Figma: Dylan Field
Episode
74 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Fundraising & VC, Design & UX
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What It Covers
Dylan Field drops out of Brown at 19 with Thiel Fellowship to build Figma, creating collaborative design platform now valued at billions after rejected Adobe acquisition.
Notable Moment
Dylan describes the darkest week when he convinced Evan to build a meme generator, leading both founders to question their Brown dropout decision and company direction.
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