Patrick Collison There is a higher degree of operational excellence and rigor demanded of Stripe than of most companies. – Patrick Collison Companies Quotes Degree Quotes Demanded Quotes Excellence Quotes Operational Quotes Rigor Quotes Stripe Quotes 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. If you want to hire the best people, the best people are already doing pretty impressive things. They have their life plans, their picture for what they want to be doing. To figure out a way in which those trajectories align really takes time.
Bryan Robson They wanted to jump on their own bandwagon. Bobby Charlton had never made it as a manager. Bobby Moore hadn’t either. I think they never stopped trying to put me in the same category. That was the road they went down with me. – Bryan Robson
Gerald Brenan You generally hear that what a man doesn’t know doesn’t hurt him, but in business what a man doesn’t know does hurt. – Gerald Brenan
David Hepworth Radio 4 Extra is the network which offers the broadcasting version of eternal life. – David Hepworth
Herschel Walker Lets not push it under the rug, or push it to the side because, no matter what, it’s going to keep coming up. You know, if you never deal with that dirt up under the carpet, it’s going to get larger and larger, and it’s going to keep coming up. – Herschel Walker
Rostam Batmanglij I’m as guilty as anyone else of listening to music track by track. – Rostam Batmanglij
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