Max Levchin

Like they somehow make you feel that you can and should do better work. The conversation with Peter always left me thinking, the problem that I thought was really too hard to solve, I should go give it another try. I think I can. I think this is actually doable. And he is genuinely excited about you solving this problem through the capacity that you have.

And I think that's an amazing thing to work with someone on anything because they're just fueling your desire to stay late and do more work. What's your favorite consumer brand and why them? I love Airbnb. The overall brand is amazing and obviously it's a super successful company, but their tagline, at least the one they promoted for a while, was belong anywhere. I think it's such a profound...

And I think that's an amazing thing to work with someone on anything because they're just fueling your desire to stay late and do more work. What's your favorite consumer brand and why them? I love Airbnb. The overall brand is amazing and obviously it's a super successful company, but their tagline, at least the one they promoted for a while, was belong anywhere. I think it's such a profound...

And I think that's an amazing thing to work with someone on anything because they're just fueling your desire to stay late and do more work. What's your favorite consumer brand and why them? I love Airbnb. The overall brand is amazing and obviously it's a super successful company, but their tagline, at least the one they promoted for a while, was belong anywhere. I think it's such a profound...

two word brand statement like you know exactly what it means you know exactly what they stand for it's evocative you imagine yourself in all kinds of crazy places you're in the himalayas or in the amazon and you're like that is an amazing story told with two words look back to my brevity love of brevity I think kind of the old world, probably my favorite brand that I look at every morning.

two word brand statement like you know exactly what it means you know exactly what they stand for it's evocative you imagine yourself in all kinds of crazy places you're in the himalayas or in the amazon and you're like that is an amazing story told with two words look back to my brevity love of brevity I think kind of the old world, probably my favorite brand that I look at every morning.

two word brand statement like you know exactly what it means you know exactly what they stand for it's evocative you imagine yourself in all kinds of crazy places you're in the himalayas or in the amazon and you're like that is an amazing story told with two words look back to my brevity love of brevity I think kind of the old world, probably my favorite brand that I look at every morning.

So I'm a huge fan of coffee and bicycles. Not at the same time frequently, but sometimes at the same time. So every morning I roll out of bed, I stumble downstairs and make myself an espresso. My favorite espresso machine brand is La Marzocco. It's this, like, I don't actually know that much. They're an Affirm customer, so I have to full disclosure.

So I'm a huge fan of coffee and bicycles. Not at the same time frequently, but sometimes at the same time. So every morning I roll out of bed, I stumble downstairs and make myself an espresso. My favorite espresso machine brand is La Marzocco. It's this, like, I don't actually know that much. They're an Affirm customer, so I have to full disclosure.

So I'm a huge fan of coffee and bicycles. Not at the same time frequently, but sometimes at the same time. So every morning I roll out of bed, I stumble downstairs and make myself an espresso. My favorite espresso machine brand is La Marzocco. It's this, like, I don't actually know that much. They're an Affirm customer, so I have to full disclosure.

But they were a huge favorite of mine long before I convinced them to give Affirm a try. It tells this amazing story of Italian manufacturing and, you know, the someone with a mustache smelling the coffee fumes going, oh, this is a perfect espresso. And it's this sort of a story in a cup that you just think, It has to go hundreds and hundreds of years back.

But they were a huge favorite of mine long before I convinced them to give Affirm a try. It tells this amazing story of Italian manufacturing and, you know, the someone with a mustache smelling the coffee fumes going, oh, this is a perfect espresso. And it's this sort of a story in a cup that you just think, It has to go hundreds and hundreds of years back.

But they were a huge favorite of mine long before I convinced them to give Affirm a try. It tells this amazing story of Italian manufacturing and, you know, the someone with a mustache smelling the coffee fumes going, oh, this is a perfect espresso. And it's this sort of a story in a cup that you just think, It has to go hundreds and hundreds of years back.

They must've been making coffee in Venice, you know, with mortar and pestle or something. I don't think it's nearly that old. I think it's maybe on the order of 60 to a hundred years old, but it's just this like timeless coffee awesomeness that I love. And I use it every day. And every time I look like, yes, yes. My coffee machine. I love it so much.

They must've been making coffee in Venice, you know, with mortar and pestle or something. I don't think it's nearly that old. I think it's maybe on the order of 60 to a hundred years old, but it's just this like timeless coffee awesomeness that I love. And I use it every day. And every time I look like, yes, yes. My coffee machine. I love it so much.

They must've been making coffee in Venice, you know, with mortar and pestle or something. I don't think it's nearly that old. I think it's maybe on the order of 60 to a hundred years old, but it's just this like timeless coffee awesomeness that I love. And I use it every day. And every time I look like, yes, yes. My coffee machine. I love it so much.

I have all these unfulfilled dreams of running a much smaller company that makes widgets. I spend my entire life making things out of bits. I would love to make things out of atoms. One of my favorite executives came up with a brand name. for a company that would sell pickles called Lethal Pickles.

I have all these unfulfilled dreams of running a much smaller company that makes widgets. I spend my entire life making things out of bits. I would love to make things out of atoms. One of my favorite executives came up with a brand name. for a company that would sell pickles called Lethal Pickles.

I have all these unfulfilled dreams of running a much smaller company that makes widgets. I spend my entire life making things out of bits. I would love to make things out of atoms. One of my favorite executives came up with a brand name. for a company that would sell pickles called Lethal Pickles.

This has to do with a story in the very early days of a firm where I tried to teach people how to make pickles because I love pickles too. And I managed to screw it up badly enough where they eventually turned toxic and grew mold and it was terrible. And I was briefly trying to persuade people that it's fine. It's actually not a problem. You should eat them.