People tend to pay too little attention to history - the history of Silicon Valley and American business - and think they're the first people to come across a problem.

Our initial idea with Stripe was that for people like us - those building apps and websites - it was incredibly difficult to take payments. So with an open mind, and maybe a useful lack of knowledge about the industry, we started building a payment product.

For Stripe, being inventive is just about applying the right solutions from other areas.

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