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Vishu Bheda

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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 version, Patrick and John Collison weren’t sure how serious to take it. “𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚.” — 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 This happens more often than you think. Even Facebook, six months after launch, was still experimenting with a file-sharing tool—because even Zuckerberg wasn’t sure Facebook was the thing. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 Most billion-dollar startups don’t start with a big vision. They start as small, useful tools. But as founders go deeper, they often realize they’re solving a much bigger problem. For the Collisons, Stripe started as a “nice tool for developers.” But soon, they saw the real problem—“the whole edifice is broken” in online payments. That shift changed everything. They dropped out, raised money from Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Sequoia, and Elon Musk—and Stripe became a payments giant. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻? Your startup idea doesn’t need to feel huge on Day 1. Solve a real problem. Keep digging. You might discover a much bigger opportunity than you ever imagined. Follow Vishu Bheda for more such valuable startup insights from the world's best founders!

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