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 Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley does not breed great technology. Instead, the smartest people from around the world tend to move to Silicon Valley. — Patrick Collison Copy Share
At most large companies, what is locally optimal for you is very frequently not what is globally optimal for the company. — Patrick Collison Copy Share
I think in general technology always sort of makes some jobs less relevant, or perhaps, even obsolete, but I will say that the idea… — Patrick Collison Copy Share
I think that Stripe generally is comprised of the kind of people who believe in technology or are kind of optimistic about its effect… — Patrick Collison Copy Share
We don't always endorse what businesses sell through Stripe, but we do think it's critical that we and our peers don't act as gatekeepers… — Patrick Collison Copy Share
I started Stripe with my brother John Collison while we were in school together. We first started off building iPhone apps together and using… — Patrick Collison Copy Share
Being a public company certainly doesn't stop you from taking a really long-term time horizon, but it does make it more difficult. — Patrick Collison Copy Share
What interests us in Stripe is the idea that there could much more commerce happening on the Internet. — Patrick Collison Copy Share
'Entrepreneur' is a long, fancy French word, but it didn't seem like something you aspire to. It seemed normal, because whatever your parents do… — Patrick Collison Copy Share
If you want to hire the best people, the best people are already doing pretty impressive things. They have their life plans, their picture… — Patrick Collison Copy Share
It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions. — Patrick Collison Copy Share
It's not that I don't enjoy TV. If I had infinite time, I would watch it. — Patrick Collison Copy Share
When you talk to people who are old, some wish they had enjoyed themselves more, but not many wish they had wasted more time. — Patrick Collison Copy Share
I watch virtually no TV. All my screen time is computer time for me. When I'm not doing that I'm reading or talking to… — Patrick Collison Copy Share
