EP 209 - Paul Harapin - Head of Asia Pacific and Japan at Stripe - Having the Freedom to Make an Impact

The Asia Tech Podcast was joined by Paul Harapin, the Head of Asia Pacific and Japan at Stripe.  Yes.  That Stripe.

Some of the topics Paul covered:

• The moment in his career when he discovered startups for the first time
• Working with people with whom he has a deep level of trust
• Hiring people willing to take the next risk
• Being comfortable working with ambiguity
• The challenges of product localization
• Being in the early days of cryptocurrency in the creator space
• Having the skillset to build something from 0 to 100

Some other titles we considered of this episode:

1. You Just Keep Pushing and Pushing
2. Working Everything Out as You Go
3. The Customer Is Extracted From All the Complexity
4. The Only Time You Think About It Is if It Breaks
5. It Wasn’t Scary for Me

This episode was produced by Isabelle Goh.