LATEST IMPACT
LATEST IMPACT
Christie Kaplan is a unique asset in the founder space. She is not only an entrepreneur who operates at the intersection of business, systems strategy, and creativity, but is currently learning M&A to further support founders along their entire journey.
She brings deep experience architecting digital products that function as true business assets. Working directly alongside C-suite executives, she has spearheaded product initiatives for everything from early-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies across complex sectors like aviation, healthtech, and fintech.
She founded Startup Design Partners (SDP) in 2024 - 2026, where she supported founders on their early venture journeys designing the right thing for customers. Under her leadership, SDP’s impact reached founder communities at Stanford StartX and Harvard Innovation Labs, while organically sparking a vibrant, six-country global network of independent product designers. That design community continues onwards today.
She is carrying learnings forward to new adventures like Pepsico's new Innovation Hub, The Exeo Founder's Table™ and hyphos™ – all with the single mission of becoming a founders top asset.
Christie Kaplan is a unique asset in the founder space. She is not only an entrepreneur who operates at the intersection of business, systems strategy, and creativity, but is currently learning M&A to further support founders along their entire journey.
She brings deep experience architecting digital products that function as true business assets. Working directly alongside C-suite executives, she has spearheaded product initiatives for everything from early-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies across complex sectors like aviation, healthtech, and fintech.
She founded Startup Design Partners (SDP) in 2024 - 2026, where she supported founders on their early venture journeys designing the right thing for customers. Under her leadership, SDP’s impact reached founder communities at Stanford StartX and Harvard Innovation Labs, while organically sparking a vibrant, six-country global network of independent product designers. That design community continues onwards today.
She is carrying learnings forward to new adventures like Pepsico's new Innovation Hub, The Exeo Founder's Table™ and hyphos™ – all with the single mission of becoming a founders top asset.
founders supported
founders supported
revenue impacted
revenue impacted
industries impacted
industries impacted
vanity metrics — only real outcomes
vanity metrics — only real outcomes
CHRISTIE'S MANIFESTO
One thread weaves throughout her journey, and that is founders.
She's devoted her career to supporting the next stage of operators who have intense pressures to ensure what they've built is valuable and lasts.
Mapping operational chaos with hyphos™
12+ year award winning user experience designer
Actively working alongside top M&A experts
Understanding deep empathy for the ones in the arena
An intimate dinner experience in Dallas, designed to create trust and meaningful conversation with other founders in similar growth stages.
An intimate dinner experience in Dallas, designed to create trust and meaningful conversation with other founders in similar growth stages.
An intimate dinner experience in Dallas, designed to create trust and meaningful conversation with other founders in similar growth stages.
A high-impact, business mapping engagement designed to turn your intangible operational structures into clarity = action.
A high-impact, business mapping engagement designed to turn your intangible operational structures into clarity = action.
A high-impact, business mapping engagement designed to turn your intangible operational structures into clarity = action.