Coming from Ireland, it's quite hard to do a startup because you're culturally so far away from what everyone else is doing. In the Bay Area, it's much easier. It's the equivalent of an actor or actress moving to Hollywood. — John Collison Copy Share Image
For Stripe, being inventive is just about applying the right solutions from other areas. — John Collison Copy Share Image
Our initial idea with Stripe was that for people like us - those building apps and websites - it was incredibly difficult to take… — John Collison Copy Share Image
I think there is this very nice, if at times dangerous, untethered optimism that exists in Silicon Valley. — John Collison Copy Share Image
Marketplaces by their nature tend to grow faster than most other companies. — John Collison Copy Share Image
It's easy to talk to people over the Web, but it's not very easy to trigger transactions. That's the thing we set out to… — John Collison Copy Share Image
As long as the Internet economy continues to grow, Stripe will continue to grow. — John Collison Copy Share Image
Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online. — John Collison Copy Share Image
No batch of 10 people will have as much an influence on the company as those first 10 people. — John Collison Copy Share Image
With PayPal, you have to send people over to their website... whereas with Stripe, we offer a way to integrate payments into the website,… — John Collison Copy Share Image
Advertising obviously helps with awareness, but if you look at some of the most successful companies, they're actually not generally ad-driven when it comes… — John Collison Copy Share Image
Coming from Ireland, it's quite hard to do a startup because you're culturally so far away from what everyone else is doing. In the… — John Collison Copy Share Image
The values we developed were instrumental in gaining a competitive advantage. — John Collison Copy Share Image
