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It's interesting to me that the article title names a "San Francisco tech firm" rather than "Stripe". I guess though it may be a ubiquitous name in the YC community, Stripe is not a household name.

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I don't think it will ever be a household name, at least unless it launches a consumer product.

Why couldn't Stripe be a household name? PayPal is.

PayPal has a consumer product, exactly as GP says.

Alternatively, it can get really really big. PwC and British Petroleum do not have any consumer products that I know of, yet they are household names all the same.

I'm not sure PwC would be considered a household name. And BP has gas stations.

BP literally sells gas at BP branded gas pumps, that’s pretty consumer in my book.

Well, used to, until the 2010 oil spill, when like, every convenience store rebranded their gasoline offering (even if it still comes from BP).

It hasn't been called 'British Petroleum' for 18 years, since it merged with Amoco, an American company.

Really? I would be surprised if more than 10% of Americans have heard of PwC.

I am an American and I had to look up PwC. That said, you can be a household name outside of America.

Pretty sure PwC used to run television commercials for branding / brand awareness.

Doesn’t British Petroleum sell Petroleum from Britain?

I’ve certainly bought it at a BP-branded petroleum station before.

Enron also didn't have any consumer products, but I think is still a household name.

BP has gas/petrol stations, so close enough?

By nature I suppose. You can use Stripe a bunch of times without ever knowing that you did.

WE DON'T MAKE A LOT OF THE PRODUCTS YOU BUY. WE MAKE A LOT OF THE PRODUCTS YOU BUY BETTER.

https://trademark.trademarkia.com/we-dont-make-a-lot-of-the-...

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