“Sew your quilt together, sew your life together” The Doan family started a quilt company in Hamilton, MO, population 1,800. At first, it was a way to help pay the mortgage. But it quickly outgrew its original goal—in the last 10 years, it’s become the biggest provider of quilting fabric in the world, a veritable global fabric empire with more than 400 employees and customers in dozens of countries. Along the way, they helped revitalize a town that had been left downtrodden after jobs had dried up. Stripe makes it possible for entrepreneurs like the Doans to start internet businesses and accept online payments from customers around the world. But this is just one step in our mission to be a platform for economic opportunity. By building software tools and economic infrastructure that make it easy to turn ambitious ideas into successful, fast-growing businesses, we hope to make the internet economy more accessible for more people. Learn more about Missouri Star Quilt Company: https://www.missouriquiltco.com Learn more about Stripe: https://stripe.com/about
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“If we see something terribly wrong, it’s our responsibility to think as human beings to see, how can we solve this?” Brothers Kehinde and Taiwo Ayanleye couldn’t ignore the problem they saw in front of them: youth unemployment in Africa, particularly among Nigerian college graduates. So they set out to fix it. They started Stutern, an online platform that teaches students digital skills and places them with top tech companies. Stripe makes it possible for entrepreneurs—like the Ayanleye brothers—to start internet businesses and accept online payments from customers around the world. But this is just one step in our mission to be a platform for economic opportunity. By building software tools and economic infrastructure that make it easy to turn ambitious ideas into successful, fast-growing businesses, we hope to make the internet economy more accessible for more people. Learn more about Stutern: https://www.stutern.com/ Learn more about Stripe: https://stripe.com/about

Published on Aug 9, 2019


Education, a magical world

“When you become a mom, there’s a lot of fear. Technology is all over. I knew I had to do something to create a better way to interact with devices.” Boxies was born from the belief in a better way for kids to interact with technology. It’s a toy for children and a tool for parents to turn education into a magical world. Built and run by a pair of female entrepreneurs in Mexico City—one inspired by her young son and the other by memories of childhood with her mother—Boxies sees the potential of technology to help parents and kids learn and grow together. Stripe makes it possible for entrepreneurs—like the founders of Boxies—to start internet businesses and accept online payments from customers around the world. But this is just one step in our mission to be a platform for economic opportunity. By building software tools and economic infrastructure that make it easy to turn ambitious ideas into successful, fast-growing businesses, we hope to make the internet economy more accessible for more people. Learn more about Boxies: https://boxiestoys.com Learn more about Stripe: https://stripe.com/about

Published on Aug 9, 2019