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brendonjohn | 3 years ago

> the way of WeWork

That's an unreasonable comparison. Stripe is not deeply tied to commercial office real estate.

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missedthecue|3 years ago

It's tied to arguably a worse asset base: tech startups

brendonjohn|3 years ago

Hah, touché.

To counterpoint, their success is probably correlated with consumer spending habits (If consumers don't spend, transactions aren't happening, Stripe isn't getting its commission)

The case against Stripe probably sits with an understanding of how an incoming recession will impact the volume of transactions Stripe is dealing with.