5: Max Levchin

5: Max Levchin

Update: 2017-12-11
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Nicole sits down with Affirm CEO Max Levchin for a wide ranging discussion. They cover Affirm’s use of technology as a means of inclusion, the number one characteristic he looks for when hiring, and his work on women’s health and fractionalizing home ownership.


Show notes:




  • Introductions [:08]




  • Underlying problems with our current credit system [1:20 ]




  • The impact of deferred interest [5:15 ]




  • How Affirm is trying to change the industry [6:00 ]




  • What does Affirm stand for [8:20 ]




  • How Max hires and what he looks for when hiring [9:22 ]




  • The origins of the women’s fertility app, Glow [11:30 ]




  • How Max built the community around Glow [16:00 ]




  • HVF: Hard, Valuable, and Fun [17:10 ]




  • Divvy: fractionalizing home ownership [20:00 ]



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5: Max Levchin

5: Max Levchin

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