#32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes

Welcome to the Furnham Street podcast called The Knowledge Project. I'm your host, Shane Parish, the curator behind the Furnham Street blog, which is an online community focused on mastering the best of what other people have already figured out. The Knowledge Project is where we talk with interesting people to uncover the frameworks you can use to learn more in less time. make better decisions, and live a happier and more meaningful life. On this episode, I have Patrick Collison, the co-founder of Stripe, which he started with his younger brother John in twenty eleven. While Stripe started as a company to make online payments easier, it's morphed into an internet infrastructure company.

Patrick is one of the most well-read and thoughtful people I've ever met. After listening to this conversation, you'll realize his success is less about luck and more about thought. I'm pleased to have Patrick Collison on the show. Mm-hmm. You have the unique background of having dropped out of high school And dropped out of university.

Can you explain? What went through your mind dropping out of high school? Well. I didn't technically speaking drop out, although I sort of practically speaking did. Um but uh you know, g giv given my lack of education credentials elsewhere, I I I I do um Uh, I should for the sake of my parents um uh insist that I do in fact uh or did in fact formally speaking graduate from high school. But

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