Notion Podcast First Block: Interview with Parker Conrad, Co-Founder & CEO of Rippling
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Oct 17, 2023 Parker Conrad, Co-Founder and CEO of Rippling, shares insights and challenges of starting companies. They discuss the motivation behind starting Rippling, the need for naivete in the startup world, building a compound product, a day in the life of the CEO, and reflecting on a career journey with highs and lows.
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Against Starting Companies
- Consider being an executive or early employee at a successful company.
- These roles offer better odds of success and a healthier lifestyle than starting a company.
Rippling's Origin
- Parker Conrad started Rippling after being forced out of his previous company, Zenefits.
- He felt he had no other options and saw a large market opportunity.
Controversial Fundraising
- Parker Conrad's involvement was both the biggest reason for and against investors funding Rippling's seed round.
- Y Combinator and Zenefits' seed investors supported him, while some firms pulled out during Series A.