"A startup is a group chat with a Stripe account": the leanest company joke of the year
jeff_weinstein · x · 2026-09-04
A viral one-liner from shafu0x: "a startup is a group chat with a @stripe account."
The quip pokes fun at how lean modern companies have become — a few people, a chat group, and a payment rail are all it takes to call yourself a startup.
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