One of the important lessons of the Internet is, how easy it is to get things done completely shapes what gets created. For that reason, technologies like Amazon's cloud service are very important. Even if they aren't technically impressive, they… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
What interests us in Stripe is the idea that there could much more commerce happening on the Internet. — Patrick Collison Copy Share Image
'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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
