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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 werenā€™t done yet. Frustrated with PayPalā€™s 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: ā€œTwo Irish kids who want to fix online payments.ā€ Stripeā€™s secret? Patrick and John didnā€™t just promote their productā€”they personally helped developers set it up. They showed how simple payments could be. Today, Stripe processes more payments than Europeā€™s 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.

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