Figma CEO Dylan Field on crucial moments in Figma's creation, overcoming SaaS burnout & more! | E1040

In this episode, Jason Calacanis chats with Figma's Dylan Field about the importance of WebGL, ChromeOS in schools, and Figma's competitors. They explore Figma's multiplayer mode, SaaS pricing strategies, and the concept of SaaS burnout. Dylan shares his journey as a Thiel Fellow, Figma's funding history, and the company's response to COVID-19. They also discuss the rapid release of new features and insights from remote work.

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 57%

Dylan Field

Guest • 40%

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Chapters

0:00	Opening
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’s thoughts on charging for SaaS: bottom-up or top-down?
30:26	Is SaaS burnout real? Active-user pricing vs. Passive-user pricing & the importance of increasing pricing transparency
34:41	Becoming a Thiel Fellow, meeting Jason at Foo Camp, what happened between Mahalo & Google?
44:52	Jason goes deeper on what happened at Mahalo
46:33	Why Figma releases new features so quickly, the open-design theory & how it makes Figma anti-fragile
48:42	How is Figma handling COVID-19 on an internal & external basis
1:02:39	Figma’s funding history, why Index led the Seed, why Greylock initially passed & wound up investing
1:08:13	Why Kleiner Perkins invested & why Sequoia passed on the Series B & wound up investing, importance of getting to know your lead investors
1:11:05	How Dylan preps for & leads Figma’s board meetings
1:12:05	How working from home has given bosses better insights into who is actually making major impacts

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