why aren't all 10 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 1 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collison: Stripe data shows remote work harms early-career employee productivity
“It is not good for early career people. We can actually measure it in our productivity data before the whole discussion about remote work happened during COVID, and it's bad from a work point of view.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
John Collison: Remote work hurts early-career productivity, according to Stripe data
“The thing that we have seen, and interestingly, we measured this before COVID, because we were doing a lot of remote hiring, and we wanted to see how much we should lean into it, is that it is not good for early career people. We can actually measure it in our…”
Opinion
John Collison calls the public market corporate discipline argument 'hogwash'
“People generally make the argument that it is critical for discipline to be public and public companies run in a more disciplined fashion. And I think that's hogwash. Like if you need a 25 year old fidelity analyst asking you to double click on your capex, bla…”
Insight
Collison: Corporate policies should target top talent, not bottom 5%
“You don't want to design your policies around, like, the bottom five percent of the company. That would be a horrible mistake. Yeah, you want to design your policies against the top talent.”
Assertion Open · timeframe Feb 2028
John Collison: Stripe is profitable on a fully loaded GAAP net income basis
“We are profitable, yeah. And profitable on like a fully loaded gap net income basis, not like a community adjusted EBITDA stuff.”
Disclosure
John Collison: Patrick and I will still be running Stripe in 10 to 20 years
“This is our life's work. You know, we're not going anywhere. We'll be very happily running Stripe in 10 years' time, in 20 years' time.”
Disclosure
Collison: Most Stripe employees work from offices in major cities
“I would say Stripe broadly, Is in a pretty similar spot to where it was beforehand, which is most people go into an office. Like most people are, you know part of our San Francisco office or New York or Dublin or Singapore or wherever. And then we have a bunch…”
Opinion
Collison: Remote work benefits tech companies by expanding their talent pool
“I think also working remotely has had a bunch of benefits where there's a way larger talent pool available to companies like Stripe.”
Assertion Supported
John Collison: Stripe processes over $1 trillion in annual transaction volume
“It's more than a trillion dollars a year.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
John Collison: Stripe has previously seen 93% of processed credit cards
“When someone comes and buys something from a Stripe user, 93% of the time, we have seen that card before.”