How to Scale: Lessons from Stripe CEO | Khosla

Stripe: high energy, sound judgment, small teams, and low ego creates magic.

One thing that distinguishes Stripe is that it’s an incredibly deep-thinking culture . It’s a written culture really focused on getting to the right answer.

On the Tim Feriss show, Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison said “Just think of any big, major company … for whatever reason, they can’t turn capital into good software. And it would be immensely valuable for them if they could. But they can’t. Or at least, they don’t. And I don’t think it’s for lack of trying or lack of realizing this. And so I thi

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That deep thinking and speed are combined with a substantial amount of user focus and user empathy. And finally, Stripe is a humble and low-entitlement culture .