About this episode
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 . *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Max's intro 01:06 - Leaving Square and coming up with the idea for Faire 7:37 - Changes to SMBs in the past five years 9:37 - What is Faire? 11:57 - Max’s vision for Faire 15:12 - Finding product/market fit 18:12 - Switching to try before you buy 21:22 - What separates the great companies 22:32 - Scaling as a CEO 26:32 - Calming down 29:42 - Faire's first hires 33:42 - Faire's first executive hire 38:27 - Fundraising and fundraising advice 43:32 - Ryan McCarthy asks - Why did Max study history at Yale? 44:32 - Why does Max think Square Cash became a successful app?