Tan: Founders shouldn't use VC market sizing to pick startup ideas
Garry Tan · Figma's Dylan Field: Exploring the idea maze, vibe coding, and the power of “locking in” · Y Combinator · Mar 13, 2025 · at 18:16
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan discusses startup ideation and how traditional TAM calculations would have underestimated Figma's market potential.
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“You shouldn't use like VC thinking to decide what to work on. Cause a lot of people Might have looked at how many designers are there in the country, and then multiplied that out by, like, whatever they thought they could spend. And it's like, oh, that, you know, that number is too small. I shouldn't work on that.”
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