Proof of Concept

6 days ago | proofofconcept.pub | David Hoang

Ben Blumenrose of Designer Fund recently wrote, It's a Historic Moment for Design Founders; With that, I hope it ushers a new era of design investors. Blumenrose, Soleio, and many other designers turn investors paved the way, but we need more in the ecosystem future generation. This is why Proof of Concept co-hosted an event with Bain Capital Ventures in their beautiful Jackson Square office: Angel Investing for Designers. I met Amanda Huang during my time at Replit, and she was at Adobe.

1 week ago | proofofconcept.pub | David Hoang

Last week, I posted online that millennials were built for Agent orchestration, comparing it to playing a Real-Time Strategy game. Claire Vo, CPO of LaunchDarkly and I joke a lot that we were built for management because of the hours of StarCraft II played growing up. Despite joking, it's valid and the skills you learn from playing such games are now very transferrable as we seemingly are controlling computers for work at a more advanced level.

2 weeks ago | proofofconcept.pub | David Hoang

The first WTF Series was WTF is a product designer? Due to the positive feedback, I figured it was time to bring it back with WTF is a Chief of Staff? At first glance, the title “Chief of Staff” (CoS) sounds like something out of The West Wing. Tech has a habit of borrowing roles from the military, and the CoS title originated in 19th-century Prussia. The Chief of the General Staff was the senior officer who supported the commander by managing strategy, planning, logistics, and coordination.

3 weeks ago | proofofconcept.pub | David Hoang

I’m recovering from an incredible week at Config. What began as a small conference at The Midway in San Francisco has grown into the one week each year when designers from around the world gather for Figma’s Config. This year, in addition to hosting our own Atlassian event and participating in other community gatherings, the main stage was set at Moscone Center for the keynote—and it didn’t disappoint.

1 month ago | proofofconcept.pub | David Hoang

Every April I seem to take an unplanned creative spring break. It’s not a sabbatical or a formal PTO strategy—just a self-imposed ritual to step away from the chaos of work and reconnect with what inspires me. I’ve learned that if you’re not in a full-time IC role, making things—especially design—becomes a form of recovery from meeting fatigue and managerial overhead.