Patrick McKenzie
Also known as patio11
patio11: writes Bits about Money and hosts Complex Systems; six years at Stripe, now an adviser.
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- Patrick McKenzie, known online as patio11, writes about where technology meets finance.
- McKenzie writes the Bits about Money newsletter and hosts the Complex Systems podcast.
- After six years at Japanese companies and about ten running small software businesses, McKenzie worked full time at Stripe for six years, leaving in early 2023 and staying on as an adviser.
- In early 2021 McKenzie ran VaccinateCA, which tracked where Americans could get vaccinated.
Key facts
- Japan
- Moved to Japan after college and worked for Japanese companies for six years2
- Own companies
- Bingo Card Creator, from 2006 until it was sold in 2015; Appointment Reminder, from 2010 to 2016, when it was sold2
- Stripe
- Six years full time, an early team member on Stripe Atlas, much of it on marketing and communications; left full-time work in early 2023 and still advises2
- VaccinateCA
- Ran the effort for a few months during the US vaccine rollout in early 20212
- Writing
- Bits about Money, a newsletter on tech and finance; the Complex Systems podcast1
Roles
Before
Part of until 2023
Stripe (six years full time, early team member on Stripe Atlas; left full-time work in early 2023 and stayed on as an adviser) source on Stripe
Links
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