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Figma

A collaborative platform for designing and building digital products.

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Figma's growth system

Acquisition

Get discovered

A community of reusable resources

Figma Community gives creators a distribution surface for reusable design resources.

Activation

Deliver the first win

The multiplayer invite loop

Figma’s shared files give designers a practical reason to invite teammates into a working document.

Duplicate a starting point

Figma and FigJam templates let a user begin with an existing structure.

Design lessons connect concepts to hands-on practice

Figma publishes design learning material for people building skills with visual interfaces.

Retention

Give people a reason to return

A community of reusable resources

Figma Community gives creators a distribution surface for reusable design resources.

Design lessons connect concepts to hands-on practice

Figma publishes design learning material for people building skills with visual interfaces.

Virality

Build growth into the product

The multiplayer invite loop

Figma’s shared files give designers a practical reason to invite teammates into a working document.

Growth map

Possible connections · Tactern analysis
  1. 01Trigger
    Create file
  2. 02Distribution
    Invite another collaborator
  3. 03Product surface
    Browse templates
  4. 04User action
    Adapt with team
  5. 05User action
    Create resource
  6. 06User action
    Adapt
  7. 07Outcome
    Look up design concept

This map connects the researched tactics into a possible system. It is not a verified user journey or a complete account of Figma's strategy.

A teardown in progress.

These are the tactics currently in the library. An unlisted stage means research has not been added, not that the company has no strategy for it.

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