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Vishu Bheda

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๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐——๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ Figma wasnโ€™t an instant success. It took ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ from its founding in 2012 to its public launch in 2016. ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด? Co-founder ๐ƒ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ says they spent the first year ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , trying different ideas before landing on ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง. But once they saw real demand, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก. A designer friend at Coursera tested Figma and sent Dylan a ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ. That was a clear sign: ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐š. But Dylan hesitated. Looking back, he says: "๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ." ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—”๐—น๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป explains: Early on, a startup is like a ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐๐›๐จ๐š๐ญโ€”small, fast, and easy to change direction. But as it grows, it becomes a ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉโ€”bigger, slower, and harder to steer. ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ผ 1. ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌโ€”small teams can pivot quickly. 2. ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐โ€”if users are pulling your product, thatโ€™s your green light. 3. ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž โ€”donโ€™t wait too long. ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง? ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€”๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ. I hope you've found this helpful. Follow Vishu Bheda for more valuable startup insights from the world's best founders!

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๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ #๐Ÿญ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น (๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐˜) Marc Andreessen, the legendary investor and co-founder of a16z, once said: "๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š

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Vishu Bheda

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Medialย โ€ขย 20d

๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธโ€™๐˜€ ๐—จ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€”๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—. A simple idea is born: Tap a button. ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž. That idea? ๐”๐›๐ž๐ซ. The m

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