Interview with Parker Conrad (From Cartoon Avatars EP 18)

Logan talks with Rippling co-founder Parker Conrad about his personal history, building a company, being forced out of Zenefits and the founder/VC relationship.
00:00 Intro
00:15 Parker Conrad Intro
00:38 Working on Harvard’s Crimson
03:09 Left School for a Little Rock Newspaper
05:37 Cancer Diagnosis
07:41 Starting SigFig
09:16 Raising Money Pre-2013
15:53 Challenges in Automating
19:00 The Public Narrative
21:01 Forced Out of Zenefits
30:14 VC’s Role in Narrative
33:24 What Do Founders Want From VCs?
36:10 Do VCs Increase Success?
40:34 Discussing Rippling
48:41 Building a Compound Company
57:20 Hiring People With a Chip On Their Shoulder
59:26 Most Important Job of a CEO
1:01:29 Raised the Next Round
1:05:12 Determining the Valuation
1:08:34 San Francisco

[@Cloughbar]

Didn't know much about Parker before this. This is my fav ep to date!

[@tommasotosi7376]

Parker is the 🐐🐐🐐 thanks for sharing this!

[@AndyWhyte_]

This was superb. Thanks!

[@tommasiero5234]

Worst design era in modern web history. Good riddance