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๐—ฌ๐—–โ€™๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ Imagine youโ€™re 19 years old. You walk into a room full of investors and say, โ€œ๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž.โ€ Thatโ€™s exactly what Patrick and John Collison did when they pitched Stripe to Y Combinator. Jessica Livingston, YCโ€™s co-founder, was skeptical. โ€œ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ? ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.โ€ Their response? โ€œ๐–๐ž ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.โ€ Most banks wouldnโ€™t take a teenager seriously. But the Collisons were relentless. They convinced banks to trust them. ๐—๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ: ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. YC once believed the best hackers from Harvard and MIT would build the best startups. They were wrong. The most determined founders win. ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. The best founders donโ€™t just build productsโ€”they build what users love. ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. If Plan A fails, great founders pivot fast. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป. Your startup lives or dies by your ability to convince peopleโ€”employees, investors, customers. The Collison brothers mastered these skills. Thatโ€™s how Stripe was born. Follow Vishu Bheda for more valuable startup insights from the world's best founders!

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