Neo session: Find your path in the startup world with Nate Blecharczyk, Airbnb co-founder and Dylan Field, Figma co-founder
Join us for a fireside chat on Wednesday, June 23rd to hear Nate and Dylan's founder stories, ask questions, and meet the rest of the Neo community in breakout rooms.
Dylan Field is the CEO & co-founder of Figma, a collaborative design platform for teams who build products together. With the support of the Thiel Fellowship, Dylan dropped out of Brown University to start Figma with his TA Evan Wallace. They built Figma in the browser with the vision of tearing down the walls of the design process. Dylan champions open, accessible design and believes in the power of the browser to deliver software access for a cloud-based, collaborative world. He tweets @zoink.
Nate Blecharczyk is the co-founder of Airbnb, Chief Strategy Officer, and Chairman of Airbnb China. Recently he oversaw the creation of the Airbnb City Portal, an industry-first software solution that addresses the needs of cities relating to short-term rentals. Previously Nate oversaw the creation of Airbnb’s engineering, data science, payments, and performance marketing teams. Nate holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Harvard University. As a guest, Nate has stayed in hundreds of homes using Airbnb and he is also a host in San Francisco, where he lives with his family. Nate and his wife Elizabeth are signatories to the Giving Pledge.