Stanford Technology Ventures Program : John Collison

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Putting Startup Success in Perspective

John Collison, co-founder and president of the online payment system Stripe, explains how even the most celebrated startups repeatedly encountered uncertainty and failures along the ...

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John Collison, Stripe

Putting Startup Success in Perspective [Entire Talk]

John Collison, co-founder and president of the online payment system Stripe, explains how even the most celebrated startups repeatedly encountered uncertainty and failures along the ...

Video 58 minutes

John Collison , Stripe

Putting Startup Success in Perspective [Entire Talk]

John Collison, co-founder and president of the online payment system Stripe, explains how even the most celebrated startups repeatedly encountered uncertainty and failures along the ...

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Finding the Right Fit

When considering who to work with, beyond looking for basic traits such as honesty and integrity, Stripe's John Collison advises entrepreneurs to also consider deeper ...

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Improving vs. Preserving Culture

"The correct question is not how do you keep a culture from changing, it's what culture do you want to have, and how do you ...

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Be Heartened by History

Stripe's John Collision describes how even Google and Facebook made mistakes in their early days, and how that should reassure those becoming entrepreneurs. In conversation ...

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User Passion as Metric

John Collison, co-founder and president of the "developer-friendly" payment system Stripe, says the company realized that its product had potential for greater success after seeing ...

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Seeing Startups on a Continuum

Stripe's John Collison talks about how the focus and culture at a startup may need to evolve as it grows. He also discusses the concept ...

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Understanding Your Vision

Stripe Co-Founder John Collison discusses the importance of entrepreneurs truly understanding the vision for their venture early on, in order to identify the fundamentals that ...

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Not an Overnight Success

Stripe Co-Founder and President John Collison describes how the creation of the online payment system was a slow and difficult process, not an "overnight success" ...

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Startups Begin Small

Despite the lofty missions espoused by today's biggest startups, and the grand visions uttered by their founders, entrepreneurs usually start out with smaller, more tactical ...

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John Collison

Putting Startup Success in Perspective

Putting Startup Success in Perspective [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

Finding the Right Fit

Improving vs. Preserving Culture

Be Heartened by History

User Passion as Metric

Seeing Startups on a Continuum

Understanding Your Vision

Not an Overnight Success

Startups Begin Small

Finding the Right Fit

Improving vs. Preserving Culture

Be Heartened by History

User Passion as Metric

Seeing Startups on a Continuum

Understanding Your Vision

Not an Overnight Success

Startups Begin Small

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