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Stripe founder John Collison explains his product principle of “talking up to the user”
John believes current consumer product thinking can be harmful:
“You have users by the wheelbarrow. You treat them in aggregate. You talk about MAUs. Everything is statistical and everything - like... See more
Startup Archivex.comThe funding explosion is coming.
Stablecoin funding is set to 10x YoY.
Every entrepreneur, VC, shadow bank, and BigTech company is positioning for this shift.
This is a platform migration, like the mobile and cloud era
Simon Taylorx.comUnlike many founders who hit on something that’s working then rush to raise funding to scale, Balsamiq has chosen to take a more measured approach- consistently growing revenue and profits year of over year. Each year Peldi takes $1M out personally, socks away 18mo of runway for a rainy day, and pays out 15% of profits to Balsamiq’s 25 employees... See more
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
We have three cool announcements today:
(1) @OpenAI is launching commerce in ChatGPT. Their new Instant Checkout is powered by @stripe.
(2) We're releasing the Agentic Commerce Protocol, codeveloped by Stripe and OpenAI.
(3) @stripe is launching an API for agentic payments, called Shared... See more
Patrick Collisonx.comHow did Nate and his small team beat the Goliath reputation of Marco and Instapaper to win their category?
Martina Lauchengco • Loved: How to Rethink Marketing for Tech Products (Silicon Valley Product Group)
Patrick Biermann
@patrickbiermann