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Stripe is a multi-billion dollar company. It could have been Irish based for free. The Irish government spend billions to attract companies like Stripe. Also St
by rorykoehler 8y ago
Stripe is a multi-billion dollar company. It could have been Irish based for free. The Irish government spend billions to attract companies like Stripe. Also Stripe is a global brand now used by tens of thousands of businesses.
- inflagranti 8y agoWasn't Theranos multibillion valued at some point? Not trying to imply anything about Stripe being fraudulent, just evoking an extreme example of clear overvaluation to put such numbers into perspective. Stripe might also very well not have made much sense for Irish banks and a lot for US ones. Time will tell whether that was a mistake.
- rorykoehler 8y agoNonsense on all counts.
- inflagranti 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos Ironically, your single statement was actually "nonsense on all accounts" as Theranos definitely was valued multiple billions at some point.