Nov 5
Dell Computers: Michael Dell. The College Dropout Who Took on IBM (2018)
Michael Dell was building a tech business in his dorm room long before it became a familiar startup story. In 1983, the UT Austin student began selling PC upgrade kits. Within months, he left college to devote himself to the business. When Dell entered the Fortune 500 in 1992, Mi ... Show More
46m 48s
Dec 2020
Dylan Field - The Growing Importance of Design – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.14]
Dylan Field is the co-founder and CEO of Figma, a collaborative, online design tool which has taken the world by storm. With a most recent valuation of more than $2B and bakers like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Greylock, Figma has been one of the most succes ... Show More
58m 48s
Oct 2025
Figma’s CEO: Why AI makes design, craft, and quality the new moat for startups | Dylan Field
Dylan Field is co-founder and CEO of Figma, a beloved tool used by every modern product team. Founded in 2012, Figma has expanded from a single design tool to a comprehensive platform including FigJam, Slides, Dev Mode, and, most recently, Figma Make. After a $20 billion acquisit ... Show More
1h 26m
Jun 2024
Dylan Field live at Config: Intuition, simplicity, and the future of design
<p><strong>Dylan Field</strong> is the co-founder and CEO of Figma, the collaborative design platform that has revolutionized how product teams work. In my first-ever live podcast, recorded at Figma Config, Dylan and I dig into:</p><p>• How intuition and product taste drive Dylan ... Show More
48m 7s
Oct 2025
Figma CEO on Design, Product, Engineering: Blurring the Lines in the AI Era | Dylan Field | E276
<p>In this episode, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia interviews Dylan Field, Co-founder and CEO of Figma, the collaborative design platform powering the product development process at companies like Microsoft, Google, and Airbnb. Since launching in 2012, Figma has grown from a br ... Show More
40m 42s
Mar 2020
E1040: Figma CEO & Co-Founder Dylan Field shares insights on crucial moments in Figma's creation, overcoming SaaS burnout, active vs. passive user-pricing, getting Greylock & Sequoia to invest after they initially passed & more!
1:00 Jason intros Figma's Dylan Field & Dylan explains why WebGL was crucial to Figma's creation 7:09 Why ChromeOS is flourishing in schools 11:28 Who are Figma's competitors & how do they compare 14:12 How does multiplayer mode work on Figma? 17:29 What does Figma charge, Dylan' ... Show More
1h 22m
May 2025
20Product: Figma CPO on How Figma Builds Products: What Works, What Does Not | How Figma Does Testing and Product Reviews | The Future of Design, Engineering and Product with Yuhki Yamashita
<p dir="ltr">Yuhki Yamashita is the Chief Product Officer at Figma, where he leads the development of one of the world's most beloved design platforms. Previously, he was Head of Product at Uber, overseeing the core rider experience used by millions globally. A master of product ... Show More
1h 1m
The dashboard in your car – the interface on your Zoom screen … many of the products we interact with every day were created with the collaborative software Figma. Figma is a kind of Google Docs for design, created by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace after they won a Thiel fellowship in 2012. Dylan was just 20 when he became CEO. The only other job he’d had befo ... Show More
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/zoink">Dylan Field</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href="https://www.figma.com/">Figma</a>, the company that helps teams create, test, and ship better designs from start to finish and is one of 2020's fastest-growing comp ... Show More
