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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 𝟰 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 (𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝗖 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹) Most startups fail before they even begin. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝—𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮�

How Two Brothers Built a $100B Company! This is the story of Patrick Collison and John Collison, two Irish brothers with a passion for technology and entrepreneurship. In 2010, the Collison brothers were frustrated by the complexity of online payme

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀. Wrong. Microsoft buys 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀: 𝟏. 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕) — $𝟒𝟎𝟎𝐌 → 10M users in 18 months →

Patrick Collison’s advice for people in their 20s: “Work at a place with high standards” Most people in their 20s ask: “What should I do?” Wrong question. The right question: “Where can I learn the highest standards?” Patrick Collison, Stripe’s c

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 $𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 $𝟭𝟮𝟲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 Spotify broke every business rule. It 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟕 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. Paid $𝟒𝟖 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧+ to record labels. Faced 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬

The founders of Stripe and Pinterest on how to convince people to join your startup when most fail Startups thrive on uncertainty. As Stripe’s CEO, Patrick Collison, explains, the journey of a startup is exciting because success is never guarantee

𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮 𝗖𝗼-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮’𝘀 𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 Figma wasn’t an instant success. It took 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 from its founding in 2012 to its public la