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This certainly makes Stripe the most valuable private startup in the world. Where does Stripe rank among the world's most valuable private companies, though? It's easy to find lists of dubious quality like this: https://news.yahoo.com/10-most-valuable-private-companies-21... , but I'm sure there are more lurking. What are they?
I'm building a non-profit and Stripe fees eat into donations. Are there any good Stripe alternatives out there?
I'm building a non-profit and Stripe fees eat into donations. Are there any good Stripe alternatives out there?
I'm building a non-profit and Stripe fees eat into donations. Are there any good Stripe alternatives out there?
This certainly makes Stripe the most valuable private startup in the world. Where does Stripe rank among the world's most valuable private companies, though? It's easy to find lists of dubious quality like this: https://news.yahoo.com/10-most-valuable-private-companies-21... , but I'm sure there are more lurking. What are they?
This certainly makes Stripe the most valuable private startup in the world. Where does Stripe rank among the world's most valuable private companies, though? It's easy to find lists of dubious quality like this: https://news.yahoo.com/10-most-valuable-private-companies-21... , but I'm sure there are more lurking. What are they?
Yeah, I don't know about these lists. Cargill valued at 40bn when wikipedia says they own 60bn in assets and profiting... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargill
Trading businesses never get high valuations. But they throw off real cash. Different strokes for different folks.
I'm building a non-profit and Stripe fees eat into donations. Are there any good Stripe alternatives out there?
The underlying issue is credit cards have interchange fees, which aren't going away anytime soon. PayPal offers a slightly lower transaction rate to non-profits ( https://www.paypal.com/us/non-profit/fundraising/fundraising... ) and Stripe appears to have similar (no rates disclosed; https://support.stripe.com/questions/fee-discount-for-nonpro... ) but you're not gonna get to zero with anyone. There's always acceptin…
If they are profitable, why go the expensive equity route rather than using retained earnings? Or bonds? American Airlines recently sold $10 billion of them at 5.5%. Surely Stripe could do just as well or better.