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How Figma Grows: Design Beyond Designers

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👋 Welcome to How They Grow, my newsletter’s main series. Bringing you in-depth analyses on the growth of world-class companies, including their early strategies, current tactics, and actionable product-building lessons we can learn from them. Upgrade to paid Hi everyone 👋 This is not our usual deep dive. It’s not the origin story of Figma. And it’s not an analysis into what got the #1 platform for design a $20B offer from Adobe. I had plans to do that, but after Aakash Gupta did a stellar case study on their product and growth drivers, I didn’t think I had much to add to the conversation on that front. So, today’s post is something different. It’s a look into what’s next for Figma. And not just from the lens of “What next?” given the Adobe deal falling through, but from a larger arc of “What got you here, won’t get you there.” If you want the 0 to 1, I’d highly suggest reading Aakash’s post. I did a lot of research, and it’s the deepest by far. But for the 1 → Nth, you’re in the righ

👋 Welcome to How They Grow, my newsletter’s main series. Bringing you in-depth analyses on the growth of world-class companies, including their early strategies, current tactics, and actionable product-building lessons we can learn from them. Hi everyone 👋 This is not our usual deep dive. It’s not the origin story of Figma. And it’s not an analysis into what got the #1 platform for design a $20B offer from Adobe. I had plans to do that, but after Aakash Gupta did a stellar case study on their product and growth drivers, I didn’t think I had much to add to the conversation on that front.…

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