Dee Hock – P.S. You Should Know…

Stratechery’s analysis of Visa’s acquisition of Plaid

February 16, 2020

Ben Thompson begins at the beginning: the rollout of Bank Americard (which would become Visa) in Fresno, CA in 1958. Not mentioned here, but interesting: Visa’s founder Dee Hock launched to 100k customers in 90 days – before the internet […]

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January 5, 2020

Sometimes people can accomplish big things quickly. One sample: “Dee Hock was given 90 days to launch the BankAmericard card (which became the Visa card), starting from scratch. He did. In that period, he signed up more than 100,000 customers.” | learn […]