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Co-Founder of Stripe [YC] Interviewed in Depth (Audio)

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Re: Co-Founder of Stripe [YC] Interviewed in Depth (Audio)

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Post by benatkin »

Aqua_Geek wrote: post #8
benatkin wrote: post #4

Somehow I missed that Stripe is a YC company. Which batch? (Often goes into titles.)

I didn't think they were in one of the batches (haven't seen the usual YC'whatever badging on any of their posts' titles here). Their job post from a while back ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3099362 ) does list YC as an investor, though. Edit: Patrick's previous startup, Auctomatic, was in YC W'07 I think. Maybe that has something to do with it.

I'm glad I asked, then. I'm confident someone with direct knowledge will come in and provide more information. :)

Re: Co-Founder of Stripe [YC] Interviewed in Depth (Audio)

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Post by marksbren »

[On one of the reasons they have a 7 day payout period]

We were not willing to compromise on the experience of going to Stripe, deciding "OK, Stripe looks good, I will sign up.", and then can launch right there and then.

What a great, focusing vision for a product experience.

I have also been impressed with how responsive Stripe is to feedback. In the interview Patrick gets excited about a new webhook for payment transfers that the interviewer recommends. Knowing Stripe, it is probably already implemented.

Re: Co-Founder of Stripe [YC] Interviewed in Depth (Audio)

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Post by wgx »

benatkin wrote: post #4

Somehow I missed that Stripe is a YC company. Which batch? (Often goes into titles.)

Listen at 13.40, he mentions that although first funding came from YC they didn't go through a YC batch - Patrick had previously been a YC member with another startup: "Auctomatic".

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Post by kul »

wgx wrote: post #14
benatkin wrote: post #4

Somehow I missed that Stripe is a YC company. Which batch? (Often goes into titles.)

Listen at 13.40, he mentions that although first funding came from YC they didn't go through a YC batch - Patrick had previously been a YC member with another startup: "Auctomatic".

Harj and I did Auctomatic in Winter 07. We merged with Patrick just after YC. Harj is now a YC Partner. I did YC for the second time this summer with Tagstand.com.

I mention the merger here in a series of Viewpoints for the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6701815.stm

Also, the outcome of Auctomatic: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7315598.stm

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Post by essdee1 »

armandososa wrote: post #5
sumukh1 wrote: post #2

For some reason the soundcloud player took forever to load. Here's the direct link to Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/techzing/techzing-168

You should suscribe. TechZing is a very good and entertaining podcast.

I would recommend a previous episode (167) with the founders of Kaggle - very interesting.
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