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A post I shared on my internal Stripe blog: Seven years ago today, I walked through the front door of

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held the door open for me—literally and figuratively. He was simultaneously walking and reading a huge white book and welcomed me in.

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3) When I talk to Stripes I believe that we are still making these "early" microdecisions today. The final heading of Stripe—and the economic landscape it impacts—has yet to be set.

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1) When I read stripe.com/docs now I recognize the wider breadth of impact we can have on businesses today. 2) When I meet with users I realize we're even more critical to their potential success.

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Imagine when flying: a one degree change in heading, once flown for hours, can set you hundreds of miles away from the initial plot. Today, as I enter my eighth year, I get increasingly asked, “Why are you still at Stripe?”

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They’re built upon by others and its effects are longer than imagined. Being open to their potential trajectory and evolution—and making that an assumed job responsibility—I think, was helpful.

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These microdecisions seemed inconsequential at the time—quick one-off things. But as an early employee, they can set the pace and direction for the thousands of employees after. They were rooted in that users-first mentality, which can penetrate a deeper cultural layer.

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On a whim, a few of us decided to review YC applications and helped one founder get into YC. Today, hundreds of Stripes now volunteer to help with this—and they’ve helped hundreds of founders get into YC. As

@patio11

puts it: twitter.com/patio11/status.

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Patrick McKenzie

@patio11

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Do things that don’t scale. Then, scale them. — the Stripe story

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If a user got locked out of their Stripe account, I’d call them right away. One Saturday, I saw a user tweet about getting locked out, then helped them while in the noodle aisle of 99 Ranch. It set the precedent for weekend account lockout support, which dozens now staff.

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I’ve also found working at Stripe hard—I don’t think I’ve ever been in a room where we decided to not do something just because it was too hard. In fact, I love when the harder path is chosen just for the sake of being hard—so the path can be better paved for those behind us.

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For example, sitting next to a user as they used the Dashboard helped us remove clicks in getting started with subscriptions. Or hearing exactly how slow bank transfers affected a solopreneur’s weekly food budget helped us launch Instant Payouts.

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Handling support was the best way to learn the product, and it still is today. I try to talk to users each week. In dealing with intangible APIs, I've found humanizing the user experience useful—talking to users helps inform nearly every decision we make.

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One of my primary responsibilities was to answer any user’s question that was tweeted. (And sometimes,

@patrickc

would anonymously help from

@stripe

too!) I came to work each day with no idea what would be asked—from “how do I sign up” to “how do I integrate Connect?”

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I applied at stripe.com/jobs. I thought I'd be one of the first to join Stripe after using Stripe, but turns out, many, many preceded me and even more followed. (Which I thought was reflective of our user-focused mentality.)

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I did some more research and saw

@chughesjohnson

talk about how political campaigns are a great training ground for startup life, speaking from her own experience. She said that startups were 1) constantly fundraising, 2) moving quickly, and 3) couldn’t afford to make missteps.

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I first heard about Stripe when I was building a website for a political campaign. It wasn’t PCI-compliant—I was storing the full card numbers. When we hired a real developer to redesign our site, they said to use Stripe. I read stripe.com/docs and fell in love.

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It was my first job in tech and I was sweating bullets, which was very visible due to my poor wardrobe choice of a white shirt. And it didn't help that the CEO was the first Stripe I met!

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has been a huge voice for the local Asian community in SF. Makes me really happy to see somebody like him—somebody who is also a first generation immigrant—now leading

@ycombinator

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· Aug 29

Next year, I'll be going back to Y Combinator as President and CEO. It's a one in ten billion lifetimes kind of opportunity— YC gave me my start, and I'm deeply grateful to the community. forbes.com/sites/alexkonr

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@edwinwee

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bullish

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yuga.eth

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· Aug 23

In perhaps 10 or so years, very possible that 50%+ of @stripe’s business is conducted in @circlepay USDC.

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edwin

@edwinwee

Aug 22

HN ≠ gm 😪

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I love seeing fellow

alums succeed on

, *especially* during an economic slowdown Let’s look at two YC startups,

@join_arc

and AtoB (atob.com), that are growing rapidly and building their embedded finance products with Stripe BaaS 👇🧵

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edwin

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Aug 5

Since turning 30 I now capitalize letters and put periods at the end of all my sentences. On this one. And on that one.

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edwin

@edwinwee

Aug 4

Tap to pay! Riding in fiat (payments). You really have to see it.

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· Aug 4

My money don't jiggle jiggle, it taps (ft. Stripe Terminal) stripe.com/terminal/tap-t tiktok.com/@davidyang932/

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edwin

@edwinwee

Jul 30

Cody’s crate has some new

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Meet

founder

and see what they’re doing to help local booksellers succeed:

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Bookshop.org provides an ecommerce edge for independent bookstores

“What if we use the same tools that someone might use to disrupt an industry to actually reinforce it?”More than half of all book sales now happen online. Fo...

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Perhaps newsrooms took the launch of

@Stripe

Newsroom a bit too literally. stripe.com/newsroom

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edwin

@edwinwee

Jul 27

Proud to see the latest telemedicine startup summerhealth.com launch with

@Stripe

! Text a pediatric question, then get a reply from a doctor in minutes.

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Summer Health

@joinsummer

· Jul 25

1/Today we launch Summer Health to radically simplify access to #healthcare in conjunction with our $7.5M seed round from @Alfred_Lin at @sequoia, @deenashakir at @Lux_Capital, @BoxGroup, @ChelseaClinton and many more. medium.com/@SummerHealth/

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will literally build your pricing and checkout pages for you now—in one go—so there are no excuses left for you start your SaaS business.

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edwin

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Jul 24

Power Wash Simulator is a great game. Good way to get your power washing fix while in a drought.

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edwin

@edwinwee

Jul 22

My version of micromanaging is remotely overseeing the progress of the Roomba through a security camera.

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edwin

@edwinwee

Jul 22

I swear I don’t do this on purpose

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The

product roadmap is literally “how many users have asked for it on twitter”.

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Stripe

@stripe

· Jul 20

We've added support for multi-currency customers in Stripe Invoicing. For one-off invoices, you can now change the billable currency for any customer with the API. We're working on subscription and Dashboard support soon. stripe.com/docs/invoicing

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Eric Glyman

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· Jul 19

Last month was @tryramp’s fastest growth month (new business closed) ever. Most businesses are slowing down. How did we accelerate during what appears to be the early months of a recession? Our playbook

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Ramp

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· Jul 15

We rely on @stripe to supercharge our growth and help us become the fastest growing corporate card in America. Learn more about our partnership. bit.ly/3z6RMhk

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edwin

@edwinwee

Jul 14

First Prime Day purchases: Echo, smart lightbulbs, tennis balls, and a skateboard probably Prime Day 2022: mouth guard, dog wipes, ear plugs, recycled paper towels, salad spinner 💀💀💀

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Finance app Revolut is teaming up with Stripe to support payments in the UK and Europe trib.al/ArBj8qO

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edwin

@edwinwee

Jul 5

Watching Fourth of July fireworks in the beautiful San Francisco sky!

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We asked 200 EU startups running on Stripes for their views on EU tech and how legislation impacts them. While they’re bullish on what Europe has to offer, unnecessary regulatory friction is increasingly straining stretched resources. More here: stripe.com/guides/europea

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