How To Build The Future: Parker Conrad

In this episode of How to Build the Future, Garry sits down with Parker Conrad, Co-founder & CEO of Rippling, the all in one HR, Finance and IT software company that’s valued at $13.5 billion. Conrad is the co-founder of two unicorns and has one of the more dramatic startup journeys in recent years. In this interview Conrad discusses his origin story, the lessons learned from his first two startups, how AI is changing the game and why he thinks the future will be defined by "compound" software startups.

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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Intro
02:19 - Childhood
04:17 - Entrepreneurship
07:29 - Challenges
10:10 - When startups die
12:46 - Why YC?
15:24 - Zenefits
17:47 - PMF
20:50 - Transition
25:13 - Second startup
30:35 - Compounding
36:26 - Enterprise AI
40:27 - Founder mode
43:07 - Future?