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Farquhar says raising Silicon Valley capital would have made Atlassian less disruptive
“I really think if we had grown up in Silicon Valley and had venture capital around us, that we would have built a very different company that wouldn't have been as disruptive as ours has been because we didn't have venture capital.”
Farquhar claims starting in Australia is the only reason Atlassian became successful
“Starting Alassian in Australia is the only reason we're successful.”
Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes originally just wanted a $48,500 salary without wearing suits
“The thesis was if we can earn 48,500 dollars and not have to wear a suit to work and a tie to work and work with, you know, kind of average people, then, you know, we've won.”
Atlassian's first shareholder agreement designated rock-paper-scissors to resolve founder disputes
“And we put in Rochambeau or rock, paper, scissors into our shareholders agreement. And so it's changed now. We're a public company. We can't solve problems like that anymore. But you know, for the first few years, if we disagreed it would have ended up at rock…”