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Figma’s CEO: Why AI makes design, craft, and quality the new moat for startups | Dylan Field

·1 hr 27 min·5 clips
Dylan Field reveals how Figma offered 3 months severance to reset after the Adobe deal fell through.
Good enough now sounds mediocre.

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Design, craft, and workflow are the real edges.

The speaker argues that software winners will stand out through design, craft, and quality instead of settling for good enough. He ties that view to Figma's path, from starting in 2012 and pushing hard in 2013 to first money in 2017, and to the thinking behind FigJam and Figma…

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