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John Collison

Co-founder & President, Stripe · 1 appearance on the record.

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John Collison is an Irish entrepreneur who co-founded Stripe in 2010. He also co-founded Auctomatic and hosts the technology podcast Cheeky Pint.

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Everything John Collison said on How I Built This that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
John Collison: Payments has shifted from tactical vendor decision to product strategy
“For internet businesses, payments is actually part of the strategy that matters. It's part of the product experience. And so basically, I think this used to be a fairly tactical vendor decision for the business, where it was just something that needs to be tak…”
John Collison Mar 9, 2020 ▶ 22:55 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison (2018)

The other half of the tape: John Collison's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 17 times in 1 episode on How I Built This. 3 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Guy Raz 17

Statements about John Collison, by other people (3)

Assertion Supported
Guy Raz: John Collison was world's youngest self-made billionaire in 2017
“In 2017, John Collison was the youngest self-made billionaire on earth.”
Guy Raz May 7, 2018 ▶ 35:50 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison
Assertion Supported
Raz: Patrick and John Collison were 23 and 21 when Stripe launched
“When Stripe launched seven years ago, Patrick and John Collison were just 23 and 21 years old.”
Guy Raz May 7, 2018 ▶ 3:15 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison
Assertion Not checkable as stated
John Collison: Patrick Collison hacked his first website to teach security
“After I'd built it, Patrick taught me a lesson in in security. You know, I was probably 14 at the time, and I cobbled together this website, and there were vulnerabilities and issues and stuff that Patrick then hacked the site just to teach me a lesson on that…”
Patrick and John Collison May 7, 2018 ▶ 5:26 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison

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2018 17 mentions in 1 episode

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Stripe: Patrick and John Collison (2018) Mar 9, 2020 6m
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