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Build the Machine

Anthemic Indie Rock / Power-Pop · Driving, determined, bittersweet pride

Claire Hughes Johnson · Lessons from scaling Stripe

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“Product-market fit is just the product. That is not a company, and that will not scale.”- Claire Hughes Johnson

The Story Behind This Song

Claire walked into Stripe, assessed the chaos, and built the machine - systems, processes, decision frameworks - that allowed Stripe to scale from 160 to 7,000 people. John Collison said 'We need Claire in a box.' She laughed, then wrote the book.

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Lessons from scaling Stripe
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