Navigating the intersection of design and business: a conversation with Airbnb’s Brian Chesky | Figma Blog
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Navigating the intersection of design and business: a conversation with Airbnb’s Brian Chesky | Figma Blog
By working within the browser, Figma introduced an astounding level of efficiency into the design process and drove organization-wide adoption, which resulted in large ACV enterprise opportunities. This required a period of complex product development prior to monetization — so being product-obsessed and patient were a big part of the company’s cul
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Great thing about starting your own company that you can design the way you want it.
Too many founders or companies fall in this trap following established playbooks or bring processes from other places. People also say that “it doesn’t work” or “it won’t scale”, which my response is well have you tried it? Have you tried to make it work?
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