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August 8, 2012 08:34 pm GMT
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After 5 Years With Facebook, Ben Blumenfeld Leaves To Beautify The Future At Designer Fund
A designer's eye can change the world, but some don't know howto build a company. So today, veteran Facebook designer Ben Blumenfeld is moving on to co-direct Designer Fund, a community of angels and mentors who support designer-led startups with a positive influence. Blumenfeld's departure follows a string of other high-level post-IPO exits from Facebook, as employees seek to apply their learnings to projects where they have more control.Blumenfeld becomes the new co-director of Designer Fund, whose sponsors include Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and 500 Startups. In a special interview he tells me how he'll be helping designers raise money, find co-founders, learnentrepreneurship, and turn their sketches into social good.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/QXTYSvCBHvg/
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