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.Patrick Collison on how Stripe got its name: "We just couldn't come up with a good name... We were literally reduced to picking random words late at night." "One of the folks at Stripe had the bright idea of, 'Why don't we just assemble a big list of words... show more
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@patrickc Hmmm, now imagine the story but in the timeline where we are all used to them being called PayDemon, and they explain that they were hours away from calling themselves “Stripe”.

@patrickc Founders waste absurd time naming companies because naming feels important and safe. Stripe became a great name because the company became great. A mediocre product cannot be rescued by twelve weeks of domain hunting.

@patrickc Imagine getting chargebacked by PayDemon

@patrickc Would be quite the full circle rebrand back to /dev/payments in the agentic world @patrickc @collision

@patrickc Paydemon is an awful name 😭😭😭😭😭😭

@patrickc paydemon logo tho

@patrickc PayDemon很酷,但Stripe现在看来有更好的外延。

@patrickc PayDemon almost won. Naming is a deadline with vibes.

@patrickc Glad I’m past that nightmare! What’s your first impression of my brand name, Arcyton?

@patrickc Great story, it was meant to be

@patrickc PayDemon would have been legendary, but i get that issue sometimes it needs weeks to come up with a proper name

@patrickc paydemon sounds like a sketchy grey market online casino you can only pay in with a specific niche crypto

@patrickc Sigh gonna be a paydemon coin soon

@patrickc PayDemon😭💀
