Andrew Ofstad

Andrew Ofstad cofounded Airtable to let people build software around their own workflows, helping scale its early product and engineering teams and later leading long-term product bets.

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Based in: Menlo Park
Elsewhere

Airtable

Jun 2012 — Present

Co-founder

Google

Jan 2009 — Jan 2012

Product Manager

Accenture

Aug 2008 — Aug 2009

Technology Labs Development Group

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

May 2006 — Aug 2006

Engineering Research Intern

Duke University

Studied Electrical Engineering and Economics (2008)

Duke University

Bachelor's studies in electrical

Products & media

airtable.com

Why software creation should start with the people doing the work

Ofstad explains how teams closest to a problem can build their own workflows, with examples from Airtable's customers.

Writing

mercury.com

Prototyping a tool people keep using

A conversation about Airtable's early prototypes, product discovery, interaction design and retention.

Media appearance

review.firstround.com

Airtable's path to product-market fit — co-founder Andrew Ofstad on building horizontal products

First Round Review, Aug 2022 — concrete founder lessons

Media appearance

spaces.is

How computing history and architecture shape product design

Ofstad discusses Airtable’s core interface, expressive building blocks, and why designers benefit from working across code, copy and product.

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Andrew Ofstad

Airtable

Google

Accenture

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Duke University

Duke University

Products & media

Why software creation should start with the people doing the work

Prototyping a tool people keep using

Airtable's path to product-market fit — co-founder Andrew Ofstad on building horizontal products

How computing history and architecture shape product design

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