- 500 Startups
Year
2018
Design Tools
- Notebook
- Affinity Designer
- Affinity Photo
- InDesign
- Procreate (iPad)
Deliverables
- Report (Print & PDF)
Print Publication Design & Data Visualization
500 Startups is a seed-stage venture capital fund with a core mission to invest in talented entrepreneurs and help them start companies. 500 Startups focuses on very early-stage startups, typically those just getting started (e.g., pre-revenue), but also some that have raised funding from other sources but still need additional support to reach their goals.
I was hired to design a press release and a shareholders report based on information provided by project leads Veronica Sonsev and Cydney Hedgpeth.
Survey Shows
“Corporations can be slow: 20% of companies take more than six months to do startup deals, which stifles the chances of success. ” – Zafer Younis
Getting Started
“Once we did the first pilots and showed results, people understood the value and got excited. ” – Sandro Valeri
The Risk
“…we found that the vast majority (81%) see fewer than 25% of their pilots turn into commercial deals.” – Aman Desai
500 Startups
Unlocking Innovation Through Startup Engagement
Best Practices from Leading Global Corporations
The team and I brainstormed ideas on how to help the story so I would have a direction and know what details to include. For the illustrations and layout, I allowed myself more time and also tried out different layout patterns before settling on the final direction.
“We’ve received very positive feedback, over 1000 downloads
so far, and some very nice press in Fortune online.” – Client