This brilliantly constructed article examines Patrick and John Collison, the co-founders of Stripe, a technology payments company whose mission is to ‘increase the GDP of the internet.’ It’s a long read – so I chose not to try and summarise it like I do with other long forms – but I think very worthwhile. In essence, the article explores with fascinating insight into a business that takes a very long ‘multi-decade’ term view, – impacting on their recruiting (often taking years), their relationship with clients, their acquisitions and culture.
Here’s the link to the full article on The Generalist.
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