
#204 Miro’s Founder Andrey Khusid (LIVE): Rare Interview — Scaling from Whiteboard Tool to $17.5B Giant with 90M+ users
Andrey Khusid is the founder and CEO of Miro, the world’s leading visual collaboration platform used by 90M+ users with $400M+ in ARR and a $17.5B valuation.
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In this rare public conversation, recorded live with an audience of top founders and operators in Sydney, Andrey reflects on:
Why Miro waited years to raise VC funding and what changedBuilding Miro’s B2C2B motion and expanding into global enterpriseWhy only 10–15% of users are design-focused and how that’s often misunderstoodCapital efficiency and his philosophy of “burn little, insure yourself”Leadership habits as Miro scaled from 10 to 1,600+ employeesRe-calibrating culture, hiring senior leaders, and staying grounded as a global CEOPrioritising product, distribution, monetisation and culture and what’s stayed constant since 2011Australian influences on his journey, and what’s next for Miro***
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