Back
Vishu Bheda
ย โขย
Medialย โขย 11m
In 2010, two Irish kids set out to pull off the biggest upset in Silicon Valley history. With one email to Paul Graham and a simple hack, they built a $95B company. Here's the crazy story: At 16, Patrick and John Collison built software for eBay sellers from their home in rural Ireland. By 19, they sold their first company for $5M, but they werenโt done yet. Frustrated with PayPalโs clunky system, they asked: What if accepting payments online was as simple as a few lines of code? With no network or fancy pitch, they emailed Paul Graham: โTwo Irish kids who want to fix online payments.โ Stripeโs secret? Patrick and John didnโt just promote their productโthey personally helped developers set it up. They showed how simple payments could be. Today, Stripe processes more payments than Europeโs banks and is worth $95B. Stripe is transforming online commerce for a world where 88% of transactions still happen offline. If you like this then follow me Mr Z for more content.
Replies (20)
More like this
Recommendations from Medial
Havish Gupta
Figuring Outย โขย 11m
How Two Brothers Built a $100B Company! This is the story of Patrick Collison and John Collison, two Irish brothers with a passion for technology and entrepreneurship. In 2010, the Collison brothers were frustrated by the complexity of online payme
See More
Kolkata Index
News on Infrastructu...ย โขย 12m
โ๏ธHow Stripe Secured Its First Funding: A Pre-Seed Success Story In 2010, brothers Patrick and John Collison had a vision to simplify online payments. Their startup, Stripe, aimed to provide developers with seamless tools to accept payments. But ge
See More
The next billionaire
Unfiltered and real ...ย โขย 12m
Topmate - The Scam. Singlehandedly ruined the image of Indian Startups last week. Here's what happened: They listed big people like Elon Musk, Paul Graham, Naval Ravikant, Mr beast on their website and promoted that as if its true. Here's the cra
See More
Vishu Bheda
ย โขย
Medialย โขย 9m
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด Stripe wasnโt an obvious billion-dollar idea at first. Even after building the first vers
See More
The next billionaire
Unfiltered and real ...ย โขย 3m
"The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing." Paul Graham on how to get startup ideas: https://paulgra
See More
Abhishek Dwivedi
ย โขย
Karyarthย โขย 6m
Startup Lingo 101: โScaleโ In the startup world, โscaleโ means growing big, bold, and sustainable while making a real impact. For your job search, itโs about leveling up, chasing roles that amplify your skills, align with your passions, and push y
See More
Vishu Bheda
ย โขย
Medialย โขย 11m
Brian Chesky credits AirBnb's success to an essay Paul Graham wrote in 2008. If any founder dedicatedly focuses on the six principles that Paul mentions, it will blow off their startup. The secret to startup success lies in six principles. Let me
See More
Download the medial app to read full posts, comements and news.