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Google was founded right before the dotcom bubble burst.

Yeah, we are still headed for a downturn/correction/crash or what have you.

But valuable companies will continue to be.

Stripe "sells shovels". People want to exchange money, that will always be a basic tenet of commerce, and Stripe facilitates that. Bravo Stripe.

Stripe goes a step further, and makes it easy for the shovel-sellers and the shovel-buyers to get what they want. Good on 'em!