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Life & fun · April 11, 2020

Twenty Bits I Learned

A book about design and entrepreneurship from Dan Cederholm

Twenty Bits I Learned launched on April 11, 2020 with 210 votes, #131 of 5,003 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

What it does

After retiring from co-founding, Dribbble, I reflected on 20 things I'd learned as a designer-turned-entrepreneur. It's a fun little hardcover book with mid-century aesthetics that collects those thoughts along with some arguably-artistic doodles.

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