The Next Dominoes to Fall?

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Sothe next set that we were unbelievably lucky to get were a lot of the on line given new directo consumer sellers of home wares and home work out equipment. Lik peleton revolutionized home workouts. And casper just completely rerote the rules on mattress replacement cycle and how you sell, how you deliver it. So when we launched a product, just the very, very first lunch with one 800.

After PayPal sold to eBay in 2002, Max Levchin could have relaxed on a beach for the rest of his life. But that’s not the kind of person he is. He isn’t happy unless he’s coming up with new ideas and building companies – so much so that he actually fell into a dark place after leaving PayPal. He didn’t fully find himself until years later, when he rediscovered his passion for the “hard, valuable, fun” problems of fintech. Now, Max runs another billion-dollar company: Affirm, a “buy now, pay later” service that’s transforming how we purchase things on credit. This is the second part of a two-part conversation with Max; to hear the story of PayPal, be sure to listen to part 1!

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