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This company screams “Stripe please buy me” so so much. From branding to the all UVP, it was a fast exit because it was meant to be. Still a massive achieveme

This company screams “Stripe please buy me” so so much. From branding to the all UVP, it was a fast exit because it was meant to be. Still a massive achievement

ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
Totally and this is the problem with startup founders of today. Their minds are filled with liquidity and an exit event. Steve Jobs had famously said how pathetic that is. And Zuckerberg, love or hate him, turned down billion dollars. Selling your startup is not a good plan. Make it big, change the world, and swim in money.
- mcmcmc 2y ago
  Ok Scrooge McDuck
- localfirst 2y ago
  Your comment being downvoted is quite telling of the founders that are joining YC they are looking at quick exits especially in this high interest rate environments and so are the backers Very few entrepreneurs are looking to create companies that will provide its workers with forever jobs It's sad but those few that are grinding it out and creating jobs, helping economies in those countries run proper are the unsung heroes. Time will tell where this American greed will take Americans but so far, its not looking good.
  - eropple 2y ago
    Sure--if you're looking to do that, you're probably not taking VC and almost definitely not using YC. VC does then choke out nascent companies in the "mid-sized, actually employs people" space if they think there's the potential for a quick buck, by driving it to zero, but the founders trying to do as you describe aren't anywhere near Y Combinator in the first place.
    - ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
      I don't know why you're saying midsized companies where what I am saying is that you can become the largest companies on this planet by not selling out.
      - eropple 2y ago
        You have to survive being a midsized company in order to become a large one.
      - Gormo 2y ago
        When it comes to becoming the largest company on the planet, like the Highlander, "there can only be one", and those that fail wind up with their heads chopped off, not thriving in a smaller niche.
    - localfirst 2y ago
      My response to your comment is the same. Sure buddy.
      - eropple 2y ago
        ...I'm...agreeing with you?
- intelVISA 2y ago
  Damn, what a cringe 'company'. Jobs was right, founders who act like this are embarrassing.
- crossroadsguy 2y ago
  > swim in money If you have a swimming pool worth of money, or a pond, or a canal, or a river, or maybe an ocean - you can swim in all these. Some founders maybe don't want to turn 58 trying to reach that perfect cubic m. volume of water to be able to swim. They might rather want to start swimming when they are kinda younger (30s maybe?). Who knows. And while already swimming they might want to get another pool, maybe an olympic size later and so on, instead of keep waiting for that "perfectly sized water body for them". > change the world Oh ffs. Really? Is that even a thought on the distant horizon of startup founders? Haha.
julianeon 2y ago
Is that right? I hadn't noticed. I'm guessing that the design was such that it looked like Stripe, even if it wasn't officially a part of it (yet).

This company screams “Stripe please buy me” so so much. From branding to the all UVP, it was a fast exit because it was meant to be. Still a massive achievement

ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago

Totally and this is the problem with startup founders of today. Their minds are filled with liquidity and an exit event. Steve Jobs had famously said how pathetic that is. And Zuckerberg, love or hate him, turned down billion dollars. Selling your startup is not a good plan. Make it big, change the world, and swim in money.

mcmcmc 2y ago
Ok Scrooge McDuck
localfirst 2y ago
Your comment being downvoted is quite telling of the founders that are joining YC they are looking at quick exits especially in this high interest rate environments and so are the backers Very few entrepreneurs are looking to create companies that will provide its workers with forever jobs It's sad but those few that are grinding it out and creating jobs, helping economies in those countries run proper are the unsung heroes. Time will tell where this American greed will take Americans but so far, its not looking good.
- eropple 2y ago
  Sure--if you're looking to do that, you're probably not taking VC and almost definitely not using YC. VC does then choke out nascent companies in the "mid-sized, actually employs people" space if they think there's the potential for a quick buck, by driving it to zero, but the founders trying to do as you describe aren't anywhere near Y Combinator in the first place.
  - ilrwbwrkhv 2y ago
    I don't know why you're saying midsized companies where what I am saying is that you can become the largest companies on this planet by not selling out.
    - eropple 2y ago
      You have to survive being a midsized company in order to become a large one.
    - Gormo 2y ago
      When it comes to becoming the largest company on the planet, like the Highlander, "there can only be one", and those that fail wind up with their heads chopped off, not thriving in a smaller niche.
  - localfirst 2y ago
    My response to your comment is the same. Sure buddy.
    - eropple 2y ago
      ...I'm...agreeing with you?
intelVISA 2y ago
Damn, what a cringe 'company'. Jobs was right, founders who act like this are embarrassing.
crossroadsguy 2y ago
> swim in money If you have a swimming pool worth of money, or a pond, or a canal, or a river, or maybe an ocean - you can swim in all these. Some founders maybe don't want to turn 58 trying to reach that perfect cubic m. volume of water to be able to swim. They might rather want to start swimming when they are kinda younger (30s maybe?). Who knows. And while already swimming they might want to get another pool, maybe an olympic size later and so on, instead of keep waiting for that "perfectly sized water body for them". > change the world Oh ffs. Really? Is that even a thought on the distant horizon of startup founders? Haha.

julianeon 2y ago

Is that right? I hadn't noticed. I'm guessing that the design was such that it looked like Stripe, even if it wasn't officially a part of it (yet).