Julian Lehr from Stripe – Writing, Mimetic Theory and European Tech

Seedtable Podcast | European Tech, VC & Startups

Hey everyone, this is your host Gonz, and welcome to another episode of the Seedtable podcast, where we try to make sense of what is going on in european technology.

My guest today is Julian Lehr.

Julian is a friend, a writer and a thinker, currently working as a Startup Partnership Lead at Stripe.

For the past few years, he has been writing incredible essays on the intersection of technology and social norms, with some of my favorites being Signaling as a Service, Proof of Work and Is this real life.

Julian is one of the most intriguing thinkers I know, and this conversation turned out to be even better than I expected.

During the episode, we discuss: The difference between social-media Julian, and real-life Julian; Julian’s writing process; the notion of American entrepreneurs as celebrities, and why in Europe that isn’t the case; Julian’s insightful ‘Signaling Theory’; Why Julian tracks and measures pretty much everything he does on a given day, and much much more.

I hope you enjoy this conversation, as much as I did.