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

66 points| jv22222 | 14 years ago |techzinglive.com

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[+] marksbren|14 years ago|reply
[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.

[+] gms|14 years ago|reply
Do startups who are as hyped as Stripe ever go through the trough of sorrow?
[+] pc|14 years ago|reply
Yes. :-)
[+] richardburton|14 years ago|reply
What a great interview. Thanks for sharing. He comes across extremely well. I would trust him with my company's cash-flow.
[+] benatkin|14 years ago|reply
Somehow I missed that Stripe is a YC company. Which batch? (Often goes into titles.)
[+] richardburton|14 years ago|reply
In the interview he explains that they did not go through a proper YC batch because "the timing didn't really work out". They had been through the process before and he had got to know pg well. Hope that helps!
[+] Aqua_Geek|14 years ago|reply
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.

[+] wgx|14 years ago|reply
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".
[+] aquinn|14 years ago|reply
That limerick accent is fading fast:) Top it up by watching some Rubberbandits. Loved the interview.