36 Quotes by Parker Conrad

The way we designed self-driving payroll, it ends payroll as an independent system that you're entering information in by hand.

I was spending all my time at the 'Crimson' - like, 70 hours a week - and I didn't go to class for, like, a year. I failed out of school. I had to leave Harvard, really, halfway through my tenure as the 'Crimson' managing editor. It was this incredibly humiliating and shocking experience.

The only thing I learned is that failure sucks, and you never want to do it. There's not a lot to be said for that particular lesson.

I'm not going to run my business on the basis of quarterly numbers.

It feels good to have people who support you and back you and believe in you.

There's nothing easy about building a company at all. I find it really hard, just painful and difficult, and if you are successful, it's even worse than if you fail.

I'm too old to understand Snapchat.

I'll grab coffee with my wife and daughter and then am in the office around 9 or 10. From there, I usually have about 8 hours of meetings.

When professors expect a few dozen students and hundreds show up, it's a mixed blessing. While it's a testament to their popularity, it also means they have to scramble to interview and hire more teaching fellows, schedule rooms, and order lab supplies.