The perfect balance of business, tech, and design is an incredibly powerful tool and an even more powerful business model.

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Designers like Joe Gebbia at Airbnb, Alexa Andrzejewski are changing the world today not entirely because they have amazing tech and ideas, but because they make their products more usable, aesthetic, and human.

This conference talks about the importance and difference design makes. Not only learn from Gebbia and Andrezjewski, two designer startup founders but also get insight from Google Venture’s partner, Kowitz, who help new startups with their user experience and interface design.


A company that is design-centric prioritizes the user experience and celebrates new ideas. This company isn’t okay with leaving well enough alone, they’re constantly looking for ways to make that end to end experience better.


Katie Dill
Head of Experience Design, Airbnb

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Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Lincoln Center is one of the city’s premiere arts destinations. Design+Startup unfolds at the gorgeously designed Alice Tully Hall, one of the most beautiful (and intimate) concert halls in the world.

ALICE TULLY HALL
LINCOLN CENTER | NEW YORK
1941 Broadway @ West 65th Street

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