Most people never think about payments, but almost every online transaction quietly runs through systems built by Patrick Collison and John Collison. Instead of competing on branding, they focused on infrastructure, making it extremely simple for developers to accept payments without dealing with banks, gateways, and complicated integrations. That decision made Stripe the default choice for startups, which later scaled into large companies, giving them massive reach without needing to be consumer-facing. Today, Stripe sits behind a significant portion of global online commerce, proving that the most powerful companies are often the ones you never see. Follow entrepreneurbeingentrepreneur for more content like this! #business #startups #fintech #stripe