All Quotes

# impact9 quotes

IMPACT

When we launched, every other brokerage charged $10 a trade. Now they all charge zero. You're welcome.

disruptioncompetitionVlad Tenev, paraphrased from interviews

Every time someone buys something with Affirm instead of a credit card, we've saved them from the compound interest trap.

impactcreditMax Levchin, shareholder letter

We've saved our customers over $3 billion in bank fees. That's not our revenue — that's money people kept instead of giving it to banks.

impactsavingsWise company report

Getting paid two days early sounds small unless you're choosing between groceries and a late fee. Then it's everything.

impactpayrollChris Britt, conference talk

We've paid out over $3.5 billion to creators. That's not ad revenue split by an algorithm. That's fans directly paying for work they value.

creator-economypaymentsPatreon company milestone, 2024

We've facilitated over 10 million therapy sessions. That's 10 million times someone got help they might not have gotten otherwise.

impactmental-healthHeadway milestone announcement, 2024

Every therapist we onboard means hundreds of patients who can now see someone in-network. The leverage on the supply side is enormous.

marketplacegrowthJake Cooper, Marketplace conference, 2023

Every small business owner either loves Yelp or wants to burn it to the ground. There's no middle ground. That kind of emotional reaction means we actually matter.

small-businessimpactJeremy Stoppelman, Inc. Magazine interview, 2014

Pokemon Go got 147 million people to walk outside and look at their phones at the same time. No product in history has done that. Not even the iPhone launch.

pokemon-goscaleJohn Hanke, DICE Summit, 2017