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#122 - Max Rhodes and Anu Hariharan

2019/4/17
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Y Combinator Startup Podcast

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Max Rhodes) is the cofounder and CEO of Faire). Faire helps retailers find and buy unique wholesale merchandise for their stores. They were in the Winter 2017 batch of YC.Anu Hariharan) is a Partner at YC.Max is on Twitter @MaxRhodesOK) and Anu is @AnuHariharan).***Topics00:00 - Intro00:32 - Max's intro01:06 - Leaving Square and coming up with the idea for Faire7:37 - Changes to SMBs in the past five years9:37 - What is Faire?11:57 - Max’s vision for Faire15:12 - Finding product/market fit18:12 - Switching to try before you buy21:22 - What separates the great companies22:32 - Scaling as a CEO26:32 - Calming down29:42 - Faire's first hires33:42 - Faire's first executive hire38:27 - Fundraising and fundraising advice43:32 - Ryan McCarthy asks - Why did Max study history at Yale?44:32 - Why does Max think Square Cash became a successful app?