Dylan Field: Co-founder & CEO @Figma, From Meme Generator to Design Revolution | Slush 2024

In this talk, @_foundersfund Partner Delian Asphourouv sits down with Dylan Field to explore the @Figma CEO and co-founder’s unconventional path to building products loved by designers and product teams around the planet. From dropping out of college as a Thiel Fellow to crafting a vision and making it real, Dylan will share his own journey to building Figma, and how founders may choose to ignore conventional wisdom and follow their own path to building world-changing products and companies. --- Slush is the most founder-focused event on Earth, delivering actionable company-building advice while bringing together the who’s who in startups and tech. Slush will be back on Nov 19–20, 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. Stay in the loop: slush.org linkedin.com/company/slush instagram.com/slushhq x.com/slushhq