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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
The design party we hosted became a great advertisement for Figma, showcasing what people could create together, even if they didn't know each other.
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The Future Of Design With Figma's Dylan Field
@ Y Combinator
03/13/25
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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
The design community reacted positively to Figma's launch, with users expressing excitement about its potential to change their careers and workflows.
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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
Initially, Figma faced skepticism, but over time, it demonstrated its value and potential for collaboration among designers and engineers.
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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
As we developed Figma, we recognized that the design market was rapidly growing, contrary to our initial belief that it was small.
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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
Maker Week at Figma encourages everyone in the company to contribute to improving the product, leading to many of our best features.
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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
Figma's development was driven by user behavior, especially during the pandemic, leading us to create new products like FigJam and Figma Slides.
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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
From the start, one-third of Figma's users have been designers, while two-thirds are non-designers, all contributing to the platform.
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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
We actively dogfooded Figma internally, which helped us identify and fix user experience issues before launching to the public.
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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
When starting Figma, Evan and I focused on the technologies that were emerging, particularly drones and WebGL, to identify opportunities in design.
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Dylan Field
03/13/25
@ Y Combinator
Our early pitch for Figma was unfocused, but we were fortunate to have investors who believed in our potential to figure things out as we progressed.