# MiguelBA Staging


## Posts

- [The Most Important Skill for a Product Designer in Startups Isn’t Design](https://staging.miguelba.com/writing/most-important-skill-product-designer-startups/): After 8 years in early-stage startups, the most valuable designer isn’t the one with the best portfolio. It’s the one who fills the gaps nobody else sees.
- [Can you trust your gut while building Product?](https://staging.miguelba.com/writing/can-you-trust-your-gut-while-building-product/): In product design, your “gut” is actually a high-speed pattern-recognition engine that synthesizes past experiences to identify opportunities before they appear in formal metrics . While data-driven decisions are vital for optimizing existing flows, data is inherently backward-looking; radical innovation often requires leading with “product sense” to act ahead of the evidence. However, unvetted instinct is highly vulnerable to confirmation bias, which can lead designers to cherry-pick data that supports their favorite features . The most effective approach is a blended loop: use intuition to form bold hypotheses in new territories, but use empirical research and A/B testing to validate those bets before you scale .
- [Building in the Dark Before Product-Market Fit](https://staging.miguelba.com/writing/building-before-product-market-fit-early-stage-startups/): Roadmaps, user stories, and design systems don’t work pre-PMF. What works: short cycles, design debt on purpose, and talking to users more than you design.
- [How AI Has Actually Changed My Daily Work as a Product Designer](https://staging.miguelba.com/writing/how-ai-changed-my-daily-work-product-designer/): 4 Claude agents, vibe coding MVPs, and CRM automation. How one product designer in a 35-person startup uses AI daily without the hype.

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