Stripe Hiring and Operating

A founder-focused synthesis of Patrick Collison's talks and interviews on Stripe's hiring bar, recruiting discipline, writing culture, decision systems, delegation, and the CEO's changing job as headcount scales.

3 sections ยท 11 lessons

Course outline

Hiring Bar

  1. Hire for Replication
  2. Test the Real Work
  3. Recruit Before They Want You
  4. Close with Ownership
  5. Choose the Seventh Hire

Communication System

  1. Write for Local Judgment
  2. Make Culture Explicit
  3. Process at the Right Time
  4. Write the Decision System

CEO at Scale

  1. Stay in Product Detail
  2. Delegate Without Disappearing
  3. Decision Speed and Reversibility
  4. Ten, Hundred, 1,000
  5. Redesign the CEO Week

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