a16z shares Affirm CEO quote on interview questions that revealed startup ambitions.
Andreessen Horowitz posted a quote from Affirm CEO Max Levchin on PayPal's early team selection. Levchin said the company screened for entrepreneurs by asking candidates what they planned to do after PayPal. He welcomed answers signaling plans to start new ventures. The post includes a 65-second static video of Levchin speaking. It attributes PayPal's founder output to deliberate hiring choices that favored those already inclined toward building companies.
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a16z shares Affirm CEO quote on interview questions that revealed startup ambitions.
Andreessen Horowitz posted a quote from Affirm CEO Max Levchin on PayPal's early team selection. Levchin said the company screened for entrepreneurs by asking candidates what they planned to do after PayPal. He welcomed answers signaling plans to start new ventures. The post includes a 65-second static video of Levchin speaking. It attributes PayPal's founder output to deliberate hiring choices that favored those already inclined toward building companies.
a16z@a16zAffirm CEO Max Levchin on why PayPal produced so many founders: "As we were interviewing certainly the early team and even the later team, we kept on selecting for entrepreneurs. One of the stock questions I would ask was, 'So what are you going to do after PayPal?'" "The…
a16z@a16zAffirm CEO Max Levchin on why PayPal produced so many founders: "As we were interviewing certainly the early team and even the later team, we kept on selecting for entrepreneurs. One of the stock questions I would ask was, 'So what are you going to do after PayPal?'" "The…