Cambridge

“That's the kind of exceptionalism that we're looking for in some area of their life. And it might come out through the application, it might be the interview video, or the interview itself, but we're looking for that spark that they are not average, like they'…”

“Because I always think that actually exceptionalism shows itself early in life like that. And no one comes out of Cambridge and just makes money at Bain for the first time.”

“No great entrepreneurs came out of Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, Went to McKinsey and that's where they made their first money.”

“Even today in the UK, even with all the progress has been over the last decade in the ecosystem I would say the most aspirational job for a Cambridge computer science grad is to go work at Jane Street and be a trader.”

“Before we opened the office, I ended up hiring a bunch of young dads who would show up at four a.m. In Cambridge. Because they wanted to get home at two p.m. To be with their kids, and we were like, let's validate that demand. So we were selling early in the m…”

“Cambridge is not that different to Stanford. You know, maybe a little bit smaller, maybe a bit less funded, but the quality of research that we're doing here is as good.”