Helping startups to scale 🦄 ✦ Driving Halo Lab 7 → 8-figures ARR & having fun ✦ Founder with Design in ❤️

I run Design & Tech Agency helping brands become TOP 1%.

✦ $530 M raised + 9-figure exits by client startups 
✦ 500+ projects delivered
✦ 99+ international awards
✦ 4.9 / 5.0 average rating on Clutch from 80+ verified reviews

This is a real impact in numbers.

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Over the past 15 yrs I’ve been shaping digital products and brands for category‑defining companies — from NOKIA and OPERA to high‑growth SaaS and Web3 start‑ups.

My core focus is design leadership at scale: I enter as a strategic partner, craft a vision, and lead multidisciplinary teams all the way from concept to launch.

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I specialize in:

⤷  B2B SaaS Product Design | Guiding startups and enterprise spin‑ups from 0 to 1 — turning complex tech into intuitive, emotionally resonant experiences.

⤷  High‑Performance Digital Presence | Building conversion‑focused brand websites that turn first impressions into lasting growth.

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Artem Borysenko

You can hire a designer.

Or you can hire a design brain.

One gives you beautiful screens.
The other gives you a product that thinks.

When you hire a single designer, you get skills.
When you hire a team that works as one brain, you get experience that compounds.

At Halo Lab — Your Digital Partner, our teams don’t work in silos.
The UX researcher sees what frustrates users.
The product designer connects it to business goals.
The UI designer turns it into clarity and trust.
The developer translates it into something fast and functional.

Each person covers a blind spot the others can’t.
And together, they don’t just design, they solve.

That’s the difference between design as a task and design as a system.
Between a pretty interface and a product that scales, converts, and feels effortless to use.

When founders realize this, everything changes:

1. They stop hiring portfolios.
2. They start hiring thinking systems - teams that anticipate problems before they appear, align design with ROI, and build products that last.

If you’re scaling your product, don’t just hire a designer.
Hire a brain that’s trained to think like your users and build like your business depends on it.

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You’ve raised your Series A.

Now you’re proving you can deliver at scale.

And every week of delay costs runway, users, and momentum.
The big question?
Who’s actually going to build this thing?
You have three choices and each comes with a hidden price.

1. The dedicated team.
(Agency/product squad model)
Fastest to launch.
Move as one unit.
Cross-functional by default.
→ Best for: founders who need traction now and can’t afford to spend 3 months hiring.

2. Freelancers.
They’re flexible, affordable, and perfect for low-risk experiments.
But you become the PM, the QA, and the glue holding everything together.
When people churn, rework kills speed.
→ Best for: quick feature spikes or marketing tests, not your core product.

3. In-house team.
The long-term bet.
You get culture, domain memory, and control.
But it’s slow and expensive.
Median SWE comp in the U.S. sits around $187 K/year, and that’s before benefits or churn.
→ Best for: protecting core IP and scaling once product-market fit is locked.

My take? Go hybrid by design.
1. Dedicated team: ship your core product in < 90 days.
2. In-house team: retain knowledge and own the moat.
3. Freelancers: plug niche gaps when speed matters.

Re-evaluate every quarter: velocity, cost per feature, defect rate.
Because at Series A, your biggest risk isn’t cost, it’s time.

✦ At Halo Lab — Your Digital Partner, we help Series A founders scale with dedicated product squads - ready to ship fast, adapt faster, and grow alongside your in-house team.

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 Dedicated Team vs. Freelancers vs. In-House 

“We need a redesign.”

This is how half of discovery calls begin.

However, 10 minutes into the discussion and it’s obvious - they need a problem statement.

The product is not broken. 
The understanding of the problem is.

Founders say: “Our checkout flow is poor.” 
Users say: “I don’t trust this payment form.”

The difference? One adds a feature. The other builds the right feature.

A good problem statement is not an educated guess.
It’s that moment that your research turns into clarity. 
It translates chaos into focus.

Here is what strong product teams do completely differently:

1. They do not start their process around “what to build.” 
They start their process around “who’s struggling – and why.”

2. They use data and real voices, not assumptions. 

3. They state the problem in a way that the whole team- designer, PM, and CEO can read and ingest in an instant.

When you get the problem right the design almost builds itself.
Your next big UX breakthrough will not come from adding another feature. 
It will come from rewriting the question you are trying to answer.

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The hardest thing about building an AI product is getting people to trust what it does.

You can create a great model all you want, but as soon as users feel the slightest bit of uncertainty, they are going to ponder, hesitate, and leave.

When founders build trust into the product experience, three things happen fast.

1. Users stop second-guessing and start exploring. First session activation goes up because they understand the what and whys.

2. Every click of trust compounds itself into usage, retention, and upsell. Without trust, the best AI feature will remain unused.

3. You do not have to wait for product market fit to learn how users actually feel. Trust patterns can save you weeks of guessing, and reduce the launch chaos.

4. Transparent UX with design-based trust cuts confusion before it even reaches support. No more "I am left wondering why it said that?" tickets or bad reviews for hallucinations.

Most AI products are built for power. 
The real winners are built for confidence.

✦

At Halo Lab — Your Digital Partner, we help founders design AI products users trust enough to actually use and pay for.
If that’s the stage you’re at, let’s chat.

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UI for AI products

Most companies still treat a design system as a visual asset.

In reality, it behaves more like infrastructure.

When a design system is used by a company, it can help reduce costs for all the products the company already has. Also, using a design system can reduce the costs of making new products by different teams in the company.

Here’s where the real financial return shows up:

1. Reduction of duplicated efforts across teams.

When multiple teams are rebuilding and recreating similar elements, there are three new associated costs for each team: a new design, a new coded version, and the need for each team to perform QA. With the implementation of a design token system, this cycle is not necessary.

2. Component scalability across product portfolios.

When a company builds a system to support a group of products, they make more money by creating one design and using it many times for all the products in the group. This is why companies have been able to reduce the time it takes to get products to market by 20-40% without adding more staff.

3. Patterns decrease cognitive load and time spent deciding.

Once an organization sets up design patterns to support their onboarding, dashboards, permission systems, navigational structures, and error state designs, teams won't have to argue about the most important design principles. 

4. The cost of change decreases dramatically.

With no design system: A rebrand, accessibility update, or micro-interaction change triggers weeks of redesign and recoding..
With a design system: Update the source → every product updates automatically.

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A strong design system improves:

- Time to market.
- Cross-platform trust.
- Developer throughput.
- Conversion and activation.

✦

Build your design system for the next three products you launch. 
You will begin seeing returns on your investment in the early years.

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Your product already makes users feel something.

The question is what?

If your users don’t feel the right thing, they won’t do the right thing.
They’ll bounce, hesitate, mistrust, churn.

Over 500+ products, I’ve learned that the best products aren’t the ones with the most features. They’re the ones with the clearest emotional tone.

Every product leans into one of three emotional modes.

1️⃣ Calm → “I feel safe here.”
Perfect for: health, finance, productivity, wellness.
How it’s built: soft palettes, clear language, gentle interactions, no pressure.

2️⃣ Competent → “I trust this.”
Perfect for: SaaS, B2B, dashboards, enterprise.
How it’s built: structured layouts, predictable behavior, strong signals of reliability (performance, clarity, proof).

3️⃣ Empowering → “I can do this.”
Perfect for: fitness, learning, creativity.
How it’s built: energetic visuals, progress celebrations, milestones, personalization.

When the emotional tone doesn’t match the product’s purpose:
1. A data tool feels playful → trust drops.
2. A wellness app feels intense → stress rises.
3. A learning app feels sterile → motivation dies.

Emotion either reduces friction or adds it. 
What to do before your next sprint.

✦ Pick your emotional tone before UI design.
✦ Build it into your design system (colors, spacing, motion, language)
✦ Test the gut reaction early (“How did this flow make you feel?”)
✦ Make sure every new feature reinforces that emotional mode.

We design products that make users feel the right thing.
It’s about building experiences users want to return to.

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You didn’t just hire a team.

You hired a risk.

That’s what most founders realize by Sprint 2, but by then, momentum is already bleeding out.

What starts as “a good fit” quickly turns into:

→ Delayed updates.
→ Vanishing senior talent.
→ Quiet budget drift.
→ Process that feels more defensive than proactive.

It rarely breaks all at once.
It just slowly stops working.

At Halo Lab — Your Digital Partner, we’ve inherited dozens of these “almost there” projects.
And we’ve learned to spot the early signals that most teams ignore.

Here’s how experienced founders filter for risk before it shows up on a roadmap:

1. Ask who stays after kickoff.
Bait-and-switch team structures are common. 
Real partners show you the core team from day one.

2. Low prices don’t remove cost. 
Into rework. Into scope creep. 
Into things no one “thought about” until it’s too late.

3. Their process should flex around your product.
If their workflow can’t adapt to your stack, roadmap, or internal rhythm, you're buying overhead.

4. Silence isn’t a “working phase.” It’s a liability.
Communication isn’t a nice-to-have. 
It’s part of delivery.

5. IP, code ownership, and access - settle it early and in writing.
No smart founder leaves this vague.

6. Domain experience is a requirement.
A capable team isn’t enough. 
You need people who’ve solved your kind of problems before.

7. If there’s no post-launch plan, you’re the plan.
Support, iteration, and continuity should already be mapped.

We partner with founders who know that reliable execution is rare and valuable.
If that’s where you are, you’ll feel the difference from day one.

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I can’t remember the last time I used an app that didn’t ask me to share, rate, or “engage.”

Every product today (even in B2B) is designed for an algorithm.
Google’s. LinkedIn’s. App Store’s. TikTok’s.

We’ve quietly shifted from designing for people to designing for distribution.
The algorithm rewards speed, volume, stickiness.
And so we chase it - with notifications, widgets, and “viral moments.”

But something gets lost along the way.

When was the last time a product was designed for:
✦ Silence?
✦ Reflection?
✦ A human mistake that wasn’t punished instantly?

You've trained our teams to ask,
“How will this perform in search?”
“Will this trigger engagement?”
“Will this help retention metrics?”

Not:

“Will this make someone feel seen, understood, or at ease?”
We measure time-on-page, not peace of mind.
We optimize funnels, not flow.

And in doing so, we risk turning our users into an interface between two algorithms, feeding signals back and forth.

Maybe the next wave of great design won’t be about more engagement.
Maybe it’ll be about creating digital spaces that breathe.
Moments that respect our attention instead of stealing it.
Because the best products don’t just perform, they pause.
They make us feel something.

What’s one product you’ve used lately that still feels designed for humans, not algorithms?

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I sat in a meeting where a CEO said something I'll never forget:

“I don’t need it to look beautiful. I need it to make money.”

At the time, it stung a little.
We’d poured weeks into crafting the perfect interface.
But he was right.

If your design doesn't move revenue or retention, it's wallpaper.
That moment changed how we work at Halo Lab — Your Digital Partner.
Now, every design decision starts with a business question:

1. What does this screen earn?
2. How does this feature reduce churn?
3. Can this interaction build trust faster?

We stopped chasing “nice-to-have” visuals and started designing for impact: shorter time to value, higher conversion, more clarity.

Last quarter, applying this thinking helped a SaaS client cut trial-to-paid time by 40%. Design decisions became revenue decisions.

What's one screen in your product that looks great but doesn't move the needle?

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Get inspired to live a fulfilling life I CEO and Founder of get inspired

Raphael Buck

Year in a View.
Plan your priorities to live your best year - rather than being lived by another year.

“The way you spend your time 
is the way you live your life.” — Peter Attia

Once a year, I pause to reflect and plan.

I review the past year:  
What were the highlights? What did I learn? 
What should I keep and what should change?

Then I plan the year ahead:  
What experiences do I want? 
What are my professional, 
social, and personal priorities?

I start with my own priorities, align family and 
couple goals with my wife, and coordinate 
shared plans with my business partners.

I use one simple tool: 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄.  
It puts priorities and calendar side by side to:
• See the whole year at a glance
• Ensure priorities actually make it into the calendar
• Enjoy the joy of anticipation 
If you want to use the same form click further below


WHY it matters

Priorities
Planning aligns time with what truly matters, 
not just what feels urgent. (Covey, 2006).

Anticipation
Looking forward to meaningful experiences 
increases happiness. (Kahneman & Deaton, 2010).

Follow-through
What’s in the calendar gets done. (Gollwitzer, 1999).


WHAT to to

1 The Frame 
Mark public and school holidays, fixed commitments.

2 Business Priorities
Define key projects, conferences, off-sites 
block time for what matters.

3 Relationships Memories
Plan couple time, family holidays, 
traditions with parents and siblings.
Create friendship cycles on shared interests

4 Personal Experiences
Create an experience bucket list:
travel, sports, culture, learning.
Prioritize the experience you want to make this year

5 Habits & Challenge: 
Set routines for health, money, learning 
Define one meaningful challenge for the year.


HOW to start

Click on the form, copy and edit it to make it your own.
Year in a view
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FINAL thought  

It’s not about the perfect plan.  It’s about making sure 
your priorities make it into your calendar so 
you live a life you truly want. 

“Fill your life with experiences, not things. 
Have stories to tell, not stuff to show”

Design a life that works for you 🔥
Raphael

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Year in a view 

Shift Perspective - How to unlock stuck situations and keep moving forward.

In professional, social, or personal life, 
we all get stuck at times. 
Situations can start to feel unsolvable. 
The longer we look at them from the same angle, 
the more evidence we collect for why nothing will work.

Yet the moment you change perspective, 
new solutions often appear.

“If you change the way you look at things, 
the things you look at change.” Wayne Dyer

Children do this instinctively. 
When it rains, every puddle becomes an opportunity. 

The ability to shift perspective is a critical life skill. 
It restores movement, expands possibilities, and 
helps us live a more fulfilling life.
 

WHY it matters

Agency  
Reframing increases perceived control and 
self-efficacy, driving persistence and action 
(Albert Bandura, 1997).
 
Emotional Regulation  
Cognitive reappraisal reduces negative emotion 
and stress, strengthening resilience 
(James Gross, 1998).
 
Momentum  
Fresh perspectives separate past failure from future 
action, boosting motivation and follow-through 
(Katy Milkman, 2014).
 

WHAT actions to take

1. Control Perspective  
Shift focus from outcomes to actions. 
Even in constrained situations, you control effort, 
attitude, preparation, and the next step.  
Reframe: “I can’t control the situation, 
but I can control my response.”
 
2. Time Distance Perspective  
Create distance to reduce emotional intensity. 
Many problems feel overwhelming only because 
they are viewed too close.  
Reframe: “This is temporary, even if it feels permanent.”
 
3. Learning Perspective  
Treat challenges as information. 
Every difficulty reveals skills to build, 
boundaries to set, or blind spots to address.  
Reframe: “This is not happening to me, 
but for my development.”
 
4. Opportunity Perspective  
Use constraints to surface new paths. 
Limits often force clarity, innovation, and progress 
that comfort would delay.  
Reframe: “What new path is opening 
because the old one is blocked?”
 
5. “What If It Works” Perspective  
Imagine success. Simulating positive outcomes 
builds courage, creativity, and commitment to act.  
Reframe: “If this works, who do I become 
and what becomes possible?”


FINAL thought

“Perspective doesn’t change reality. 
It changes what you do next 
and that changes everything”

Design a life that works for you 🔥

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Shift Perspective

STAY HUNGRY - not to accumulate more, 
but to keep growing and become who you are.

In the business world, you can tell in split seconds 
whether the business partner or supplier is hungry 
to make a deal or is just doing a job.

Similarly, in life, some people just settle and manage 
their life, while others stay hungry, keep exploring, 
and keep growing. You can feel the focus and energy

Staying hungry is often misunderstood as wanting 
to accumulate more, just another word for greed. 
When in reality it is a lust for life, curiosity to create, 
explore, grow to become who you are.


WHY it matters

Agency
Staying hungry strengthens control by focusing 
on future choices, boosting motivation and persistence 
through uncertainty (Bandura, 1997).
 
Growth
Hunger sustains a growth mindset, driving learning, 
skill-building, and progress beyond short-term comfort 
(Dweck, 2006).
 
Resilience 
Hunger reframes challenges as adaptation cues, 
increasing resilience and faster recovery after stress 
or failure (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004).
 

WHAT actions to take

1. Growth Mindset
Adopt a growth mindset: Your identity can evolve, 
you can build skills, and grow. See the world full of 
possibilities and opportunities.
Principle: “Sky is the limit”

2. North Star
Hunger needs a compass. Hunger without direction 
turns into noise. Set your direction.
Clarity on the direction funnels energy. 
Principle: “Direction before speed.”

3. Challenge
Intentionally choose challenges that 
stretch your current limits. Growth happens on 
the other side of challenge
Principle: “Seek productive discomfort.”

4. Curiosity
Stay curious about ideas, people, and change. 
Ask better questions, explore new domains, 
and update assumptions.
Principle: “Curiosity fuels growth.”

5. Pivot
If you sense for a prolonged time that you 
feel settled, that you manage life rather than grow. Pivot.
Principle: “Don’t protect stagnation.”

 
FINAL thought

“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” Steve Jobs
Jobs meant resisting comfort and status; 
hunger keeps you experimenting, 
foolish keeps you unafraid of looking wrong.

Design a life that works for you 🔥

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Stay Hungry

There is magic in every beginning.  
How to use new beginnings to live the life you truly want.
 
We are at the start of a new year.
A fresh chapter filled with possibilities.
 
The stats on New Year’s resolutions are sobering. 
Around 50% set resolutions.  22% fail in the first week, 
50% within 3 months, and over 80% within two years.  
Most change doesn’t last.
 
But that misses the point.  
It’s not about resolutions.
 
It’s about using new beginnings to create momentum, 
reset identity, and turn starts into sustained progress.
 
 
Why It Matters
 
Agency  
New beginnings restore control by shifting focus 
from past constraints to future choices  (Bandura, 1997).
 
Momentum  
Fresh starts increase motivation by separating 
past failures from future action  (Milkman et al., 2014).
 
Growth  
Beginnings create learning windows where effort 
compounds and identity adapts faster  (Dweck, 2006).
 
 
What To Do
 
1. New You  
A new beginning lets you leave the past behind. 
Ask what your 80-year-old self would focus on.  
You don’t need perfection, just the next version of you.  
Principle: Reset identity deliberately
 
2. Big Vision, Small Goals  
Dream big, but act small. Avoid “don’t” goals.
Set approach goals, what you want to build, become.
Define the smallest action that makes failure impossible.
Principle: Think big, start small
 
3. Habits  
You become what you do often.  
Build enjoyable habits until effort becomes identity.  
Principle: Repeat shapes identity
 
4. Progress  
Happiness comes from progress, not achievement.  
Expect discomfort; growth feels like friction.  
Principle: Progress creates happiness
 
5. Start Now  
Now is the best moment to start.  
Decide before you feel ready and mark the beginning.  
Principle: Action beats readiness
 
 
Final Thought  
Every adventure starts with a first step.
Use this new beginning to evolve and reinvent yourself.
Bring more awe into your life.
The awe of moving toward what you truly want.
 
Design a life that works for you. 🔥

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Raphael

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