Seshan: Stripe's core business model relies on retaining scaling customers
Tara Seshan · Lessons from Stripe on adding new products | Tara Seshan (Watershed, Stripe) · Jun 22, 2023 · at 26:45
Former Stripe product lead Tara Seshan explains why Stripe Billing had to be overhauled to support growing enterprise clients rather than only early-stage developers.
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“The whole engine of Stripe's business is your users should not grow, grow off you. Like as they scale, you make more money. And they make more money.”
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