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Hey there Patrick, congrats on this launch and Stripe's success thus far. As to your reflections, I'm wondering how Stripe ingests these various emerging patte
by samcgraw 5y ago
Hey there Patrick, congrats on this launch and Stripe's success thus far.
As to your reflections, I'm wondering how Stripe ingests these various emerging patterns around the world (especially as you expand to unfamiliar territory) and prioritize bringing them into your products?
IOW: if N trends at various stages of the adoption cycle are happening 7K miles away, how do you think about placing different bets on each, especially when the cultural moments may be wildly different than, as yet, Stripe understands?
Cheers!
SM
- pc 5y agoNo wonderfully structured answer, I'm afraid. We do now have engineering teams in Japan, Singapore, India, Ireland, Mexico, Nigeria (via Paystack), and elsewhere, and it helps a lot to have people "on the ground" who really get what's going on. Ultimately, we want to identify the patterns that should be globally popular but aren't yet. To do that, though, there's ultimately a lot of subjective judgment required.
- bombcar 5y agoIt'd be nice to know that a feature/product is widely used in Japan, say, so if you're in the US and considering implementing Stripe's version you can be more assured that it won't disappear suddenly.