Max Levchin

Are you managing to profitability? The storytelling hour of like, oh, by the way, we have this shiny item that we're so excited about that feeds the voting machine. And I'm sure some of it is important, but I spent a lot more time feeding the weighing machine.

Are you managing to profitability? The storytelling hour of like, oh, by the way, we have this shiny item that we're so excited about that feeds the voting machine. And I'm sure some of it is important, but I spent a lot more time feeding the weighing machine.

Are you managing to profitability? The storytelling hour of like, oh, by the way, we have this shiny item that we're so excited about that feeds the voting machine. And I'm sure some of it is important, but I spent a lot more time feeding the weighing machine.

Basically do exactly the same thing I do now. So before Affirm was a thing, I made a list of difficult problems that I thought required solving. I decided that financial services or money at the core is one that I am well suited to solve, just given my past experience that I bring. But if I knew I couldn't fail at anything, I would revisit my list of hard problems.

Basically do exactly the same thing I do now. So before Affirm was a thing, I made a list of difficult problems that I thought required solving. I decided that financial services or money at the core is one that I am well suited to solve, just given my past experience that I bring. But if I knew I couldn't fail at anything, I would revisit my list of hard problems.

Basically do exactly the same thing I do now. So before Affirm was a thing, I made a list of difficult problems that I thought required solving. I decided that financial services or money at the core is one that I am well suited to solve, just given my past experience that I bring. But if I knew I couldn't fail at anything, I would revisit my list of hard problems.

And that inevitably had things like food, water, shelter, energy, just solve them all.

And that inevitably had things like food, water, shelter, energy, just solve them all.

And that inevitably had things like food, water, shelter, energy, just solve them all.

He's brilliant.

He's brilliant.

He's brilliant.

Elon is brilliant too. If I could have a choice between starting a company with Peter or starting a company with Elon, it'd be a very hard choice to make. I think Peter is a more known quantity for me. That's why I answered the way I did. So we started the company together and Elon's company merged into PayPal to form the modern PayPal.

Elon is brilliant too. If I could have a choice between starting a company with Peter or starting a company with Elon, it'd be a very hard choice to make. I think Peter is a more known quantity for me. That's why I answered the way I did. So we started the company together and Elon's company merged into PayPal to form the modern PayPal.

Elon is brilliant too. If I could have a choice between starting a company with Peter or starting a company with Elon, it'd be a very hard choice to make. I think Peter is a more known quantity for me. That's why I answered the way I did. So we started the company together and Elon's company merged into PayPal to form the modern PayPal.

So I know exactly what he's like under pressure and stressed out and trying to raise money and not succeeding for a time and dealing with personal life issues. And so I've seen him go from, you know, mid twenties to older. And so the-

So I know exactly what he's like under pressure and stressed out and trying to raise money and not succeeding for a time and dealing with personal life issues. And so I've seen him go from, you know, mid twenties to older. And so the-

So I know exactly what he's like under pressure and stressed out and trying to raise money and not succeeding for a time and dealing with personal life issues. And so I've seen him go from, you know, mid twenties to older. And so the-

When you observe someone closely for a long time, you don't actually notice the change. You see the episodes, but you don't know how the person really changes. We've all grown up. We've all become probably more measured and slightly more careful, slightly less crazy, maybe slightly more crazy. I don't know. He hasn't changed very much.

When you observe someone closely for a long time, you don't actually notice the change. You see the episodes, but you don't know how the person really changes. We've all grown up. We've all become probably more measured and slightly more careful, slightly less crazy, maybe slightly more crazy. I don't know. He hasn't changed very much.