Great designers are hard to recruit. So, many founders start with a contract designer or an agency to turn their vision into a user-facing product. This is a quick, pragmatic way to get something out the door and to test the waters on product market fit. But contract designs often miss the mark — most commonly discovered when engineers start to build. For a successful contract design project, it’s important to follow these three steps:Set the project contextSet the designer’s expectationsSet ...