Baiju Bhatt: Robinhood Prioritizes Design Because Founders Love It, Not Strategy
Baiju Bhatt · 20VC: RobinHood's Baiju Bhatt on The Importance Of Design in Fintech and Having A 10X Better Product · Apr 1, 2016 · at 11:41
Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood, clarifies why the company places high importance on product design.
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“The reason that we spent a lot of time on design and the reason that today, even today when Robin is actually a much bigger company that I spend most of my time on design is just because we love it.”
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