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The Stripe story

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Stripe's founding idea stemmed from a concrete payments problem.

Patrick describes Stripe's founding idea as grounded in a concrete, widely felt payments problem, even though the founders were not taken seriously at first.

Patrick Collison The Stripe story Source at 10:12

Patrick decided to start Stripe after a sushi walk.

Patrick recounts deciding to start Stripe after a Startup School talk and a walk back from sushi, initially thinking it would not be very hard.

Patrick Collison The Stripe story Source at 12:20

Stripe delayed public launch for infrastructure and partners.

Patrick explains that Stripe waited about two years to launch publicly because payments required extensive infrastructure and partners, but had production users early and iterated on real requests.

Patrick Collison The Stripe story Source at 13:47

Founders should enjoy the successful company

Patrick says he finds Stripe intellectually rewarding because it works with many interesting companies, and that founders should consider whether they will enjoy the company if it succeeds.

Patrick Collison The Stripe story Source at 19:44

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