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Pitching to a VC: "I have a billion-dollar idea... just need a billion dollars."

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

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☀️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

Not every startup needs to change the world. Some just need to solve a real, annoying problem. Uber didn’t invent cars. Airbnb didn’t invent spare rooms. They just noticed something broken — and made it better. Next time you say, “Ugh, this is su

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?

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

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?

Why is Amazon struggling in India? In 2015, Jeff Bezos called India Amazon most important market after the US. The company invested over $5 billion in its first three years - building India's e-commerce ecosystem with Flipkart. From 'chai carts' to