Elias Aalto : Scaling design at Wolt
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Like many industries, the food retailing and restaurant business are also changing. And there are many new digital players sprouting like mushrooms. One of them is the Finnish startup Wolt. An app that people use to order food from restaurants to their home.  In this month’s episode we have a chat with Elias Aalto, the Co-founder and Head of User Experience at Wolt, about the product design and evolution of the Wolt app. We discuss the advantages of having designers in the founding team of a company, the developer designer relationship and the compromises you sometimes have to make when developing a product. We also hear Elias’ views on the future of food deliveries and what Wolt has already done to test new business opportunities.  Things we mention in this episode : Design Delivered
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