Given that we just took off from Dallas, I'm gonna have to pick the Cowboys. I hope the Raiders can appreciate the odds.

This spirit – and then let's bring it to founders in cities around the country. SF founders – get coffee on Mercury tomorrow.

I'm grateful for the seeds Enrique Allen planted for his family, friends, and colleagues. These gardens make me want to plant more seeds 💛

Guess the language Will Mannon is speaking in this clip. For bonus points, guess the subject he's talking about. If this isn't Internet Serendipity, I don't know what is.

Now that all my favorite SF founders are hopped up on the best brews... ...where should we ask Mercury to do this next? If NYC or Boston, I'll host a treasure hunt (signed SAFE agreements, etc.).

Petition to name this scent quickly so we all can read Stripe Press books by candle light for the holidays. Tammy doesn't like "sexy Christmas candle". What else we got for her?

California friends, I had the pleasure of meeting Tom's wife and campaign team several years ago. You should consider Tom's experience building wonderful institutions when voting for your governor. From the spark many moons ago – Kat Taylor was generous with her time,

Hey Brian Lovin + Akshay Kothari, any good ways to make a mind map, network map, or automated graph view in Notion? A friend (Manya Katiyar) is looking for a better solution than Obsidian – it's a steeper learning curve. And she prefers Notion.

Can you and Jeff Berkowitz share a playbook for how to change policy to accelerate deployment in the physical world? I have 3 examples of policy I'd like to take a crack at: 1. a volunteer conservation commission who prefers burning oil to digging a geothermal well in order to protect

Imagine someone wrote you a cold email. What would make you stop to respond?

This list is approved. Cafe Devoción + Devoción Coffee is worthy as No. 1 + 2 on this list. Single-origin beans from Colombia. Great hospitality + service. Amazing locations + interiors. Steven Sutton founded the company as a Certified B-Corp. 10 days from harvest to cup. Try it.

Retail is a warehouse where you pick and pack. Convince me otherwise.

Christmas came early, and it's Ask Coach on Turf. Join us at 4:30pm.

A good reminder that "Third World" countries are first class in childhood mortality rates and much more. We stand to learn a lot from them. And we can learn a lot from Remember H. Rosling. Rest in peace. • The good news of the decade? We're winning the war against child mortality:

One day, we'll make Stripe City a Net Zero City Demonstration project. For now, one roof, battery, geothermal well, and HVAC system at a time.

In Dec, I'll be visiting: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇨🇳 Shenzhen 🇧🇭 Bahrain 🇦🇺 Melbourne Any recommendations? Requests?

How many times are you viewing your product experience from the customer lens? Where would you like to be? What's preventing you from seeing the customer's view? I've been sending lots of friction logs lately. Many teams are trending toward "Never" unfortunately.