I'm going to interview John Collison of Stripe at the IH meetup in Dublin on Thursday. Anything you want me to ask?
Will Stripe ever handle VAT?
How does a 17 year old have the focus and motivation to build a $5 million dollar company?
Does John have any go-to mental models for decision making? What are some of his favourites if so?
How soon can we expect Stripe in India?
Please ask him about the legendary, "Collision Installation".
Paul Graham wrote about it in his blog and it was fascinating.
http://paulgraham.com/ds.html
I'd be curious how they managed to sway customers to use Stripe over well-established competitors such as Paypal.
Also if it would be an ok thing to ask (maybe ask before the interview) if they have any advice on how to be a co-founder with family members (as it's something often adviced not to do) and what kind of challenges they encountered due to being family members?
How did you go about learning all the things you needed to to take on the role you did at Stripe? Were you confident you could do it in the beginning?
I wonder whether He is asperger or just with a very high IQ?
I doubt Cortland will want to ask that. Even if he did, you could bet on a polite and humble answer. You might enjoy Michelle Dawson's Conversation with Tyler, though.
Yeah, I know, but I'm sure he is really really above the rest. Each time I listen to him, I tell myself wow, is this guy an alien? He is brilliant.
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