Stripe's first employee
@darraghbuckley on the early habit that set it apart:
"The differential characteristic early on was a culture of long-form written communication.
Writing it down. That wasn't as common in 2010 as it is now.
The reason you wrote long-form was that it helped you learn. It forced you to put your ideas down as falsifiable statements.
You'd expose all of your logic to someone else, and they'd be able to point out the parts that were more or less shaky."