4 ms·That's the heroic narrative used by investors like Sam, but I don't believe it.by recalibrator 12y agoThat's the heroic narrative used by investors like Sam, but I don't believe it.edanm 12y agoWhy?randall 12y agoKeep 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.