Stripe offered to acquire us for $1.2 billion when we had $2M in revenue.
Today, we've raised $330M at an $8B valuation and reached $1B ARR.
We could've died three times during this journey.
This is the story I've never told anyone before:
Super thankful for @sethfarbman for the insightful advice and chats this year. One key take away is to figure out what is your unique point of view and put yourself out there.
Grateful to learn from such an amazing leader who inspired me to take action. #NationalMentorDay
"When you first study a field, it seems like you have to memorize a zillion things. You don't. What you need is to identify the 3-5 core principles that govern the field. The million things you thought you had to memorize are various combinations of the core principles." -J. Reed