Profile: Plaid co-founder William Hockey is building a 'durable' unicorn at Column, his startup with $200M in revenue and a valuation of (maybe) $6B. His bigger fight: a new financial 'Cold War' with China.
I spent months and 100+ hours reporting, writing and editing this piece, the first edition of The Upstarts Profile.
We go deep inside one of Silicon Valley's most interesting, low-profile startups -- used by Brex, Mercury, Ramp and many more.
And we give a first look into what Hockey and co. are doing in emerging markets, where as a proud American, he says China is "eating our f***ing lunch."
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@adamwathan There doesn't have to be a dimensional trade off if you produce the background of the button with a pseudo element that you can inset to the bounds of the button.
👋🏻 Design friends — these buttons have a semi-transparent outer stroke designed to blend with the button's shadow, but even though it needs to be implemented as an outer stroke to blend properly, it visually kinda acts like a border.
Should it be outside the layout, or inside?
The @columnbank site is beautiful. Clicking around and noticing so many tiny details, it's really slick. Feels like Tailwind, but also extends it far enough to stand on its own.
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