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This is the second time Stripe has been at the top of HN in the last week. Any theories on why? Is this really that novel of a business?
by hoffmann530 7y ago
This is the second time Stripe has been at the top of HN in the last week. Any theories on why? Is this really that novel of a business?
- mises 7y agoBecause stripe is essentially in the business of fixing broken, old stuff in the payment business. It made a really good core product that developers love, then branched out to other payment-related products and applied that same excellence to those products, too. It is user-friendly, has helpful support, and can be easily integrated. In short, it solves real problems without making itself one more head-ache for people.
- simplecomplex 7y agoStripe was first to market with a simple payments API. It established their brand. But I don’t think anything else they’ve done is different than the status quo. Getting a credit card, loan, or incorporated is more or less the same at Stripe vs elsewhere.
- allenu 7y agoI had to look it up, but Stripe got Y Combinator funding, so that's likely it. I was also confused about why it comes up so often here.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- ztratar 7y agoIt's because we had our conference this week and chose to launch a lot of new stuff. :)
- 401kguy 7y agoIf you watch Kat's recent "How to Launch (Again and Again)" talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xU050kMbHM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xU050kMbHM&feature=youtu.be Stripe YC S2010 gets cited as often doing it right with launches across all social channels including Hacker News, with the founders jumping into the threads to answer questions.