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☀️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

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

Signs that you are a true entrepreneur : 1) You have faced self doubt but choose to keep going anyway. 2) You believe in investing in yourself - books, courses, networking. 3) You celebrate small wins because they mean progress. 4) You have a

Day 46: BLR VC Lingo Demystified: Decoding Investment Speak Venture capitalists (VCs) are the fuel of Bengaluru's startups. But their lingo can be confusing! Here's your decoder ring: * Seed Money: The initial funding to plant the seed of your

It is advised in business that " differentiate first your product or service and then scale later". Because after scaling if we want to differentiate then it is tough and if we scale without differentiation then there is lot of cashburn required.

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

Do you ever feel like your blogs or articles don’t make the impact they should? The biggest challenge is finding trending topics that people actually want to read! Sometimes, we end up writing about outdated topics or repeating what others have al

How Stripe Built a Writing-First Culture 📝 The secret to Stripe's success wasn't just code—it was words on a page: • Every discussion begins with documentation, not meetings Before they discuss, the person had to circulate a structured doc expl

Job Search Lingo 101: “Runway” Runway’s a startup’s lifeline, time before funds dry up. In your job hunt, it’s your buffer: cash, energy, hope. How long can you go before needing that offer? Spanx started with Sara Blakely’s $5,000 savings in 20

If you can’t decide, the answer is no Go with options that excite you, rather than finding reasons for rationalising tasks that don’t. Trust your intuition. The reason is, modern society is full of options. There are tons and tons of options. We liv