Parker Conrad has spent the last 8 years building Rippling into a $13B company, marking his redemption after being ousted from Zenefits. In his second appearance on the podcast, Parker and I discussed Paul Graham's "founder mode" essay and how he operationalizes it at Rippling. He also reflected on the key lessons he's

Today we're talking with Parker Conrad, who founded two startups that went on to become unicorns: Zenefits in 2013, and Rippling in 2016. Parker’s story is one the more dramatic ones you’ll hear on this podcast. In fact this episode is two stories: his misadventures at Zenefits, and the ambitious ideas he has implement

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Parker Conrad, founder and chief executive of Rippling, to talk about getting caught in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (3:30), receiving a call at 5:30 am (8:30), how wide the SVB blast radius was (11:00), moving $130m to JP Morgan in three hours (13:45), raising $500

Connie interviews Parker Conrad of Rippling about how Conrad was able to save his company from Silicon Valley Bank"s epic implosion, while Alex talks to Paul Eremenko about Universal Hydrogen"s quest to power planes with hydrogen.  Music:  1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspi

My guest today is Parker Conrad, co-founder and CEO of Rippling. I wanted to speak to Parker because he is building Rippling in a way that we don’t come across often. Rather than focus narrowly on one product, he is building a suite of interrelated products simultaneously to carry out the functions of HR, Finance, and

Connie & Alex talk about tech news stories you might have missed, and then Connie interviews  serial entrepreneur Parker Conrad, co-founder and CEO of Rippling, an employee data startup that recently closed a round led by Sequoia at a $6.5 billion valuation.  Music:  1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.