Original Foursquare Designer Leaves Company

Mari Sheibley, the first designer to work with Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai on a project that would become Foursquare, said today that she is leaving the company “to tackle new problems and help other entrepreneurs bring their vision to life.”

Mari Sheibley, the first designer to work with Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai on a project that would become Foursquare, said today that she is leaving the company “to tackle new problems and help other entrepreneurs bring their vision to life.”

Sheibley’s first work, in 2008, looked like this:

Sheibley led the company’s June redesign that first began to de-emphasize check-ins and promote search.

“Almost four years later I’ve watched Foursquare grow from two guys working out of Think Coffee to a company employing over 150 people across three offices on two continents.

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