing gamification to increase engagement.

12 Examples of B2B SaaS Apps Using Gamification

In this post, we'll explore gamification examples being used in B2B SaaS mobile and web apps.

How ProdPad Uses Gamification to Onboard its Users

Learn how ProdPad uses gamification to onboard its uses and increase completion rates.

12 Apps Using Gamification to Boost Habits & Productivity

Explore 12 applications using gamification to boost habits and productivity.

7 Examples of Gamification in Community & Social Platforms

Explore 7 examples of gamification being used in social networks and community platforms.

How Playbook Grew to 20,000+ Early Users Pre-Launch

Learn how Playbook growth hacked their way to 20,000+ early users pre-launch.
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