The Early Story of Stripe

Patrick Collison's Startup School account, supported by later interviews, traces how Stripe turned online payments from bank-led infrastructure into a developer-facing product wedge.

3 sections ยท 7 lessons

Course outline

Before the Wedge

  1. Auctomatic Was an Education
  2. Payments Became the Problem

Building the Wedge

  1. Prototype Before Certainty
  2. Seven Lines Hid the System
  3. Install the Customer Now
  4. Design the First Ten Installs

Transfer and Limits

  1. Hidden Work Became the Moat
  2. Copy the Pattern, Not the Myth
  3. Choose a Stripe-Like Wedge

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