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Best: First publisher Bill Bishop made six figures on day one
“Bill's launch happened. And we had no, I had no idea what to expect, but he made like six figures his first day through this like duct taped, like stripe setup that I had built in the preceding weeks.”
Chris Best May 12, 2025 ▶ 42:43 Substack: Chris Best and Hamish McKenzie
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Collison: Stripe Co-Developed Payout Tech to Help Lyft Pay Drivers
“So in Lyft's case, for example, they wanted to not just charge their customers, but they wanted to pay their drivers and there was no product that enabled a really good driver payment experience, and so we've kind of co-evolved with them to enable the best End…”
Patrick Collison Mar 9, 2020 ▶ 26:36 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison (2018)
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Guy Raz: John Collison was world's youngest self-made billionaire in 2017
“In 2017, John Collison was the youngest self-made billionaire on earth.”
Guy Raz May 7, 2018 ▶ 35:50 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison
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Raz: Stripe is valued at more than $9B seven years after founding
“And today, barely seven years after its founding, Stripe is valued at more than nine billion dollars.”
Guy Raz May 7, 2018 ▶ 2:24 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison
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Collisons: Stripe co-developed driver payouts because no product supported Lyft's needs
“So in Lyft's case, for example, they wanted to not just charge their customers, but they wanted to pay their drivers and there was no product that enabled a really good driver payment experience, and so we've kind of co-evolved with them to enable the best End…”
Patrick and John Collison May 7, 2018 ▶ 26:43 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison
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Collison: Stripe partnered with banks and financial institutions pre-launch
“From the very beginning, even before we launched, we partnered closely with banks, and now we work with banks in, you know, many different countries. And not just banks, but sort of other financial institutions besides.”
Patrick and John Collison May 7, 2018 ▶ 28:11 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison
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Raz: Patrick and John Collison were 23 and 21 when Stripe launched
“When Stripe launched seven years ago, Patrick and John Collison were just 23 and 21 years old.”
Guy Raz May 7, 2018 ▶ 3:15 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison
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Raz: Stripe grew from zero to $100M valuation in months
“This was a company that went from zero to a hundred million dollars in value in a matter of months.”
Guy Raz May 7, 2018 ▶ 2:18 Stripe: Patrick and John Collison
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