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How Stripe Built a Payments Giant for the Internet Age
In this episode of Startup Stories, Lucas and Luna explore the rise of Stripe, the online payments company that started as a seven-line integration and grew into a $95 billion valuation. They trace how founders Patrick and John Collison solved the developer pain point of accepting payments with a clean API, why they targeted startups first instead of competing with PayPal head-on, and how Stripe's focus on developer experience created a moat that competitors still struggle to replicate. The conversation also touches on Stripe's expansion beyond payments into capital, billing, and…
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