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# Simon Carney

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Founder, Consortium UX

I help early startups nail the product experience that gets investors leaning in, without wasting precious time or money on rework.

[Connect with Me on](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalinsimoncarney/)

## Who I am / What i do

I've worked for everyone from Zip2 and AOL/Netscape to Nokia, Microsoft, Capital One, and Bayer. I've been around since the beginning, through every wave of what the internet became.

I've been on both sides of this. Inside the big product organizations founders are trying to sell into. Then as the person brought in to fix what went wrong, and also as the leader who had to figure out why smart teams kept stalling.

That's the conversation I'm good at. Now I help people figure that out before they burn runway on the wrong fix.

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### How this works

 If anything here resonates, I'm easy to reach. No pitch, no pressure. 

 Let's Grab a Coffee   
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### If anything here resonates, I'm easy to reach. No pitch, no pressure.

Most people start with a quick note. If there's a fit, a 90-minute session usually tells them more than six months of guessing.

 Let's Grab a Coffee   
 Virtual or In Person

## Recent Thinking

[![0\*1QjzU-Mu9-D8\_gEc](https://consortiumux.com/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/0*1QjzU-Mu9-D8_gEc.webp)](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/why-most-startups-arent-building-companies-because-they-re-building-exit-strategies-87a60d86a4f8)

### [Why Most Startups Aren’t Building Companies … Because They’re Building Exit Strategies](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/why-most-startups-arent-building-companies-because-they-re-building-exit-strategies-87a60d86a4f8)

![Author avatar](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*jwcLL-HY7TX-zRXPz20Xlw.jpeg) *By Simon Carney*

Where organizations once built internal R&D capabilities and developed solutions from the ground up, leadership now scans the horizon for acquisition targets. We’ve created the private equity version of R&D — and it’s far messier than anyone admits.

April 17, 2026 

[Read More](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/why-most-startups-arent-building-companies-because-they-re-building-exit-strategies-87a60d86a4f8)

### [We Built the Algorithmic Economy, and Now It’s Pricing Us Out](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/we-built-the-algorithmic-economy-and-now-its-pricing-us-out-29dbbf9a00f0)

April 14, 2026 

[Read More](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/we-built-the-algorithmic-economy-and-now-its-pricing-us-out-29dbbf9a00f0)

### [Why Real UX Leadership Means Ignoring Your First Idea](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/why-real-ux-leadership-means-ignoring-your-first-idea-a5c9650decef)

April 15, 2026 

[Read More](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/why-real-ux-leadership-means-ignoring-your-first-idea-a5c9650decef)

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