Founder
Founder: 35% YoY Revenue Growth
Built a design & dev studio. 300+ projects, 60 jobs created, 9 years.
Sable Studio·Design & Dev Agency·300+ projects delivered
The Problem
- 80% of creative startups fail within 5 years.
- Mexico's design industry? Fragmented. Undervalued.
- Clients wanted cheap. We wanted to build something real.
- Two co-founders. Zero safety net. Everything to prove.
What I Did
Co-Founder & Design Director
- Built studio from zero to profitable business
- Led creative direction for Fortune 500 clients (Unilever, DDB, BID)
- Managed teams and client relationships simultaneously
- Established processes and culture that enabled scaling
Key Wins
- 300+ projects delivered over 9 years
- 35% YoY revenue growth with sustainable business model
- Created 60 jobs in Mexico's creative industry
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🎯 The Challenge
Leading diverse teams of developers, marketers, and designers required translating goals across disciplines. Building systems and processes that scaled with the team was essential to maintaining quality during growth.
✅ The Solution
Created studio principles combining creativity and technology. Established clear values that guided everyday decisions—simple rules for everyone to create, iterate, and deliver products consistently.

Studio values and graphic principles
Creative Principles
Create, Grow, Move, Code, Repeat
We built teams with managers, developers, and designers collaborating from day one. Integrating creative discussions into planning was initially confusing for developers, but over time it created an environment where everyone felt ownership of the work.

Selected projects from sable.mx
Process Systems
Discovery Process
Every project started with understanding the user narrative, conducting research, and consulting domain experts. We used creativity frameworks to find solutions that fit both user needs and business constraints.
Pattern Recognition
We identified patterns across projects—tools, narratives, workflows—and systematized them to accelerate delivery for ourselves and our clients.

Systematized creative process
Knowledge Management
Living Documentation
We documented learnings from every project: processes, tools, and terminology. Knowledge capture became a core practice that enabled faster onboarding and consistent quality.

Documentation and knowledge sharing
Team Alignment
Shared Values
Shared values emerged: work hard, stay focused, share knowledge. These principles unified diverse teams and created predictable outcomes.
Multidisciplinary Culture
We built teams where developers and designers collaborated from the same brief. Breaking silos wasn't just a value — it was how we shipped faster and with higher quality.

Attention to craft and narrative
Impact
Community Building
Knowledge sharing connected us to the wider community—attracting clients, talent, and opportunities. Our visibility came from giving back.
Sustainable Growth
We built Sable as a space for growth—a place where creative people could build careers while shipping meaningful work. 35% YoY revenue growth validated our approach.

Business and community outcomes
Project Learnings
Data Over Intuition
I learned to separate personal perception from results. Measuring outcomes gave clarity on what actually drove success.
Embrace Uncertainty
Early on, I learned to pursue ideas that seemed ambitious. We positioned ourselves as a great studio before we had the portfolio to prove it. Confidence plus execution creates reality.
Studio Architecture
Sustainable Studio Model
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Community["Community\nKnowledge Sharing"]
Referrals["Referrals\n& Network"]
Portfolio["Portfolio\n& Case Studies"]
end
subgraph Deliver["⚡ Delivery"]
Discovery["Discovery\nUser Research"]
Design["Design\nUI/UX"]
Dev["Development\nCode + Deploy"]
end
subgraph Scale["📈 Scale"]
Docs["Documentation\nKnowledge Base"]
Process["Process\nSystematization"]
Team["Team\n60 Jobs Created"]
end
subgraph Results["🏆 Results"]
Projects["300+ Projects"]
Growth["35% YoY"]
Clients["Unilever, DDB, BID"]
end
Community --> Referrals
Referrals --> Portfolio
Portfolio --> Discovery
Discovery --> Design
Design --> Dev
Dev --> Docs
Docs --> Process
Process --> Team
Team --> Projects
Projects --> Growth
Growth --> Clients
Clients --> Community
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