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Top 10 Interesting Learnings From Figma’s IPO Docs … That You May Have Missed

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The 2021 and 2022 cohorts maintain 31% and 22% CAGRs respectively, showing sustainable expansion patterns across multiple vintage years. The Developer Invasion: 30% of Users Write Code Perhaps most surprising: developers represent ~30% of Figma’s user base during Q1 2025.

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From $10M to $100M ARR in 5.5 Months: Inside Replit’s AI Coding Rocketship

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This isn’t just another software success story. It’s the emergence of a new category that’s attracting billions in investment and fundamentally disrupting the $500B+ software development market. The question isn’t whether AI will transform software development. 2023 : $2.4M

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Everything Now is Just So Much Faster in The AI Age. Have You Adjusted?

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This Isn’t 2021 “Fast” (That Was Just Demand) Remember 2021? But here’s the thing: 2021 wasn’t actually fast innovation. Same APIs, same databases, same development cycles. Even with that IPO-a-day pace, most 2021 IPOs were just riding the demand wave. Valuations hitting the moon.

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10 Brutal Truths From Coatue About AI and Who Gets Left Behind: The Great Separation

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” The ZIRP Hangover is Healing : Companies are no longer being punished for the sins of 2021’s overvalued IPOs. High-growth companies aren’t just getting premium valuations – they’re becoming unicorns in public markets. . #4: Quality companies with good metrics are being rewarded immediately.

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Who Is Tooey Couremanche Founder and CEO of Procore

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The company went public in May 2021, marking a significant milestone in Couremanche’s journey as a founder. Three Lesser-Known Facts: Before settling on construction software, Couremanche experimented with several other business ideas, including ventures unrelated to construction technology. And more about Procore: 1.

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Who is Eran Zinman | Co-CEO of SaaS Leader Monday.com

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Deeper Bio: Early Life and Education Graduated with a Computer Science degree from The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo Demonstrated early interest in technology and software development Served in the Israeli Defense Forces’ Intelligence Corps, where he developed technical and leadership skills Early Career Began career as a software developer (..)

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5 Interesting Learnings from UserTesting at $160,000,000 in ARR

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And they brought on a great CEO, Andy MacMillan, who took them IPO in 2021. Just not quite as crazy strong as 2021. Strong growth acceleration in 2021 and in run-up to IPO. After settling into a fairly mature growth rate of 33% from 2019-2020, UserTesting exploded in 2021+, growing at 44%. It makes you wonder.

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