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nathanpowell

66 karma · joined August 15, 2013

I'm a Visual Designer & Startup Design Consultant who lives in sunny Madrid Spain, and I'm lucky enough to work with people from all over the world.

I specialise in web & User Interface design, strategy & implementation, project planning, and product development.

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nathanpowell··on How we lost revenue by improving our signup process
Funnily enough, someone else suggested this. It's something we hadn't considered at the time.
nathanpowell··on Ask HN: What was the startup that got customers with failed payments back?
We currently have our eyes on Churn Buster. It looks to be solid and we've heard very good things.
nathanpowell··on Landing Page in a Day – Get a custom landing page that converts
Looks like a great idea. All the best with this!
nathanpowell··on Be clear first and clever second
Thanks, I actually had to look up the phrase "premature optimization is the root of all evil". I'd never heard of it before, at least not as a quote.
nathanpowell··on Be clear first and clever second
I think it's actually a lot harder to be clear than it is to be superficially clever. It means you really have to work to define your audience. Not an easy thing.
nathanpowell··on Can a designer ever be a true consultant?
Hi,

I understand that it's a different role, hence my interest.

I'm not sure I agree that a contractor is there to merely practice his craft, compared to the consultant who is there to make sure a company in a better position than before. It should be a contractor's job to do that as well.

This is why I'm seeing quite a grey area between what constitutes a consultant, and a contractor, or freelancer.

I'll check out the book link, thanks.

nathanpowell··on Can a designer ever be a true consultant?
Hey Charlie,

Thanks for taking to the time to answer.

I'm currently looking at a few opportunities and am actually launching a workshop next month. I dont want to link to it yet, as it's currently only available for folks who bought my book. However, it's an area that I'm interested in expanding upon.

With regards to Luke and Gabriel, this is probably more the area I had in mind when writing my question, it would be quite interesting to develop something more along these lines, it would certainly take me out of my comfort zone.

Thanks again Charlie, you've given me some food for thought.