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 fix with Stripe. John Collison easyfixpeople Change image and share on social
One of the really fascinating areas is marketplaces that take advantage of mobile devices. Ridesharing is the obvious example, but that's just the start of it, of selling goods and services with lightweight mobile apps. John Collison advantageapparea share on social
With Stripe, people who previously operated online or offline in a very limited capacity now have all the tools to work like a real online business. That's a very valuable thing. John Collison businesscapacitylimit Change image and share on social
You know the way trees break through the canopy in the rainforest and they go from having this tiny column of light to having all this light - the Internet is kind of like that. John Collison breakcanopycolumn Change image and share on social
Our idea with starting Stripe was to build better payments technology for people building things on the web. John Collison buildideapayment Change image and share on social
With PayPal, you have to send people over to their website... whereas with Stripe, we offer a way to integrate payments into the website, on the website or into a mobile app. That is what all the best businesses care about, so we make it very easy, very fast, very simple and very cheap to do this. John Collison appbusinesscare share on social
Marketplaces by their nature tend to grow faster than most other companies. John Collison companyfastgrow Change image and share on social