#122 - Max Rhodes and Anu Hariharan

About this episode

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/maxrhodesok">Max Rhodes</a> is the cofounder and CEO of <a href="https://www.faire.com/">Faire</a>. Faire helps retailers find and buy unique wholesale merchandise for their stores. They were in the Winter 2017 batch of YC.<br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/anuhariharan">Anu Hariharan</a> is a Partner at YC.<br><br>Max is on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/maxrhodesok">@MaxRhodesOK</a> and Anu is <a href="https://twitter.com/anuhariharan">@AnuHariharan</a>.<br><br>***<br><br><b>Topics</b><br><br>00:00 - Intro<br><br>00:32 - Max's intro<br><br>01:06 - Leaving Square and coming up with the idea for Faire<br><br>7:37 - Changes to SMBs in the past five years<br><br>9:37 - What is Faire?<br><br>11:57 - Max’s vision for Faire<br><br>15:12 - Finding product/market fit<br><br>18:12 - Switching to try before you buy<br><br>21:22 - What separates the great companies<br><br>22:32 - Scaling as a CEO<br><br>26:32 - Calming down<br><br>29:42 - Faire's first hires<br><br>33:42 - Faire's first executive hire<br><br>38:27 - Fundraising and fundraising advice<br><br>43:32 - Ryan McCarthy asks - Why did Max study history at Yale?<br><br>44:32 - Why does Max think Square Cash became a successful app?<br></p>