11 – John Collison, Patrick Collison and Ben Silberman – Hiring and Culture, Part 2

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Stripe and Pinterest - two companies well known for their strong cultures. The founders - John Collison, Patrick Collison, and Ben Silberman - take Q&A from Sam in part 2 of Hiring and Culture.

Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Patrick-collison-lecture-11-company-culture-and-building-a-team-part-ii-annotated

See the readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec11/

Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64040

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