Auctomatic was a compressed start-up experience, going from start to launch to acquisition in under a year. We spent a long time building the product before getting our first customer, whereas with Stripe we made sure we had paying customers from the very start.
Auctomatic was a compressed start-up experience, going from start to launch to acquisition in under a year. We spent a long time building the product… - John Collison
Auctomatic was a compressed start-up experience, going from start to launch to acquisition in under a year. We spent a long time building the product…
- John Collison
Help each user personally. Sure that won't scale to a very large size, but when a startup is just starting out, it really helps you have an advantage… - John Collison
Help each user personally. Sure that won't scale to a very large size, but when a startup is just starting out, it really helps you have an advantage…
In the desktop world, you could build a successful business where a consumer only came back to you once or maybe twice a year. I don't think you can … - John Collison
In the desktop world, you could build a successful business where a consumer only came back to you once or maybe twice a year. I don't think you can …
Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online. - John Collison
Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.
I think a lot of people learn to code messing around with things while in secondary school. And for me, it started up as a hobby and a plaything, and… - John Collison
I think a lot of people learn to code messing around with things while in secondary school. And for me, it started up as a hobby and a plaything, and…
One of the really fascinating areas is marketplaces that take advantage of mobile devices. Ridesharing is the obvious example, but that's just the st… - John Collison
One of the really fascinating areas is marketplaces that take advantage of mobile devices. Ridesharing is the obvious example, but that's just the st…
My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an ele… - John Collison
My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an ele…
Coming from Ireland, its quite hard to do a startup because youre culturally so far away from what everyone else is doing. In the Bay Area, its much … - John Collison
Coming from Ireland, its quite hard to do a startup because youre culturally so far away from what everyone else is doing. In the Bay Area, its much …
Stripe is building payment infrastructure for the Web, so we make it easy to accept credit cards online. Before Stripe, the way youd do this is using… - John Collison
Stripe is building payment infrastructure for the Web, so we make it easy to accept credit cards online. Before Stripe, the way youd do this is using…
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