Is There Something Intellectually Interesting That You Can Try to Find?

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I think you lasted a gugle for about almost exactly a year, from august to n august. I actually knew a little bit earlier, sundar, who is now, of course, the sea of the whle thing was singularly the kindest person i met at gugal. When i was sort of lost in an incorporate wilderness a little while, he took me on walks and talked to me and let me sort of pour my confused heart out. And then i chatted to his lairy and sergat, and they sort of settle, ik, before you ouo hang up your yor rclets... Surely there's something intellectually interesting that you can

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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