{"id":16707,"date":"2018-11-28T14:03:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T22:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/?p=16707"},"modified":"2024-06-10T21:15:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T04:15:38","slug":"reflections-on-uxpins-8th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/reflections-on-uxpins-8th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on UXPin&#8217;s 8th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16713 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1200x600_birthday_medium.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"de77\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">On November 11th,\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/uxpin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/uxpin.com\">UXPin<\/a>\u00a0turned eight!<\/p>\n<p id=\"f535\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Time flies! In 2010 I was 24, working as a UX Manager at a thriving Polish eCommerce company and, after several unsuccessful attempts to start a tech business (the youthful energy!), I took a break from any serious side projects. However, I still wanted to channel my energy towards something productive; 9 to 5 was never really an option for me. Instead of pursuing dreams of a tech breakthrough, I decided to team up with two friends and enjoy exploring the problem that bothered us for years\u200a\u2014\u200adesign\u200a\u2014\u200aengineering collaboration. Without any business goals in mind, we started to think about helping designers and engineers work better together. The problem was very close to our hearts, we just didn\u2019t know what the solution could be.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5ca5\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Freed from the constraints of a firm idea, we considered multiple options. A workshop or conference? A book? Some sort of software? Physical product? We casted a wide net.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0657\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">After couple of months of creative explorations, we settled on the idea of\u2026 a paper prototyping notepad.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2fda\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">We believed that if designers and engineers could use\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">the same tool<\/strong>, they could find the common ground for collaboration. Paper seemed to be the solid foundation for what we wanted to accomplish. After all, everyone is familiar with paper and can use it for creative purposes. The only issue? Not everyone can draw. Somebody who isn\u2019t comfortable sketching will likely be terrified of sketching in front of others. We decided to eliminate this fear by providing designers and engineers with a set of predefined, generic user interface elements printed on\u00a0<em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">sticky notes<\/em>. Instead of drawing interfaces you could simply\u00a0<em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">pin\u00a0<\/em>(yes! This is why we\u2019re called UXPin!) elements to paper. Anyone can do it!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"6be9\" class=\"graf graf--figure graf-after--p\">\n<div class=\"aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked\">\n<div class=\"progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded\" data-image-id=\"0*le0O3vfFZv85to7j\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-action-value=\"0*le0O3vfFZv85to7j\" data-scroll=\"native\"><canvas class=\"progressiveMedia-canvas js-progressiveMedia-canvas\" width=\"75\" height=\"40\"><\/canvas><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*le0O3vfFZv85to7j\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*le0O3vfFZv85to7j\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"imageCaption\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--figure-em\">Early visualization of the first UXPin product. November\u00a02010.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"3312\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">Fast forward a couple of months of prototyping and testing our tool, searching for the right manufacturer and waiting for the production to finish\u200a\u2014\u200aon November 10th (one day ahead of schedule!) we were ready to launch UXPin!<\/p>\n<p id=\"2fb1\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Well\u2026 almost ready.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7c0d\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">The one thing that we were missing was our\u2026 website. Ridiculous, taking into account that, in this entire project, building a website was the one thing that we felt really comfortable doing. We had no experience building physical products, but building a website? We certainly knew how to do that. And perhaps that\u2019s why we left it at the very bottom of our list of tasks. To launch on 11th, we had to fix this mistake\u2026 and fast.<\/p>\n<p id=\"04ed\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">On November 10th we pulled a true all\u2013nighter. We started designing and coding after our full\u2013time jobs and finished at 4am. The first version of <a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/uxpin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/uxpin.com\">uxpin.com<\/a>\u00a0was the most impromptu thing that we\u2019ve ever created. Once the website was ready, we had to wait until sunrise to take pictures of our notepads. After all, people had to see the product! I remember moving my desk as close to the window as possible to catch the first beams of sun. We were exhausted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"3b18\" class=\"graf graf--figure graf-after--p\">\n<div class=\"aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked\">\n<div class=\"progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded\" data-image-id=\"0*aqChRIH0lcHWY24X\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-action-value=\"0*aqChRIH0lcHWY24X\" data-scroll=\"native\"><canvas class=\"progressiveMedia-canvas js-progressiveMedia-canvas\" width=\"75\" height=\"40\"><\/canvas><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*aqChRIH0lcHWY24X\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*aqChRIH0lcHWY24X\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"imageCaption\">The original UXPin Website. November 11th\u00a02010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"df41\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">After all this hard work, our approach to the launch was as simplistic as it was anticlimactic. We announced UXPin on Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"c9ce\" class=\"graf graf--figure graf-after--p\">\n<div class=\"aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked\">\n<div class=\"progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded\" data-image-id=\"0*jPy93HgxzbrTEyPe\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-action-value=\"0*jPy93HgxzbrTEyPe\" data-scroll=\"native\"><canvas class=\"progressiveMedia-canvas js-progressiveMedia-canvas\" width=\"75\" height=\"40\"><\/canvas><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*jPy93HgxzbrTEyPe\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*jPy93HgxzbrTEyPe\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"imageCaption\">Our marketing was unbeatable \ud83d\ude0e\u00a0. First tweet about\u00a0UXPin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"440b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">We got our first order 2 minutes later. Another followed 5 minutes later\u2026 48 hours in and we were completely sold out, deprived of sleep (massive adrenaline rush!) and unsure what actually happened (and how!). Over 400 notepads sold in 48 hours in dozens of countries. UXPin became the talk of the design town.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5125\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">First UXPin pictures. Definitely worth waiting for the sun!<\/p>\n<p id=\"cc87\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">Some months later,\u00a0<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20110221\/early-adopter-is-the-future-of-user-experince-design-made-of-paper-and-polish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20110221\/early-adopter-is-the-future-of-user-experince-design-made-of-paper-and-polish\/\">All Things Digital<\/a>\u200a\u2014\u200aA Wall Street Journal tech publication, published an article about UXPin (likely the first \u201cstartup\u201d from Poland covered by WSJ). A year later, we had turned our notepad into a SaaS application and raised our first round of funding. Soon, awards for the best startup in Central and Eastern Europe and even MIT 30 under 30 statuses followed. There was a rapid growth in number of designers and engineers using UXPin all over the world. This led to the decision to move part our business to Silicon Valley and learn to take this unexpected success even further. After months of fundraising we became one of the first Polish companies to raise capital in Silicon Valley and established our second office in Mountain View.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"35b0\" class=\"graf graf--figure graf-after--p\">\n<div class=\"aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked\">\n<div class=\"progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded\" data-image-id=\"0*jf5oemp7uGE-hENN\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-action-value=\"0*jf5oemp7uGE-hENN\" data-scroll=\"native\"><canvas class=\"progressiveMedia-canvas js-progressiveMedia-canvas\" width=\"75\" height=\"40\"><\/canvas><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressiveMedia-image js-progressiveMedia-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*jf5oemp7uGE-hENN\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*jf5oemp7uGE-hENN\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"imageCaption\">The legend of the web\u200a\u2014\u200a<a class=\"markup--anchor markup--figure-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/kE29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/kE29\/\">Chris Messina<\/a>\u00a0was an early\u00a0adopter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"4ba8\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\">Much growth, many changes, successes and failures later\u2026 here we are today. Almost everything is different. Design is more important than ever and UXPin is among the leaders in the design tools market. Thousands of companies, including world leaders of tech, automotive, finance and entertainment, rely on our platform.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3c62\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">One thing did not change, however:\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\">we\u2019re still on the mission to merge design and engineering into one, unified, product development process.<\/strong>The task that emerged from our passions in 2010 pushes us to innovate still, 8 years later. We\u2019re chasing\u00a0<em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">the ideal<\/em>\u00a0software production process and that may never change. Perfection is impossible to reach, but always worth fighting for. That\u2019s why our mission is so broad and ambitious\u200a\u2014\u200ato push us beyond the limits of our abilities and discourage ever slowing down.<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"2559\" class=\"graf graf--pullquote graf-after--p\"><p>One thing did not change, however:\u00a0<strong class=\"markup--strong markup--pullquote-strong\">we\u2019re still on the mission to merge design and engineering into one, unified, product development process.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"154b\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--pullquote\">These past 8 years were nothing short of amazing. We met and teamed up with some exceptional folks (our first engineers are still with us!) and stormed through both joy and pain\u200a\u2014\u200aalways getting stronger. The experience of maturing together with your team, product and market is something that I\u2019m going to be forever grateful for. Thank you!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"076b\" class=\"graf graf--figure graf-after--p graf--trailing\">\n<div class=\"aspectRatioPlaceholder is-locked\">\n<div class=\"progressiveMedia js-progressiveMedia graf-image is-canvasLoaded is-imageLoaded\" data-image-id=\"0*D9K3JBI1n2kd0fGy\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" data-action=\"zoom\" data-action-value=\"0*D9K3JBI1n2kd0fGy\" data-scroll=\"native\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"imageCaption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/team-1200x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/team-1200x600.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/team-1200x600-540x300.png 540w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/team-1200x600-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/team-1200x600-1024x569.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><br \/>\nOur exceptional team is always at your service! This article was originally published on Medium <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@marcintreder\/happy-8th-birthday-uxpin-part-one-our-story-f55f3c74b158\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><section class=\"uxpin-trial-widget\"><h2>Join the world's best designers who&nbsp;use UXPin.<\/h2><span class=\"white-info\">Sign up for a free trial.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/sign-up\" class=\"btn btn-flat sign-up-btn white\">Try it for free!<\/a><\/section><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 11th,\u00a0UXPin\u00a0turned eight! Time flies! In 2010 I was 24, working as a UX Manager at a thriving Polish eCommerce company and, after several unsuccessful attempts to start a tech business (the youthful energy!), I took a break from any serious side projects. 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