Lessons from the 10th Employee at Venmo Matt Hamilton

Published: June 11, 2020, 2 a.m.

On this episode we talk to Matt about his time at Venmo. Going through two acquisitions, competing against Cash App, how he would make Venmo better today and much more!\n\n3:00 - What made you decide to join Venmo?\n5:55 - What was the hiring process like at Venmo?\n7:45 - What was it like being at Venmo when they were being purchased by Braintree?\n10:45 - How did being acquired by Braintree effect your equity?\n12:05 - How was it like being acquired by Ebay?\n19:00- What do you think makes someone successful at a startup?\n21:24 - Why do you like working at a startup?\n23:40 - How big was Stash when Matt left?\n27:20 - What was it like when CashApp came out\n30:00 - What would you add to venoms social feed if you were still involved with the product?\n34:35 - What is Stash?\n36:30 - why did you leave stash?\n38:00 - what is novo and why did you go?\n44:00 - How does Novo make money? \n47:30 - How large is Novo?\n48:30 - What position are you hiring for today?