The Hardest Part Was Just Starting

It wasn’t the tech. It wasn’t the funding. It wasn’t the fear of failing.

The hardest part? Deciding that this idea was worth betting my life on.

Before Strayapay had a name, before a single QR code was printed, before I knew who’d build the backend or if anyone would even care — there was just one question looping in my head:

“Why hasn’t anyone in Australia fixed this yet?”

I saw small businesses getting slugged 2% on every tap. I saw merchants shrug and say, “That’s just how it is.” I saw trust in local payments eroding — silently.

And still… I hesitated. Because once you say “I’m building this”, you can't un-say it.

But once I did, the anxiety turned into action. The late nights turned into working screens. The rejections? They became rehearsals.

Strayapay isn’t just a product. It’s the first time I stopped waiting for someone else to solve it — and decided maybe that someone’s me.