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𝗬𝗖’𝘀 𝗖𝗼-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 Imagine you’re 19 years old. You walk into a room full of inves

☀️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

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

"𝗧𝗵𝗲 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗮 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆" In 2013, Canva’s founders made a decision that seemed insane. They 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿—de

"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽’𝘀 $𝟭𝟵𝗕 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻—𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻" 𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰, 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 $𝟭𝟵 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹�

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