Patrick Collison on the importance of waiting a really long time to hire people Everybody tells you “work really hard to hire the best people.” But as Patrick explains, that’s not helpful because everyone knows they should do that. As he puts it: “The question is to what length should you go... See more

Q: What should you look for in the first 10 hires of a company? Ben Silbermann (founder of Pinterest) and Patrick & John Collison (co-founders of Stripe) share their answers in the clip below. Ben Silbermann starts it off: “I think one big misconception is that... See more

Great thing about starting your own company that you can design the way you want it. Too many founders or companies fall in this trap following established playbooks or bring processes from other places. People also say that “it doesn’t work” or “it won’t scale”, which my response is well have you tried it? Have you... See more