A sense of what people will pay for is quite important when you start onto your venture.
There are only two core propositions that make people pay for:
- Value addition
- Cost optimization
While navigating through these, you should look for the pr
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Anonymous 1
Hey I am on Medial • 1m
Amazon didn’t invent e-commerce. Stripe didn’t invent online payments. They just made it easier, faster, and better. If you want to build a billion-dollar company, you don’t have to create something brand new—just fix a broken experience
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
☀️How 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
Y Combinator has invested in over 5000 startups with a total valuation of $600 billion.
Out of these, just 4 companies—Stripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, and DoorDash accounts for ~$300 billion of the valuation.
Fascinating, isn’t it?
Ending the day with this.
Happy reading!
The Rise of Unicorn Startups: What’s Next?
Unicorn startups—those valued at over $1 billion—are reshaping industries. Companies like Airbnb, Stripe, and ByteDance have set new standards. But what's next?
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Aijaz Shaikh
With great power com... • 27d
Hey everyone! 👋
So, I finally decided to put this out there—something that’s been on my mind for a while now. Ever had a problem that needed fixing, but you just didn’t know who to ask or where to start? I’ve been there too, and that’s exactly why
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Vishu Bheda
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Medial • 29d
𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
Stripe wasn’t an obvious billion-dollar idea at first.
Even after building the first vers
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
Ever notice how every broken startup has a million motivational one-liners plastered on their walls?
"Fail fast, learn faster!"
Right, because learning from your mistakes is so much easier when those mistakes are losing investors' money.
What’s
I have read many posts regarding criticizing Indian to lack innovation they are just copy.
But, according to me that's not true
While some Indian startups draw inspiration globally, their billion-dollar valuations reflect innovative solutions for th
From Dorm Room to $1 Billion
How stripe really "cooked" ?
2010: Stanford dorms. Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison frustrated with online payments.
Idea: Make internet transactions simple for developers
Initial product: 7 lines of code
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