Re:The Collison Brothers Built Stripe into a $95B Unicorn
by specialist on Friday May 27, 2022 @08:58PM
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That's the easy part. Though I doubt investors will ever again allow 90s era Microsoft level of profit sharing
Amazon's secret sauce was cheap capital. Both tax holiday/avoidance and persuading Wall St to forego profits. A combo that's unlikely to be repeated any time soon.
Re:The Collison Brothers Built Stripe into a $95B Unicorn
by philwelch on Sunday May 29, 2022 @03:19PM
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There were hundreds of other e-commerce companies that were started around the same time, all of which had those exact same benefits. Most of them died in the dotcom crash.
Amazon's secret sauce was cheap capital. Both tax holiday/avoidance and persuading Wall St to forego profits. A combo that's unlikely to be repeated any time soon.