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 I just became more curious over time.
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…
- 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 … - 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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
When a country doesn't have a good economic infrastructure, that harms the country. With Stripe, the idea is that by providing better infrastructure,… - John Collison
When a country doesn't have a good economic infrastructure, that harms the country. With Stripe, the idea is that by providing better infrastructure,…
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.
Our idea with starting Stripe was to build better payments technology for people building things on the web. - John Collison
Our idea with starting Stripe was to build better payments technology for people building things on the web.
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