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Vishu Bheda
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๐ฌ๐โ๐ ๐๐ผ-๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ Imagine youโre 19 years old. You walk into a room full of investors and say, โ๐๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐.โ Thatโs exactly what Patrick and John Collison did when they pitched Stripe to Y Combinator. Jessica Livingston, YCโs co-founder, was skeptical. โ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ? ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.โ Their response? โ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐โ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ.โ Most banks wouldnโt take a teenager seriously. But the Collisons were relentless. They convinced banks to trust them. ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ: ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. YC once believed the best hackers from Harvard and MIT would build the best startups. They were wrong. The most determined founders win. ๐จ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด. The best founders donโt just build productsโthey build what users love. ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. If Plan A fails, great founders pivot fast. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป. Your startup lives or dies by your ability to convince peopleโemployees, investors, customers. The Collison brothers mastered these skills. Thatโs how Stripe was born. Follow Vishu Bheda for more valuable startup insights from the world's best founders!
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