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Founders should enjoy the successful company
Founders should enjoy the successful company
Patrick says he finds Stripe intellectually rewarding because it works with many interesting companies, and that founders should consider whether they will enjoy the company if it succeeds.
- Speaker
- Patrick Collison
- Topic
- The Stripe story
- Source timestamp
- 19:44
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