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๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด Stripe wasnโt an obvious billion-dollar idea at first. Even after building the first version, Patrick and John Collison werenโt sure how serious to take it. โ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐๐๐.โ โ ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง This happens more often than you think. Even Facebook, six months after launch, was still experimenting with a file-sharing toolโbecause even Zuckerberg wasnโt sure Facebook was the thing. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ Most billion-dollar startups donโt start with a big vision. They start as small, useful tools. But as founders go deeper, they often realize theyโre solving a much bigger problem. For the Collisons, Stripe started as a โnice tool for developers.โ But soon, they saw the real problemโโthe whole edifice is brokenโ in online payments. That shift changed everything. They dropped out, raised money from Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Sequoia, and Elon Muskโand Stripe became a payments giant. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป? Your startup idea doesnโt 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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