Wednesday 28 May 2014

Lifecycle of disruption: How Square scaled to $5 billion and stayed true to its mission

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When asked what advice she had for startups, Square's Faryl Ury said, "Keep in mind who you're building for. That's something that we always do."

Lifecycle of disruption: How Square scaled to $5 billion and stayed true to its mission

With its free card reader and simple software, Square streamlined payment and POS systems, and made them available to a lot more people. Here's how they scaled it into a multi-billion dollar business.

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