Every product that we ever built has followed the same process: it begins with creating low-fidelity wireframes, with the entire team.
But the process of building low-fidelity wireframes is flawed. It begins with founders and product managers who create the first wireframes in one tool, then designers convert these into mock-ups in another tool, developers code the final product, and marketers introduce it to the market. This results in inefficiencies and silos and creates sub-par products.
We are firm believers that it is by 👏 bringing the whole team 👏 into the low-fidelity wireframing process that we can build game-changing products: more options are considered, iterations happen quickly, and you avoid becoming attached to any one style too early on. It doesn’t only lead to better product discussions, it also leads to superior products.
But we never found the right tool to do just that. Traditional wireframing tools were only adopted by founders & product managers, while designers stayed on Figma.
So we decided to build Blocks 🤗 Blocks is a low-fidelity wireframing tool that happens right in Figma. With Blocks:
🟧 You’ll never have to switch from wireframing tools to design tools ever again
🟧 Your whole team will get to participate in the most crucial part of product building
🟧 You'll be able to wireframe any idea you've got on your mind with our library of best-in-class components
🟧 You'll wireframe much faster with drag-and-drop and endless customization
🟧 You'll have the best product conversations with all of your team - and build the best products!
Files from Hexa
⏰ What is a late cofounder and why aren’t we talking more about them?
We are big believers in the late cofounder at Hexa, but we don’t talk about them much in the world of entrepreneurship. Nor are we even really clear on what they are - are they the same as an early cofounders who join later? Or are they glorified CEOs? None of the above. We had a resounding success of Alban Sayag’s appointment as a late cofounder at Yousign (HX19), and we’re on a mission to get the message out there: the late cofounder role is a unique opportunity for both startups and entrepreneurs alike - and when the match is right, creates an unfair advantage to put companies back on the path to category leadership.
Other files we recommend
🧐 Cofounder and CEO Firmin Zochetto’s story behind Payfit
Learnings, realizations, and advice from Firmin’s journey building Payfit, ten years on.
💯 Enzo Colucci on quota-driven sales
Why cold call targets might not be the best KPI.
🔀 Lenny Rachitsky on pivoting
How and when to pivot, depending on the context of your startup.
News
💳 Upflow raises $5M series A
A couple of weeks ago, Upflow announced their series A to help bring the best of consumer e-commerce to B2B payments, led by Lorimer Ventures, an early-stage US VC firm focused on the B2B SaaS and fintech space. Such an important milestone, congrats to Alex Louisy and the whole team!
👋 Collective becomes a social network for freelancers
With the realization that freelancers needed a tool to easily find each other, connect, and pair up, Collective just launched a brand new social networking feature. Asked for by freelancers themselves, it’s a natural evolution for Collective.
🎖️ Numeral features in 2024’s fintech 100
Featured alongside their customers including Swile, Spendesk, Alma, and Garantme, Numeral landed a spot in Finance Innovation’s Palmarès Fintech100 2024. Every year, this study reports the macro trends of the fintech industry in France and establishes a list of its top 100 companies based on business performance. Congrats team!
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The Hexa Team