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Clarity

Andy Kim

Seattle, WA

Over 23 years of programming & design experience for startups and for some of the most successful companies in the world. Good design should be empathetic, efficient, effective and empowering. Industries I’ve been lucky to help: AI, e-commerce, branding, hardware, maps, automotive, finance, entertainment, health, music, advertising, enterprise, real estate, and more.

Current UX lead @ Google; ex UX lead @ Amazon (6 yrs); Entrepreneur 4x w/ 1 exit.

$6.67/min

16 Calls

10 Reviews

38 minutes
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Product Development

Deep knowledge on the product lifecycle from concept to go-to-market strategy to growth.

User Experience Design (GUI & VUI)

22 years of designing future-forward, simple interfaces for brands & startups. Currently serves as a UX lead @ Google; former UX lead @ Amazon for 5+ yrs most recently leading design on a new secret consumer initiative; lead design in Alexa in both graphical and voice user interface to deliver delightful and seamless UX across multi-modal devices.

Product, User Experience & Interaction Design

As a designer who's founded 4 startups and led design at Amazon and Google, I can help scale your product/service for low burn yet positioned for optimal return.

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Andy Kim answered

What are my options for raising money for a directory App that's 100% free.

Based on my experience of raising capital and investing myself - If it is truly a for-profit business, you must have a business model already, which means if it is 100% free for (I assume) users, it must be sponsor-based (ads, sponsorships, etc). In order to raise money effectively & quickly, you need to show proof the business model is working. The more you show, the quicker you can raise. It's really important that you also show runway and (conservative) growth projections so investors can see how their money will impact your growth.

Totally open for a call if you have other questions.

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Reviews

Excellent call Andy. Feedback was spot on. Left me feeling really focused and clear on next steps. Thank you!

Onur Ekinci Source: Clarity

Excellent insights and actionable advice. Great experience!

Bob Cooper Source: Clarity

Andy is very knowledgeable and offers highly valuable and actionable advice on these calls. He’s great at understanding our challenges with our website and presenting a different approach to help us with our redesign. I highly recommend a call with him!

Abnous Anjomshoa Source: Clarity

10 / 10 value -- super helpful call. Andy and I went over my website together and he had a ton of very actionable suggestions on messaging, navigation, organization, etc. to improve the UX. Highly recommended.

Michael Alexis Source: Clarity

Great call and hugely valuable!

Conor Corroon Source: Clarity

Hugely valuable call.

Jedediah Coleman Source: Clarity

Tons of value to digest. THANK YOU, Andy. Will schedule another one when I've processed the wisdom you shared in the first call.

Andrei Mincov Source: Clarity

Astonishing insightful and call u next week to continue

FANGDA QIU Source: Clarity

Sharp UX / Product Guy. Quickly understood our challenges and recommended thoughtful, elegant solutions that have resulted in materially improved user experience outcomes. Not bad for 30 mins of time! Highly recommend.

Scott Barnett Source: Clarity

Knowledgable and insightful. Andy really gave us some great advice and directions to work with when we were stuck on the problem internally.

Angela Wu Source: Clarity

Member since December 2012