David Shen Ventures

David Shen Ventures, LLC works with entrepreneurs and startups, mostly early-stage internet and internet-related companies. It applies design, creativity and user-centred methods to help them get ahead of competitors.

Services

• Product advice: help bringing a product to market quickly and cheaply.
• Differentiation: using innovation in design to set a product apart and appeal to consumers.
• Market testing: trying out viability with real users before committing further.
• Growth strategy: planning the next steps once a product has proved itself.

Customers and markets

Early-stage web and internet businesses and their founders.

Key facts

• Principal: David Shen
• Background: more than fourteen years in product design and development at Apple, frogdesign and Yahoo!
• Publishing: the principal has written a book about Yahoo!'s advertising business and runs a business blog