Philip Sebastian (King)

Entrepreneur Designer In Residence at Manhattan Venture Partners

Multi-disciplinary product design leader with more than 20 years of experience designing and building digital products. Presently, Entrepreneur & Designer In Residence at MVP. Previously, I was the Lead Cheerleader (& ex-Co-Founder) at @betterbelly.app(Consumer), recurpal.com(SaaS Co.) & joinbankroll.com(FinTech), Motown Music & Disco App(Consumer) // Currently Investor/Advisor in 42 companies including Aamplemarket.com, Paragon, Forcyte (YC W21), SplitPay, Swifty. Rolling Fund Partner (see angel list portfolio). Ex: Designer Apple.com, Sap.com imgur.com / YCombinator.com SUS Graduate + Pioneer.app finalist (🏆 Ranked top 15 out of 300 best tech startup companies on Pioneer accelerator program).

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Work style

How I prefer to work

Remote & Office

Morning

Mostly on my own

Qualities I value in my colleagues

  • Efficiency
  • work ethic
  • sense of humor
  • reliability
  • openness

My communication style

  • Open
  • tactful
  • transparent
  • assertive
  • persuasive

My pet peeves

  • Pessimism
  • inauthenticity
  • gossip
  • poor communication
  • micromanagement

Fun fact

3x founder. Ex: Designer at Apple.com, Sap.com imgur.com / YCombinator.com SUS Graduate + Pioneer.app finalist (🏆 Ranked top 15 out of 300 best tech startup companies on Pioneer accelerator program).

Timeline

  • Entrepreneur Designer In Residence

    June 1, 2021 - present

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