In life, in the media, and everything, people focus way too much on founders. Patrick Collison Read Quote
At most large companies, what is locally optimal for you is very frequently not what is globally optimal for the company. Patrick Collison Read Quote
It’s inevitable that tough situations will come up, but it’s how you react that is the challenge. Patrick Collison Read Quote
In 2007, there weren’t any other accelerators, at least that I was aware of. We were almost the prototypical Y Combinator founders: We were highly technical but had never done a startup before. We also didn’t know anyone in the Valley – investors, other entrepreneurs, potential hires. YC seemed like a great way to bootstrap that network. Patrick Collison Read Quote
I actually made a website called Y2 Combinator, which was the Y Combinator that starts Y Combinator clones. There’s a very clear difference in the quality between the companies that come from YC and the companies that don’t. Patrick Collison Read Quote
It’s very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions. Patrick Collison Read Quote
One phrase we use at Stripe is, ‘Most tech companies are building cars. Stripe is building roads.’ Patrick Collison Read Quote
There is really an issue in Silicon Valley with companies getting a bit ahead of themselves in terms of their own self-perception of their own success. Patrick Collison Read Quote
Stripe makes it easy for anyone, be it an individual or a small business or a large business, to accept credit card payments on the Internet. We want to give control to the user or the business to define what the experience looks like. We work on a website or a mobile app, or whatever between that. Patrick Collison Read Quote