Stripe Inc.

23 September 2023

🧠 Business Model (Expanded) Stripe operates as the financial plumbing for online businesses and marketplaces. • Revenue from transaction fees • Product suite: Payments, Terminal, Atlas • Services for developers

💰 Financials (Est. 2023) • Revenue: $14B • Valuation: $50–55B • GMV: $250B+

🧩 Strategy (Expanded) • Product-first approach • Strong developer engagement via API-based products • Focus on marketplaces and international growth

🧠 Founder POV You don’t just build payments systems. You make the invisible infrastructure of the modern economy.

⚖️ Takeaway Ownership of the infrastructure makes you the invisible backbone of entire industries.

📎 Disclaimer: Not investment advice.