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The argument that Stripe was a black swan comes because getting into established industries with significant regulation used to be considered dead on arrival, n

The argument that Stripe was a black swan comes because getting into established industries with significant regulation used to be considered dead on arrival, now it's hip.

recalibrator 12y ago
That's the heroic narrative used by investors like Sam, but I don't believe it.
- edanm 12y ago
  Why?
- randall 12y ago
  Keep in mind Stripe's original name was /dev/payments. If you do some research you'll see they were in a pretty bad spot right until they opened publicly as Stripe.