Startup Website Issues? Fix Design Challenges with Clarity (and a Little Humor)

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Yvonne Michelle
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March 28, 2025

My son is turning 14 soon, and he's officially entered the phase of caring deeply about his clothes. Gone are the days of grabbing a black t-shirt and jeans every morning. Now, shopping has turned into a full-blown mission.

Recently, that mission took us to Opry Mills Mall, a journey that tested everyone's patience except for my enthusiastic daughter. Three hours later, after wandering store to store, we found them: the perfect pair of jeans with exactly the right-sized holes.

Was it smooth? No.
Did we question our sanity halfway through? Absolutely.
But the satisfaction of finally finding what we were looking for? Worth it.

How This Relates to Website Design Challenges

That shopping trip reminded me a lot of what startup founders go through when their website stops working—or worse, starts working badly.

Maybe it crashes. Maybe it loads like it’s stuck in 2003. Maybe it’s just... not doing what you need it to do.

So you start searching. Googling. Tinkering. Clicking on forums and half-baked YouTube tutorials. Suddenly, you're three hours in and still nowhere closer to a fix.

Sound familiar?

When Your Website Is a Mess, Here’s What Actually Works

Just like finding the right jeans took persistence, solving website design problems takes clarity. You need:

For startups especially, time is money. Chasing fixes blindly can burn both fast.

Why Hiring a Pro Is the Smart Move

Experienced designers (👋 hi) can spot and solve issues quickly. Instead of following rabbit holes, you get:

Fixing a website isn’t just about making it pretty—it’s about making it perform, especially if you’re raising capital or trying to scale.

The Takeaway

Whether you’re shopping for the perfect jeans or trying to fix a website that’s falling apart:

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